Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31
GRADUATE
rom LOCAL
JR. COLLEGE
Fst Group Complet-
ing Course Receive
Degrees Wednesday
Tight; Hear DIR. Ely

EN- the first graduating class
Brownsville junior college,
g Of fourteen members. re-
sociate Of arts degrees from
Fds Of DR.. o. ". Lawrence,
m of the board Of education.
Exercises were held in the
Jun Of the new school struc-
PRefore an audience that made up
Fbdued appreciation of the pre-
M being set what IL may have
ed in numbers. due to inclement
ther.
he graduates had completed n
b-year course. the equivalent OF
shman and sophomore terms at
larger universities and colleges,
nd ere in a position to enter the
third year work at such institutions.
The Class was composed Of eight
\ young women and six young men as
follows: Miss Matte z. Head. Miss
Ellen Conklin, Miss Helen Bridges,
Miss Judith Laughlin. Mrs. Helen
Chenowith Milan, Misses +. f. and
w. +. Castenado; Osbaldo Garcia. W.
II. Garcia, James Muckleroy. Abe
Lewis Cohen, W. z. Gonklin and W.
G.. Burns.
Ely introduced
The ceremonies opened with a pro-
ceTsionaI march participated in by
both the faculty and graduates in
black cap and gown regalia. The
teachers wore colors 70 denote the
institution confering their degrees.
The line Of march extended from the
old high school building to the audi
forum Of the new bIilding and the
march was continued through the
auditorium TO the stage TO the
"March Militaire." played in duet by
Miss Martha Taggart and Mrs. w. s.
Truss nj the piano. Mrs. Truss Is
musical director in the college.
The invocation by Rev. f. W..
Marshall Of the First Baptist church
was followed by a violin solo. "Trau-
meri." by Osbaldo Garcia of the
graduating class. He was accompan-
led at the piano by Mrs. Truss.
Superintendent j. i. zoe intro
duced DR.. Frederick Ely of the Uni
rersity of Texas, as an authority on
the junior college movement through
out the United States and as "a
man known in educational circles as
the father of the junior college in
Texas and a mar most fitting for
AIS GA0IGNA uCAG ~ AAs
Junior Colleges Needed
DIR. Eby's subject was Building
Colleges for the People" and was
a discourse on the junior college
movement rather than the usual
academic commencement speech. He
brought out the point that under the
old system OF education. upon
graduating n man was around $3.50
anawu - n2~ ~ 49, 49, L. 49,
a movement for fifty years or more
10 shorten the educational system
and that many educators believe
that the junior college offers the
best possible solution 70 this prob
lem. That the growth Of the junior
cQQer~~has been rurid~ was brought
out by the figures Of 10 such insti-
tutions in the country p years ago
and nearly $50 at the present time.
! He stated that during the move
3ment for fitting the schools better
ITO the students. authorities agreed
that the work in the universities
was fully one-half preparatory work
that could easily be delegated to out
lying schools and that this was one
of the underlying causes OF the jun
Tor college movement from the
standpoint of the higher institutions.
Other reasons that he gave were
the overcrowding Of the universities.
showing that 3,1g5 freshmen alone
enrolled in the University OF Cali
fornia before the junior college
movement, and the youth of stu
dents entering the institutions. En-
trance ages Of 49,. -, and % were
the standard twenty years ago
whereas Is. is and ~ arc not consid-
cred "prodiEes.' at this tine.
Junior Grads Efficient
That throwing sdch youth into the
environment Of a great university.
where personal attention is impos-
able, would have bad effect in some
eases was o foregone conclusion. he
stated and recommended the junior
college &c OF near home for young
students.
He said that studies OF the eff
ciency cf the junior colleges in
California by Stanford University
proved that students entering after
such courses made higher grades
and took more honors than the stp-
dents obtaining their first two
years of training in the university
and he believes studies now unde,
way In Texas will bear the same con.
clusion. This, he says, proves ~
junior college to be "scholasticaliv
sound" in his opinion.
Another reason cited fayorinO tbe
k.iunior college was that attendance
ht such institutions would cost orle
Approximately 60 per cent AZ mprs
as attendance in the la.ger ppive~si-
ties and colleges. IN additior \,
keeping the young people az homo
they also keep the money ~ hone
snd are therefore a financial asset
TO the city" DR.. Ely SAID.
Degrees Presented
As TO the future. he hopes for
legislation <hat will eliminate ,La
heavy tuition now imposed in Tsvss
at such institutions and exnec,a5
such action to be taken before Iorr
In conclusion he said "the futyTe
OF thu college of the people n ,rs,
before u.s." and impressed mo, ~.
graduating class that the Rrowrr
vile junior college will be indeed
by their scholastic attainme,ts
other institutions they may Attend
later on. ID. Ely was given cordisi
applause after his last words.
Following q vocal solo bv Nj.
Tacy Boory of the graduating cI.ss
Dean S. A. Caldwell Of the in,tar
college PRESENTED the graduate -
DR.. O. v. Larence, president ~ ~
board of education, emphasiz;nr M
fact that the faculty had trie5 ~
make men and women Of tho go.
dents primarily and other consi5esa
tons were secondary. He said THAI
they had tried to Fl. the class 70
meet the demand Of a growing and
competitive world.'
DR.. Lawrence presented the asso-