Show department OF TRADES AND industries the third in the tha series of informational f articles concerning junior colleges follows there has been a startling growth I 1 during the past few years in the number of young people attending junior colleges throughout the nation last year the enrollment in junior colleges increased 26 pe per cent cento over the preceding year while the increase was only 16 percent per cent in senior colleges in the junior colleges in the united states there was an enrollment of students last year at this same rate of increase by 1943 there will be young people attending junior colleges this will comprise half of all lower division students what conditions have contributed to this unusual growth are these contributing conditions pres jm in in southeastern utah that are cr rally ally present throughout the iT Stion observation indicates that they are untrained young people under 25 years of age have just as hard time f finding work in our section as almost anywhere else in the united states and more important the youth here aregust are just as anxious to better themselves to gain positions with salaries above the lower income groups as anywhere else in the world investigation reveals that most of this increase in junior college population has come in the trades and industries departments in the other departments that offer ter minal courses or courses that a student can finish and be ready to accept employment after two years of study 4 ambitious young people who K at our world realistically k how know that the machine turns the wheels of industry and that a well trained man in the automotive mechanics carpen carpentry and machinist fields can demand a good salary they also know that the training period for the semipro sessions fes is relatively short and that return for time money and effort expended can be expected in a shorter time than in almost any other field carbon college offers to the young men of this section an excellent opportunity to acquire this semiprofessional training the college collage has in the trades and in industries dus tries department the best equipped machine shop in the 1 state of utah and the equipment in the drafting carpentry and I 1 automotive departments is not far outclassed anywhere in the nation amore more important the instructors instruct orsi are tops in their trades so great is the need and and demand for expert technicians in these fields that the government is subsidizing educational trades and industries departments in order to get the best equipment possible for the technical training that is necessary to meet the next article in this series will discuss the departments of business homemaking art music and dramatic art at the college you who are interested in these fields for either employment or cultural background can well consider the offerings at carbon |