Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-07
ANENT JUNIOR COLLEGES

The recent address Of Prof. J. L. House Of Central
Union high school apropos of junior colleges is right in
line with general movement throughout the state to
foster greater interest in and endorsement of junior
colleges.
More and more, educators are coming to see the
wisdom of junior colleges and Dr.. Ewood P. Cubber
" of Stanford, noted authority school administra
tion predicts that in the future junior colleges
carrying the student through the 14th year, will be
established in all principal centers of the state.
He further declares: The graduate of the junior
high school of today has better education than the
university graduate of generation ago.
Under the regime when junior colleges
generally established every student who has finished
the requirements will be admitted to junior college,
which will carry him to the completion of his sopho-
more college year The state university, Berkeley,
and possibly Pomona and Occidental and the Univers
ty of Southern California might then eliminate the
freshman and sophomore years. which action would
double the student capacity of colleges by making
them two instead of four-year schools.
This seems like sane and sensible plan. The
student who wants college education, at least the
two first years in college, then get right at home
at nominal expense. This would solve problem in
many Imperial Valley home, for isolated
from the rest of the state going away to college some
times spells financial hardships for the parents and
long periods of absence from the family circle
Another great advantage is that junior colleges
will do away with unfortunate aristocracy which
has been perhaps unwttngy, bred for 10, these many
years. After the system gets to funetoning, it will
be possible for any alert ambitious student to get at
least two years of college work at the minimum of
expense and amidst home environment, thing that
would have been quite impossible few years ago,
when going away to college threw glamor of super
iority over the fortunate and often inculcated
supercous snobbishness.
Another point, and this cannot be stressed too
strongly, is the fact that junior colleges make ndi
vdual instruction possible, and according to the opin
ion of many prominent educators, result in turning
out better educated, better equipped and women
than if the entire four years spent IN the crowd
ed class of universities where thousands
rolled and where single classes sometimes consist of
hundreds.
This individual attention to the growing boy or
girl cannot De over estimated Coming in close touch
with teacher of high ideals spells more in the moral
ing students together like cattle is unfortunate to
the least.
There are nearly 5000 enrolled in junior colleges
in California and in a short time may expect
10000.
The suggestion of Prof House to enlarge the dis
rct served by the junior college here to make poss
ble greater help in financial way is conmendable
that should be given the greatest thought and
consideration by thinking people of the community
Our junior college, inaugurated more less as an
experiment has more than justified its existence and
has come to be integral part of the school life OF
the community that is deserving of all the help that
be rendered.