An Oldie but a
Goodie
Joliet Junior College was
the nation's first public community college. J. Stanley Brown ,
superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and William Rainey
Harper, president of the University of Chicago, founded JJC in 1901
as an experimental postgraduate high school program. The college's
initial enrollment was six students; today, JJC serves more than
35,000 students in credit and noncredit courses.
Brown and
Harper's innovation created a junior college that academically
paralleled the first two years of a four-year college or
university. It was designed to accommodate students who desired to
remain within the community yet still pursue a college education.
Within a few years, the concept of "community" had grown to include
students outside the existing high school district.
To this day
JJC keeps expanding to meet the needs of students. So each year you
can see new things at this very spot. How this spot looked six
months ago does not look the same as it does today.
You are
looking for a pill bottle hidden in tradtional fashion.
Happy
Hunting.
