Phoenix College - Sandprints Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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( ClilltilllKll ll I ' ll ' .l ' The si:lcn(li(l scitMicc lalionilorics of the IIii;li ScImhiI arc iiscil l.y the Junior ( (dlcjic scienc-c classes, and from year to year additional e(|iiiiiiiieiit of eollejie f rade is added for the use of the colleye classes. The Junior Col leue also uses the elaborately eqiiipped Industrial Arts huildinu of the Hiuh School for some of its classes in mechanical arts. The I ' hoenix Junior College and the IMioenix I ' nion llii;li School are both under the administration of the Phoenix I ' nion Hii;h Sclioid Board of Education. The Superintendent of the I ' hoenix I ' nion Hii;h School is Presi- dent of the I ' hoenix Junior Collej e. The Junior Collejie. however, has its own Dean ami a faculty which is in the main separate from the Ilit-h School. It also maintains its own separate activities, such as athletic teams, debat- inii teams, colleue annual, and has its own separate social activities. At least a blaster ' s de-iree is required for teaching and an effort is also made to secure instructors who have had previous experience in college teachinu;. The Phoenix Junior College requires as high standards for admission as the best colleges and universities of the country. Sixty-fimr units of C(d- lege work are lequired for graduatit)n from the Junior College, and the cre- dentials of I ' hoenix Junior College students have been accepted in aliout thirty six different colleges and universities, among which are the T ' niversity of Arizona, Stanford T ' niversity, t ' niversity of California. T ' niversity of Illinois and Indiana I ' niversity. In IDl T. the State of Aiizona recognized the Junior College as such. A high standard of scholarshii) is a i-e(|nisite of the school, which offers splendid courses, including Agriculture, Home Economics, Education. I ' re- Law, IJberal Arts, Commerce, I ' re-Medical, Pre-Dental. Civil Engineering. These courses are carefully organized in such manner that the students may be prepared for the third year ' s work in standard colleges and universities after two years of study in the local college aie completed. In a few of the courses, as in Mining I ' ngineering. the school is e(|uipped at the ])resent time to give only one year ' s work. Considei ' cd as a whole, tin has had a tremendous growth and has accomplished much. unioi ' ( olle