Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-16
State Superintendent Summons Twen-
ty.six Practical Educators and Manu-
factursrs in Effort to Devise Meth
DDS Which Will Secure ResuIts-DeI-
esates Chosen.
.ecial to Times Republican.

wenty six persons representing in
tcrests more or less in touch with thu
problem of vocational training. Edu
Gators, manufacturers, merchants, edt
tors. and others of professional o.
business training have been asked t
take part in the conference. Its pur
pose is to discuss what steps SHOULD
be taken to provide vocational train
ing.
"The establishment of facilities TO
the training Of young men and yount
women who want to enter the trades
or who desire to become factory work
ers in city and manufacturing centeri
or who desire to take employment will
large business establishments is
problem demanding the considerable
attention OF the public" declares
Superintendent Deyoe in q statemen
concerning the conference.
1--WE confidently believe that a con
ference of persons representing various
business, Industrial and professional
callings may rerSder valuable service
n the state. 1t may be determined
this conference as to future confer
ences. We trust it will be possible fo1
all members Of the conference to at
tend the initial meeting Nov. l.
TN the professional callings thu
period of preliminary liberal education
and our present facilities and REQUIRES
ments concerning definite professions
training serve as testing or prepa
ration process for those who enter thu
So called professions.
Large sums have been expended II
Iowa during the past three years TO-
better school buildings and equipment
Rapid strides have been made TOWARD
practical courses Of study. Approx
mately 6O4 approved graded and higi
schools in city, town and village ant
consolidated districts are giving in
struction In agriculture, home econ.
omics and manual training.
"In the professional calling!
entrance upon this or that kind O
work is often wholly a matter o.
chance. The traditional courses o
study in our public schools are no
satisfactory to those who are naturally
inclined to become workers on thu
farm or in the shop and factory, OF
who desire to follow commercial
pursuit after they reach the age o
IA or Is. Education should meet tn
needs Of all classes of workers, indus
trial and professional.
by the beginning Of the seventh
grade in our public schools coming t.
be known as the junior high schoo
period. should the school offer op
Iortunity for the child to express hi!
dominant aptitudes and interests
This period>represents ages of children
from IL to IA inclusive.
SHOULD courses in vocational train
IL e be organized to complement Of
parallel well selected subjects in lib
eral arts during the latter years Of the
high school including the tenth
eleventh and twelfth grades, coming te
be known as the senior high schoo
period and representing Is to 10 years
of age?
ITO what extent may cooperation
between the store, the shop and the
factory and the school be encouraged
or carried out?
"Are especial vocational schools
feasible in Iowa? The above are some
of the vital questions concerning edu-
cation in Iowa."
Delegates Chosen.
The delegates to the vocational edu-
cation conference follow: M. G. Clark
city superintendent, Sioux City; F. E
Bissell, n. B. Glover Company, Du-
huque: r. G. Stewart, editor Tribune
Cedar Rapids; w. r. Orchard, editor
Daily Nonpareil. Council Bluffs; Alfred
~ A6,,al1ar roo,,fo cf,,rer opd~ a tforpov
Mrs. Anna L. Burdick
director Of vocational guidance, public
schools, Des Moines; Leslie e. Francis
state senator and attorney, Spirit Lake;
Sidney Mandelbaum, Mandeibaum de.
partment store, Des Moines; ]. H. T
Main, president Grinnell college, Grin
rell; John T. Clarkson, state senator
and attorney, Abba; K. G. Smith, de-
partment engineering extension, Iowa
State College, Ames; Warren Garst
and capitalist. Des
Monies; Mrs. E. B. Wilson. lecturer or
recreation and com.
munity center work, Jefferson; W. A
Richards. principal Grant vocational
high school, Cedar Rapids; ]. w
Jarnigan, editor Iowa Farmer, Des
IA Dimes; Forest Z. Ensign, department
OF education, state university of Iowa
Iowa City; H. c. Moeller, county
Waterloo; ]. H. Strict
president Iowa State Federation OF
Labor. Sioux City; A.. B. Judson
master state grange Of Iowa, Balfour;
G.. A. Wrightman, secretary Iowa
Association, Des
Moines; Miss Mabel Bentley, associate
professor home economics in extension
service, Iowa State College, Ames: C
P. Colegrove, president Upper Iowa
Fayette; J. G. McGlade, de-
partment rural education, Iowa State
Teachers College, Cedar Falls; Miss
Adele Seyle, Industrial secretary, Y.
w. C. a., Des Moines; H. e. Blackmar,
city superintendent, Ottumwa; A! L.
Trick, commissioner Of labor, Des
Moines.