The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-03-20


there is offered a fOur.year course OF
school work which, IN addition to
academic training. IL designed as Il
direct preparation for Industrial life.
| This work commences upon the
completion of the regular course OF
study of the first six grades. and pro.
/ vision Is made for both boys and girls
The first two years work Is designated
as vocational training and the last
| two as trade education. The aim in
the vocational classes Is to present Il
form of work which will attract those
pupils who desire 10 find themselves
/ in some form Of handiWOrk, and also
! To KEEP IN school those pupils who
wonld otherwise drop out II there
were not some motivation OF the acad-
emic subjects: while the object OF
! the trades school is to make skilled
workmen, but To shorten materially
such form of apprenticeship al might
be demanded. Glasses are limited to
20 pupils each, with boys and girls in
separate classes.
! During the first two years the AGA.
denic subjects correspond to and par.
Jalicl the regular work of the seventh
and eighth grades. Special emphasis
~ placed upon English, arithmetic,
geography, United States history and
icivics. These subjects are closely
correlated with the hand activities so
as to make them vital and interesting.
Half of each day Is devoted to book.
work; the other half to some form OF
hand work. which Is really an intensi.
fled form of manual training. In the
shops the boys work consists of such
subjects as carpentry, cabinet work
wood turning, pottery work, metal fill
ing, cement construction and draw
ling, the girls work consists of sewing
Embroidery. cooking, laundering
home.maRing and dressmaking.
For those who wish 10 secure q
more complete knowledge of some par
iticuiar trade. additional courses of two
years are offered In the trades school
Hand and book-work are upon =, the
same basis as in the vocational class
es, an equal amount of time being
given to each. ..H
School Attendance The total mum.
Der OF persons OF school age in Iowa
that is, from to 800 years, inclusive,
is 675,222, of whom 469.77S, or $50
per cent, attended school. In addition
to these, 1890 persons under 6 and
i10,194 of 81 and over attended school.
For boys from to 20 years inclusive,
the percentage attending school was
691: for girls, 70. For chiI1ren from
TO IL years, inclusive, the percentage
attending school was 90.7 The per-
centage for children OF this age among
NATIVE whites of white parentage and
among native whites OF foreign or mix
ed parentage was 90.8; among fore
leign-born whites, 49, among negroes,
1913. There is little difference be-
tween urban and rural communities as
regards the percentage attending
school for the ages from to IA, but
of persons from Il to 20 years, inclu.
sive, 1916 per cent were reported as
ATTENDING school in the rural popula-
ton and 341 per cent in the urban.
Initeracy.--Thefe are 29.889 Hitter
ates in the state. representing IL per
cent of the total population 10 years
of age and over. as compared with
I23 per cent in 1900 The percentage
of iIliteracy is U.S among native
whites. So among foreign-born whites
and 1913 anon gnegroes.
For all classes combined, and for
each class separately. the proportion
of illiterates is about the same in ur.
! ban population as in rural, the per
Icentage being Is and 1.6 respectively
For persons from 10 to 90 years OF
age. inclusive, whose lteracy depends
largely upon present school facilities
and school attendance, the percentage
of illteracy is very slight, only Of
Census Bulletin
! f. W. ELSE.
Supt. City Schools.