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

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Bedication |hen the Los Angeles Junior College, and the entire plan for this new type of college training, was merely an ideal. Dr. William H. Snyder looked for a person who could assist in planning the courses for his new educational program. He needed someone who could present our graduates to the business world. Statistics had to be collected, prospective employers interviewed, and leaders in the field questioned to arrive at the content of the courses to be offered. This person had to interest these people in this new, timely, and different educational project. Straight to this task stepped A4iss Victoria McAlmon with an early interest in this new test for education of following the pro- duct of the schools from classroom to employment. She conduc- ted vocational surveys among business and professional organiza- tions and planned the courses for various departments. From such beginnings, our occupationally-investigated courses have had the cooperation of employing groups in the placement of our gradu- ates because these men and women are interested in this project which they themselves helped to create and modify. Los Angeles Junior College is fortunate in having a staff mem- ber whose training and experience enables her to serve the insti- tution by presenting the business world to the students and the students to the business world. The staff of the Junior Campus takes pleasure in dedicating this seventh volume of our history to Miss McAlmon in recognition of her distinctive and meritorious contributions to the College. A job in the offing Six ]n JUNIOR