Such a program has enjoyed a successful history in the Los Angeles area. Today there are nearly 200.000 adults enrolled in over 2.000 classes in the city of Los Angeles alone. The program started 76 years ago through the efforts of a Los Angeles journalist. Walter Mellick. who began teaching other adults to finance his higher education. His school immediately interested the educators of the area who brought Mellick into the public school system in 1887. The program was given great impetus by the waves of immigrants who settled in the county. Not until 1933 did the adult education program receive an overall adviser expressly concerned with its unique needs. This man.
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