Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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PHOENIX JUNIOR COLLEGE A HISTORY As cjiily ;is T.MII, U. V. .M(l ' ' :ill. ;i |)i(iiic( ' r in ( ' ducatiuii in this cily, li;i(l visions of ;i .Innioi- College lor i ' liocnix. It was nut until lill ' l). Imw- (■ ci-. that ilic Phoenix Junidr ( ' )llci;c was established as a deparliiienl of ilic riiocnix rni ' on Ilifih School. In this year, only one year ' s work eor- icspondinfj; to the tirst year of colh ' ;e was ottered. The next year, 1921, found the addition of the seeoiid year of colles-e work and the full i-ealiza- lioii of the dream of its sjionsor. ri( ' ious to the fall of l!ll!. ), liic .Innior ( ' olh ' ne was veiy inadc(|nalcly liouscd ill small i-ottaucs which had formerly been used for lUah School classes, in that year. Ilic i ' .oaiil of lOducation iiurchased Cottonwood Court. III! ' priiiicrly on wliii-h Ilic .Innior College now stands. The old residence was i|uii ' kly remodeled for classroom iinrposes and for two years has at Icmpled to lill lis ]Mir|iosc. On .March S. I ' .li ' .s. the voters of the Phoenix Piion Ui ii School lis1ric1 vole(l lioiids lo llie aiiioiiiil of .fI7. ' ,000 for the erection of a much needed iMiildiiii; III ]ir(i ide for I he rapidly increasint; enrollment of the iiisl il nl ion. ' I ' lie liiiildiii-. lo lie siliialed direclly iiorlli of llie |ircseiil slriicliire. is lo lie i-eady for use fcjr llie fall semesler. Thai such a liiiildiiii: is necessary may be eleaiied from a few rij.;ures: In l ' .(l. ' l. liiere were tive liradnales; in l!f ' T, there were Iweiily live; this year more than lifly sliidenis will lie i, ' radiialed. (CuillilllKll OH iili r 12) 1 1