Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963). 140 pp., 1945
After two years of study and discussion, the Board of Education, on June 25, 1945, authorized the consolidation of the Junior College, Technical School, and Adult Evening school under the name of Santa Monica City College, with three divisions: the General College, concerned primarily with general education, pre- and semi-professional curricula, engineering, and the fine arts; the Technical Schools, concerned with trade and technical education; and the Adult Education Center, concerned primarily with evening classes. [62. Santa Monica Evening Outlook, July 8, 1950, p. 12G.] At the time of consolidation, Elmer Sandmeyer became president of the City College, with jurisdiction over the three divisions, and Elmer Krehbiel was made director of the division of adult education. [63. Board Minutes, May 16, 1945.] Within the three divisions of the City College, provision is made for all types of classes that will meet the needs and the desires of the adults of the community. How successfully they are doing this is indicated, in part, by the many requests each year for additional classes and the waiting lists that much be established each year in many subjects. But it is recognized that the measure of service an adult education program can render a community is limited only by the support which the community itself gives to that program, thus making it possible continually to widen the scope of work offered. In Santa Monica, this is the purpose for which the adult education program exists.
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Santa Monica City College
In July of 1945, when all post-high-school education in Santa Monica was administratively consolidated to for a city college, [76. See discussion supra, p. 195.] the junior college became the General Division of the new organization. Its curriculum continued to provide for both college-preparatory and terminal students, and the opportunity to complete the first two years of university work at less expense and while living at home. [77. Bulletin of Information . . ., 1951-52, p. 24.]
The second division of the City College, the Santa Monica Technical School, provides education and training for students wishing immediate placement in employment. The purpose of the Technical Division of the City College is:
"1. To encourage and develop social and economic competence; an appreciation of the dignity and importance of trade and industrial skills; and the ability to do a worth-while job effectively.
"2. To provide educational experience that will help the individual to select, prepare for, enter, and progress in an occupation." [78. Bulletin of Information . . ., 1951-52, p. 71.]
With the increase in industry throughout Santa Monica since World War II, there is an urgent need for the training of students with salable skills.
The Adult Education Division, the third component of the Santa Monica City College, has been discussed in an earlier part of this chapter. [79. Missing. Supra.]