Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-04
URGED TO APPLY
 e. FOR MONEY AVAILABLE
Defense Council Outlines Provisions of
 Smith Hughes Bill

l Those who direct the affairs of higl | schools in Connecticut are being urg | ed by the Connecticut State Council O. | Defense to make application for theil l share of the money available to the l state under the Smith Hughes Bill passed by congress last year, the l money to be used for the introduction of courses in vocational agriculture Applications to share in the aprro- | priatfon may be made to the state board of agriculture.
 The letters have been sent to the
 chairmen of school committees ol boards of education in towns and cities where there are high schools and to the principals of all high schools in the state. The letter follows: Dear Sir: In order to reach its
 maximum of food production and conservation Connecticut must take advantage of every opportunity to give instruction along agricultural and home economies lines. An opportu =
 nity to introduce such training in
 high schools of the state where it did
 exist before has presented itself in
 the form of the Smith Hughes bill
 passed by congress last year. (Public
 Document No. 95, 63rd congress). This
 bill provides certain sum of money
 proportionate to the rural population
 of each state for the teaching of ag-
 riculture in rural districts and for the
 training of teachers of agriculture.
 The report of the Committee on Food
 oupPly ana COnSerVaC1On, COnneCtl-
 cut State Council of Defense, to the
 council gives the following details of
 the provisions of the Smith Hughes
 bill:
 Section of the Federal Act pro- vides for the supervision of agricul- ture instruction and for the payment of teachers of agriculture in high schools. $10,000 is available for Con necticut from the Federal Act for the two years ending September 30, 1919. F1,o tot H. The total amount available therefore, is $20,0O0 for the two years. It is assumed that two o-thirds of the sal ary of an instructor might be paid from the Federal and State funds. The local community to pay the balance of the salary of the Instructor and to provide for labratory equipment The fund therefore is sufficient to estab- fish an agricultural department in pissible eight or ten high schools in the state.
 ''The legislature, in accepting the provisions of the federal act, designat- ed the state board of education as the state board to cooperate with the federal board of Vocational Educa- tion in the administration. of this act It is provided further. however, that the State Board of Education shall designate the Connecticut AgricuI- tural college as the institution to su- pervise the instruction in agriculture, as provided for in Section of the Federal act.
 Section 4 of the Federal act pro- vides for the preparation of teachers of agricultural subjects and for the teachers of home economic subjects. S6.000 is available from the federal grant under this section for the two year period ending September 30, 1919. The state must duplicate this amount. The total amount available therefore under Section 4, IS s12,o0O for the two years. Section 3 of the act provides for the supervision of instruction and the payment of sal aries of teachers of trades home econ onics and industrial subjects. $23- 800 is available from the Federal act fer the two years ending September zS 1919''