Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-29
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
SECTION vi OF PART II.

as important for the girl as it for the boy Furthermore the
esh method training the trades broken down. The
practically society
ton of its youth for those fundamental and vocaons
which society must always live For this therefore,
siy for the trade school for its right articulation pub
school system has become America in the last twenty
economic well pressing educational question The school
in European countries notably Germany have been
high degree OF efficiency They are related in most successful wal
the system of schools The child steering owa
trade-and the majority all children
begins to derentae in his school between his tenth
twelfth and finds for him trade school aruaed with hi
elementary school, which he the grounding
skill for a successful entry into his chosen vocation.
The schools that have been naugurated meet this need tt
United have the following
intended to prepare the the mechanical trades and
tries trade school in agriculture planned to train the farmer
daman and the horticuturit commercial school intended
training commercial pursuits like bookkeeping stenography |
writing and saesmanshp and finally training in the houh
intended those who occupat
connected with the household.
IS not a
agriculture mechanic idea
strong Inauguration,
schools at that tme and for after had to
the lack of adequate elementary school which they
find root but thew had to meet an almost
themselves schools the
schools of mechanic arts founded orgnaye that at Woreste
for the training mechanics developed schools engneer
The agricultural schools instead of training become
became training places for scientific agcuturits whose functions
in the main either teaching work for the Department
culture To-day the elementary school system has developed
point at winch the trade scho may well md cngena SOIL for It's
only be rightly related to the elementary school, and if
be held firmly to its legitimate workthe training of youth for
rather than their preparation for profession Let
a consideration of what has been done in Vermont
II. THE EXISTING SITUATION IN VERMONT
the orteh School Report-that of 9Os-the
education calls
tries of Vermont and the relation that vocational should
to these industries 1t without that the form of indus
school which should adopt will depend the
that state needs foster In this the
clearly that agriculture the industry of Vermont
though the state described rather state of husband
and that its agricultural pursuits must lie along certain lines of
zaon like butter making making poultry raising stock
ing, and timber growing.
Next to agriculture the superintendent of education points
manufactures and their possibilities and next to these forestry
possibilities TIMBER he this
curriculum should be nned and made practical by the addt
such studies would the agriculture manufa
and forestry
There issued also by the superintendent of education
manual of agriculture designed for the guidance OF
with the introduction manual training, dor
science and agriculture few schools constitutes the
what has been done the effort to make the elementary scho
the secondary school directly the occupations of the
munies which the schools situated 1t also without
that the most effective preliminary preparation for voca
fundamental grounding in the stu
the curriculum example the knowledge of good