Pasadena Junior College - Campus Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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JOHN AMHERST SEXSON, Superintendent GEORGE H. MERIDETH. Asst. Superintendent MODERNISM DESCRIBES what is newest in our schools. The word itself raises the inevitable question as to the worth of the things it characterizes. It challenges our youth — the modernist par excellence, to see that this mod- ernism shall contribute the things which these youths will be content to live by when they are no longer modern; when those who follow them shall push them back with the new modernism, one they are as unlikely to understand and inter- pret, as we are that of the present day. John A. Sexson MODERN EDUCATION has as the keynote of its philosophy — opportunity for student participation in a wide field of activities. Pasadena Junior College is a living democracy. As a laboratory wherein democracy may be practiced here and now, it affords students the best possible preparation for fu- ture civic and social responsibilities. Through shared relationships may the students of our Junior College learn the finest of fine arts — the Art of Living. George H. Merideth ? I

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The Board of Etlii cation Left to right: J. Tyler Parker, Jr., Schuyler C Joyner, Raymond G. Thompson, Constance Leighton, Louise B. Hoblit, Carl Z. Jackson, John A. Sexson, William L. Blair, C. H. Peterson. MRS. LOUISE HOBLIT President of the Board of Education THE MOST MODERN note in education is the empha- sis placed upon the develop- ment of the whole individual, and the growing realization that emotional stability and so- cial effectiveness are as impor- tant to successful living as are the three R ' s. How to provide situations favorable to this all- around growth becomes, then, one of the major problems and responsibilities of the modern school. Mrs. Louise B. Hoblit THE PASADENA CAMPUS, JUNE, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO

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JOHN W. HARBESON, PRINCIPAL OF THE PASADENA JUNIOR COLLEGE MODERNISM is not a rejection of all that is old and tried. It recognizes the continu- ity of history and the fact that each generation must build upon the heritage it has received from the past. Little hope indeed could be entertained for the future by one who has forsaken all faith in the past. Modernism consists of a thorough and critical study of the civilization we have inherited and an adaptation of it to the needs of the present, thus handing down to the generation to follow a culture that has been enriched and enlarged by our own experience. In making this contribution we must face the problems of our day with an open mind, and scientifically work out their solutions. John W. Harbeson THE PASADENA CAMPUS, JUNE, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO