Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-11-02
tions and the schools involve The
question of apprenticeship Ia

question of apprenticeship Ia
Eor organizations should be- cor !.
suited when industrial courses
are being organized and grad
uate of or student ia an indus
trial course should receive some
recognition from the craft ror,.-
cerned for the work which he has
done. In crafts having a reg
ularly organized apprenticeship
system the apprentices should bs
compelled TO attend school for
a4certain time each year, and this
work should be considere ! nee
ycssary and compulsory part of
the,r training before they can be-
come journeymen. Empl oycrs
should recognize such courses by
gcing to them first to se,.Jre
help. Such an arrangement
would apply, in Iowa, chiefly to
workers in the building and print
ing trades. The railroads and
some of the larger corp ,rations.
such as the Curtis Bros. Of Clin-
ton, Ia, are recognizing the ma
|cessity Tor this SUPPLEMENTARY
|education for their your ger en-
|ployes and are providing it as u
private enterprise.
Boys Of the age and type oil.
those entering industry are not
Igoing to be ambitious for further
education unless they see the
Older men interested as we'll. For
the older men the evening school
and the short course provide the
opportunity. We need definitely
|organized short courses with a
purpose, such as the one for
painters and decorators, for tel
ephone operators, and for plumb
ers and steamfitters. The Wo-
mans club in any town where the
course for painters and decorat-
ors is given ought to be vitality
interested and visit during the
sessions. All of you would find
much of human as we'll as tech
nical interest there. The same
is true of the course for tele-
phone operators.
One short course which will
touch vitality the general welfare
is the one for janitors and fire
men of public and semi-public
buildings, including school build
|ings. No class of men need edu-
cation more, and have had less
done for them than these men.
This course has been SUCCESS
fully organized and given in sew
Ieral towns of the state and is a
movement worthy of the attention
of school boards and city super
intendents. If you do not think
so I recommend for your consid-
GRAFTON the book entitled "School
Janitors, Mothers and Health, "
II by Helen G.. Putnam.
For women and girls CONNER
cial training and instruction in
home economics is most in de-
mand. There are not. so far as
know, any large number of in
dnstrial positions for women in
Iowa involving skill enough to
warrant special vocational train
ling. Instruction in domestic
1science has been available for the
farmers wives and daughters for
some time. This same instruc-
tion. adapted to a different en-
lvironment, ought to be made
available for girls aid women in
shops, stores and factories. The
lplane of living is bound to rise
and it ought to rise. There are
only two ways to raise it, by in
creasing wages and by increas-
ling the efficiency with which the
wages are spent. Where the in
edustry for any reason will not
admit of wage increase through
advancement Of the. worker the
second method is her only hope.
This work has already been be-
|gun with great success in Cedar
Rapids. 1t has already proven OF
great benefit both to the girls
themselves and to their employ
lers. It is not social welfare
work, but 9 straight educational
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