Los Angeles Junior College - Junior Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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AD To those who know Dr. William H. Snyder personally, the Los Angeles Junior College director Is a broad-minded, well informed, dominating, yet congenial character entering the twilight years of a useful life dedi- cated to his fellow men. To those who know the Doctor only through his enormous accomplishment record, culminating with the five-year direc- torship of the local institution, he is a man gifted with tremendous powers of organization, keen initiative, and a talent for seeing far into the future. For more than thirty years. Doctor Snyder has supervised various phases of education, specializing in solving the intimate problems of youth. Always welcoming the Individual student to his office. Doctor Synder takes a special interest in the personal side of young people ' s lives. Recruited from Hollywood hiigh School In 1929 to fill the director ' s chair of the college, he has developed an institution unlike any other school In the world. In the five years of the college ' s history, much of Its phenomenal growth and accomplishment can be accredited to the Doctor.

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Dv INISTRATORS Second in connmand, working directly under Doctor Snyder, Miss Bertha Green acts as the Dean of Women. In this capacity she edits the L.A.J.C. catalogue and revises the schedule of classes each year. Miss Green is also the faculty advisor of the Alethians, women ' s honor- ary service organization, and is a prominent member of the Faculty Women ' s club. Coming from Hollywood High along with Doctor Sny- der, Miss Green was in a position to help with the organ- ization of the Associated Women Students into a per- fectly functioning body. Miss Green spends a great dea of her time in studying th e problems of the modern girl, and in finding a solution that will be applicable to not one but a good many situations that may arise. Because of this attitude of interest in the women, Miss Green has become one of the most respected women on the campus. After surmounting the difficulties that presented them- the opening day of registration in September, 929, the task of outlining the procedure of forthcoming registration at the College was placed in the hands of Kenneth M. Kerans, formerly of Pasadena Junior College. Kerans, before coming here, had been Principal of the Alta Vista Public School in Kansas. He is a graduate of Washburn College, in Topeka, Kansas: and the University of California at Los Angeles. Registrar Kenneth Kerans plans and supervises regis- tration, acts as recorder, and serves on the scholarship, petitions, and graduation committees. In addition to these manifold duties, Mr. Kerans Instructs a semi-profes- sional course for Registrars assistants. He helps the stu- dents with credit evaluation and some personal problems. 19