Newton Junior College - Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Sports are enjoyed by the student body In recent years, the junior college has ex- panded in both number of students and im- portance. Its vital role in post-graduate education is rapidly gaining tne nation- wide recognition of America's leading edu- cational institutions. The reason for its increased popularity is found in the fundamental purpose of its establishment-to fulfill the needs of the individual desirous of continuing or re- suming his education but who does not feel that a four-year program is advis- able, or who cannot meet the financial or academic requirements of a traditional college. The junior college offers such students a professional and vocational training which they would have otherwise been denied. In addition, it gives them a chance for intellectual maturity and an opportunity to transfer if they can demonstrate an ap- titude for successful Work on a higher col- lege level. x fx 1 N, One of the activities planned by the Social Board complete collegiate atmosphere

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CPE LETTER ,,,- '-7: T0 THE fgfddfake Walter M. Taylor WW y O 7 fan School Sysfem T STREET wil On A Division of the New 'ron vlmc at wlmu ' CHUSETTS 'lm 1 + 'af Q pf f N ', r 3 f , G 1 ' W , ,J ' f I o pf' . A 9 WASHING NEWTONVXUE 60. MAUSA u U sn the graduating cl ass: xpeots to be. If it is Message to r than it e laoeg if S A college is no bette atisfieo with mediocre performance it is a mediocre p tudents set a high level of expectation of themselves for high-level college. Students its s ' 'kely to be nspicuous their college it is li and faculty operating at cross-purposes produce co failures. The REFLECTGR exists to reflect how well we worked and played together. lt shows what has been accomplished that was worthyfdignifled, of lasting satisfaction, good, had, even comic in the year's activity. lt should do so in such a manner as to cause any reader to reflect that Newton Junior College is 3 a fine place because thoughtful, constructive, energetic, hard- working students of good will -- the only kind worth having around - made it so. l have no doubt that this REFLECTOR will leave just this sort of an impression of a unique college, the only one oi' its kind in New England in l96O. May we always he able -- and eager -- to view with pride what we have done here. And may I join you in thanking the editors, those unsung heroes and heroines of many a battle against sloth and dead-lines, for this reflection of life at NJC in l959-60. .ata ,g'z1g,.. ze, i34nP...,,f.,s. 8