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

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Foreword Dr. William H. Snyder EMi-PROFEssiONAL COURSES have been the chief charac- teristic in the development of the Los Angeles Junior College. From its inception the College has endeavored to provide for the further education of three rather distinct groups of high school graduates: first, those who desire to pursue the work offered in the first two years of a four-year academic college or university; second, those who wish to spend two years in study so that they may increase their social intelligence; third, those who aim at preparing themselves for entering immediately those occupations which lie in the field between that of the highly trained profes- sional workers and the moderately trained manual workers. To meet the needs of the first group, it was necessary only to duplicate as far as possible the work done in the first two years of the state university. The needs of the second group presented a most difficult problem. After much consultation and considera- tion, however, the Liberal Arts Curriculum was developed, which meets fairly successfully the needs of this group. In order to prepare helpful curricula for the third group, it was necessary to investigate carefully the opportunities in this vicinity suitable to the members of the group. A considerable number of definite occupations were discovered for which organ- ized training seemed feasible and desirable. Employers and em- ployees were consulted in an effort to find the kind of training which would prove most effective for successfully carrying on the work of each occupation. Successful achievement in these occupations depends upon technical skill in applying knowledge obtained to practical prob- lems. There must be vision of the field and also skill in applying its resources. These courses required neither distinctly technical nor distinctly manipulatory training, but a combination of the two. The results have apparently justified the endeavor since the numbers of young men and women electing these curricula has steadily increased until at present three-fourths of the students in the College are pursuing semi-professional courses, and there are also about three hundred graduates of four-year colleges enrolled in these courses. F tW - Director Emeritus. M 36 Five