Arizona republican., 1914-03-18
WOman's Club Considers Important Question Con ducting Interesting Dis cussion Upon It. Brilliant Assemblage Present


 In what respect the various educa- tional institutions of Arizona furnish vocational training was told at, the Womans Club yesterday when Mrs. B. A. Fowler, chairman of the civics education department presented a program assisted by the members of the section.
 It has been the club custom every March to feature educational work and this season the equipment of the University of Arizona, Normal schools, high school, graded and coun- ty schools for such a course was the interesting discussion
 In her introduction Mrs Fowler quoted from Charles A. Prosser of New York, secretary of the National Society for the Promotion of Indus trial training, giving the definitions of general and vocational education
 General Education prepares us to be intelligent consumers of the goods of life; sculpture, painting, music, drama literature, the train that drew us across the continent, the roof that shelters us-General Education pre- pares us to understand and to ap- preciate our environments, to use all that has been given us to use, to make the most out of leisure and out of life.
 Vocational Education prepares us to be effective producers of the goods of life; to understand and do our work properly; to use all the know ledge of science. mathematics, all the material. tools, machines and pro- cesses. that will enable us to climb to skill and workmanship and mas tery in our calling to get the most out of work, both for ourselves and for society.
 General Education and Vocational Education are after the same thing which is, the adjustment of the child to life"
 In her usual apt manner she intro duced the speakers. Among whom were Mrs. E. R. Parsons, who spoke for the Normal school and it's aims and purposes in it's training course, Mrs. Sims Ely who told of the work being done in the graded schools, pri- marily the manual training and do- nestle science courses.
 Miss Bertha Knipe said of the state university:
 "Th University of Arizona, located near Tucson, offers vocational train ing in seven distinct courses, name ly: In mechanical. electric, mining and civil engineering in home econo- mics (which includes domestic science), in commerce and in agricul- ture Remembering Miss Mary $. Shows assurance that every kind of work is open to women, except string ing telegraph wires We are quite within the practical limits of possi- bility when we place mechanical and mining and civil engineering along with obviously feminine vocational courses open to women.
 The course in home economies. | leading to the bachelors degree, is | planned to prepare young women for the managership of cafeterias, cafes, sanitariums and hospitals as dieti- | tans, managers of dresmaking estab- 1 lishmentS as costume designers, as social workers. The laboratories at | the University two in number are well equipped. One laboratory is set aside for cooking, the other for serv- | ing There is a model dining room,- all the necessary linen, china, silver glassware, etc, is dainty and appro- priate. Lessons in home nursing are l included in this course in home economies, and the classes are held !! in the model bedroom. The chemistry of foods and textiles are given the most thought and consideration
 Mrs c. T. Hirst contributed to the program with an interesting paper or the training afforded by the high school Her article follows:
 Broadly speaking all education should be vocational. It should lay a foundation for any calling. To this extent the high school training ha: always been vocational
 "Our mistake however has been il copying after European method: | WHICH were SOiHS Oul OI udle w HlIt we were taking them over.
 Tn this country there is one diff culty in the industrial or commercial school,-that of expense which ofter excludes the possibility of havint such institutions In some places the, Cleveland, but on the whole the in dustrial training of the child mus be left to the high school.
 Tn many of the high schools o our state some vocational trainin, has been introduced Manual train ing, commercial training, and domes tic science may be found at Yuma Tucson. Bisbee, Globe, Douglas, Win slow, Prescott, Tempe, Mesa, Phoeni, and Glendale. In Phoenix there ar unusually strong courses in all thes departments.
 Tn introducing vocational work in
 to our high schools We must not los sight of the fact that the function O the school is to turn out men an, women of sterling characters, no carpenters, mechanics and skille
 laborers. The product of manua
 training alone is lacking in ideas o
 literature, history and the beautiful
 A boy with an all around training
 far more useful to any business, an
 more capable of doing with spirit an judgment what he undertakes tha
 the one who has had only vocationa s training
 Mrs. Laura M. Harrison gave statis