Training varies to meet the individual's background of school and other experience. Those who are high-school graduates may take a maximum of five hours of work for credit by paying the necessary fees. Enrollment Periods.- Students may enroll anytime from May to September or during the month of January. It is advantageous to enroll for at least one year. Bedding and Clothing.- Students must furnish their own work and dress clothes and bedding above the mattress.
Training is given through work projects and class instruction.
The work projects give training in cooking, sewing, housekeeping, laundering, canning and care of dairy products, Class instruction is offered in grooming, art in the home, sewing, cookery, housekeeping accounts, family relationships, buying, home furnishing, child care, home care of the sick, and personality development. The 1947-48 Fort Lewis Catalogue shows that Vocational Training was no longer offered. Institutional On-the Farm Program after the War.