Abstract
A study of modern secondary education reveals its tendency to expand in scope both in terns of function and number of years included. The direction from the High School has been downward into the Junior High School and upward into the Junior College. While the Junior High School aims to bridge the gap between the elementary grades and the traditional four-year High School, the Junior College links the High School with the Senior College and the University. The Junior College is the newest educational unit and represents the popular demand for higher education. These extended educational units involve a readjustment of aims and definition of purposes of the entire field of secondary education.