Stephens College - Stephensophia Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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VV. YV. CIIARTERS The University of Chicago, The School of Education, Chicago, Illinois I believe that the junior college movement is permanent, :md I also believe that Stephens College, under the direction of President lVood, is making :1 distinctive contribution to the movement. E HE Page 21

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L. D. Colvmiixn, Presin'en.t University of llinnesotu, BIl.I1l1CIfl1J0llS, Minnesota The junior college uiovelnent is probably the most important movement in the field of higher education, and in the lust five years the number of unior colleges in this country has increased nearly one hundred per cent. Two types one pri- vately endowed and the other representing the expansion of the public schools. are coming into existence. Neither the advocates of such schools, nor the public which supports them, regard them merely as preparatory institutions for the higher col- leges of I1 university. They do prepare for professional schools, but in uddition they provide all sorts of general training for iinishing courses. The chief handi- cap in the way of the junior colleges has been the lack of public support for them, and that, in my opinion, will be overcome as the colleges now in existence demon- strate their usefulness and value. Q Page 20

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STRATTON D. BROOKS, President University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri The University of Missouri has a very vital interest in Stephens College, bc- causc of the fact that so many of its graduates attend the University. Quite apart from this however, we are also interested in the work of the college, and particu- larly in its participation in giving serious effort to determining the most recent suggestion in educational adniinistration-namely the combining of what is now the last two years of the high school with the iii-st two years of collcfe. I feel con- fident that Stephens College, during the next tive years will be able to contribute much of value to educational progress. - Page 22