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Show j UTAH ,11X1015, COLLEGE jf OFFICIALS ATTEND CONVT 7 AT NASHVILLE, TENN. Of interest to communities in which junior colleges are located is the meeting of the American Association of Junior Colleges in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 28 and 29. Educators from all over the nation na-tion will participate, and a constructive con-structive program concerning jun ior college problems and welfare has bo-en planned. The outstanding outstand-ing authority on junior colleges, W. C. Eells of Stanford university, will be one of the principal speakers. speak-ers. A topic of local interest will be discussed by President Lillard r i, Sacramento Junior college. He will present the problem, "Ach- levements of Transferred P'u- - (Continued on page eight) CONVENTION ( Continued from first page) dents," as evidenced by the records re-cords of students who continued in higher institutions after completing com-pleting junior college courses. The results of President Lil-lard's Lil-lard's investigation clearly show that if there is any advantage between be-tween those who take all four years of work at the four-year school and those who transfer from junior colleges, it is in favor O'f the junior college graduate. Prospective Dixie students often bring up the question, "Is it advisable ad-visable to spend two years in a junior college, then transfer to a senior college?" The report above quoted brings out a strong answer in the affirmative. Utah junior colleges will be represented re-presented in Nashville by Supt. Charles H. Skidmore and President Presi-dent L. H. Creer of the Weber college. |