Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-30
TO TEACH THOSE | !
HIGH SCHOOL MISS
OVER 100000 YOUTH Us 70 1O
ARE NOT IN HIGH ScHOoIs-
NEED SPECIAL HELP.
SUPPLEMENTAL WORK URGED
Bill Aims to Fit for Livelihood and
Citizenship Youth. Not Now Helped
by Public schools-speclai Schools
Provided-Farm Courses a Feature.


Springfield, Hk-Detatls. OF the vo-
cational Education system proposed In
the Commercial Club bill. soon to be
introduced. show plan for schools 10
supplement the work OF the presens
public Institutions
Friends of tie measure make tha
following statement.
AT present practically the only al,
tention paid to fitting pupils for life
work is given la an incidental way
and only In the high and evening
schools. Elementary school work is
properly devoted chiefly to general ed
ueation
Tho following statistics. however.
show that very small percentage OF
youth between fifteen and niueteen
are. Ia the public high schools.
sfsifnois population fifteen 10 nine
Iisiaois high school enroalmcnt........ 1897
Illinois evesins high school enroll
I,srass trade .c,,o,l .iiii;.. cnsaiie1; aYss
statistics for isia. ~
This means that while about ten
per cent of the Illinois population waa
of high school age. at given time
there were about sixteen per cent
actually In the public high. schools.
The purpose OF the bill is to offet
helpful education to this large numbef
who Eow leave the public schools al
fourteen. and tc offer it only to boys
and girls over fourteen who can. OF
viii. no longer remain IN the schools
as now constituted.
TT Is proposed to establish:
L. Cooperative .voSstsClal schools
who're they will be IN school half the
time and In the saop the other halt
3. Vocational continuation day
schools which offer from six to ten
hours per week OF instruction closely
related to the occupations OF the pu-
pills. given by teachers who have prac-
tical knowledge of the occupations. At
teGdanee wifi be compulsory upon all
youth over seventeen who may wish
TO pursue further either general OF
technical training In day or evening
schools.
Another type OF school will be an
thorized for pupils between fourteen
and sixteen who can remain In school
ell day. Those schools may be:
L. Schools undertaking In two
years course 70 prepare for appren-
ttceship.
8. 2. Schools for boys and gtras be-
tween fourteen and sixteen who nre
entering industries without the train
Ing of an apprenticeship.
3. Schools for boys aud girls prepas-
ing to take positions In eonmercial
pursuits.
4. Schools offering Instruction in the
domestic arts. iaciuding sanitation.
cooking. sewing. care OF children and
the sick. preserving fruits and vegs
tables. etc.
Winter Farm ScbootS-
. s. Agricultural winter schools Offer
ing two-year courses for youth IN the
country who work CT tae farms In the
summer months. These schools viii
be open for five or six naonths and pro-
vide training In agrtcu!ture. together
with business courses. Technical tn
struction will be gwen by men and
women trained both technically and
practically In agriculture. who during
the summer months viii be employed
In vtsiting the students at their home
work on the farms. consulting with,
and advising the parents on scientific
and business questions and gtvtng lee
tures and demonstrations ON prscttcat
subjects connected with farraiag. Stxse
OF the advantages Of this system o<ee
the ordinary agricultural instfuctioa
In the high school Will be the practical,
character CT tho instrmCtioR given. dz,A
90 the csceer tnnch between teacher&
parents and pupils. given both IN tbe
school and on the farsaa, and their rsc.
ognition of the needs of boys and giria.
Who have nct qualified for tho high
school and cannot devote the entire.
year of nine O. ten months 70 schooa,
attendance
"1his system Of schools attempts 90
provide for tho wants OF those who
are nok and cannot De reached by the
present system of schools II is an,
20 Supplement- the present
system Of pubic education SO that all
Will be given minimum OF vocational
training. Until this Is done we can
hardly claim TO have q complete sys-
tenn OF tree schools"