South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-04
EXPLAINS SCHOOL
PERMIT SYSTEM
DR.. Helen 7. WOOIIey of Gin
Cinnati Speaks at VOCa-
ton Conference.

me group OF EnllNIeH LIldL re-
mains in school is superior in every
way TO the group that drops out"
said Or. Helen T. Woolley. director
Of the Cincinnati bureau of voca-
tional guidance at the Friday morn
Ing session of the vocational guild
ance conference that is in session at
the high school In her talk, DR..
Woolley outlined ;he method in use
in Cincinnati for securing employ
ment for children.
DR.. Woolley's subject in the morn
ing was The Cincinnati Working
Permit, Psychological and Placement
Bureau" following up the talk on
Experimental Psychology as an Aid
In Vocational Guidance" given at
the opening session Thursday night.
She showed how each of these three
departments Of the bureau worked.
The bureau has three depart
ments, the permit section, the psy-
Geological and testing laboratory and
the placement bureau. The first is
the oldest and the records that had
been kept by it for four years were
Of great value when the last one was
established last year. Working per-
mits for children who drop out Of
school are issued through the first
bureau under he supervision of the
school authorizes.
In the psychological laboratory
all children applying for permits are
examined 20 determine if they are
physically able TO go TO work No
partment unless the children are
passed by the testing laboratory.
Children are actually placed by
! the placement bureau. Close con-
nections with all employers are kept
by this departm ent. the records
showing how many children are en-
ployed, what the wages are and
/ other facts.
-Four credentials are required by
the working certificate office. The
children must be examined by the
, boards physicians boys must have
gone through the sixth and girls
, through the seventh grade, boys
must be Is years and girls 16 years
l old. and they must have a contract
card with their employer 20 the
/ enectthat the will abide by the child
labor laws"
Social conditions that have
brought about a need for vocational
guidance for girls were pointed out
. by Miss A. <. Baylor. state super
: visor Of domestic science. She talk
/ ed on Vocational Guidance in a
Program for Girls Education" She
said that conditions in the home
caused many girls TO leave school
( for work and that unless they were
/ helped in getting positions there
( was danger Of them not getting the
right kind Of jobs.
Miss cleo Murtland. secretary Of
the national society for the promo
/ ton OF Industrial education. talked
! on The New Aspects of the Sewing
Trades. at tie morning session.
Supt c.. NJ. Mcdaniel of Hammond
/ was the chairman of the morning
meeting
This afternoon DR. T. G.. Bonser
was the principal speaker. talking
on The High School Subjects and
| Vocational Guidance. DR. W. F.
! Book. state director Of vocational
I education. opened the meeting with
talk on The Relation of NOca-
| tionaI Guidance 10 Vocational Edu-
cation" and +. u. McElroy. prin-
cipal Of Hammond high school spoke
/ on Course OF Study in the Worlds
[ Work" Supt J y. stud. of Fort
I Wayne was chairman Of the after
noon meeting.