Taft Union High School and Junior College - Derrick Yearbook (Taft, CA)

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UNIOR COLLEG A junior college exists for two purposes: to take the place of the first two years of college work and to prepare students for direct contact with the demands and problems of modern life. The following section of this annual mirrors many different aspect of the junior college, but we wlsh to make a note here about the terminalw students who are receiving training for oil field work. When a boy graduates from high school and enters junior college he usually has some conception of his future life work. If he determines on work in the oil fields, he finds that he -must take certain ener l g a courses that develop an adolescent into a man. If he is not out for sports, he takes physical education three times a week, and during his second ear h ' y yglene is also included. His English is strengthened by a year's course in directed reading and written and oral expression. Study of the social sciences covers two years-a survey of Western civilization, economic, political, and social institutions, the government of the United States, and personal problems. The average student also has some electives. If he elects an oil machinery major, the student takes a first year course that is more or less a continuation of similar work in the high school. This course develops skill in the use of machine and hand tools required in the construction, repair, and upkeep of oil well machinery and is designed to familiarize the student with the operation and care of machinery and equip- ment used in the discover re ' t y, covery, transportation, and storage of crude petroleum. Work of the second year continues this study and introduces the future workers to more adv d ' ' ance maintenance, operation, and repair procedures. Job analysis is called upon, and emphasis is placed on safe practices and regulations. Welding is the . . y. e lrst-year course covers steel welding and brazmg cast iro ld' ' ' 0 9 n we mg and brazlng, design and use of plpe patterns, and machine repairs During th . ' g e second year the student masters bronze and alumlnum weld' l ' ' . lng, e ectrlc welding, metallic and carbon arc, machine design and construction In both ' . I '- cally related subjects is given in c ' ' ' majors t le Study of technl onjunctlon with the shop courses At the end of his work the student is r . 4 Q e ared t b , o , greatest assets of a democracy- d P P - 0 epome one of the an e ucatcd and enlightened working-man. major selected by man Th f' A

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