The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-14
PART TINfR EMPLOYMENT, FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
(Second Vocational Article)
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Few people not intimately acquainted
with the progress of secondary educa-
ton in our country realize the work.
strivings. achievements. possibilities Of
the large modern high school. Not
many are aware of its efforts to fhrth-
er the practical as well as the ideal.
to promote fellowship and cooperation.
as well as thought and discipline. As
the American high. school is becoming
more and more the institution Of most
of the children Of most of the people,
1t is assuming functions that were not
thought of generation ago. What Vt
will be two decades hence, lies in the
palm of enlightened progress.
This article is concerned with but
one of number OF forward-ho move
ments of the public high school-that
of rendering social-economic service. In
the June number of the Colorado Man.
ufacturer and Consumer l told Of the
work of the vocational guidance depart
ment of Denver's East Side High
school, and pleaded for the acceptance
of the prOffered subsidy of the fed
eral government to enlarge the oppor-
tunities for vocational training in Colo
RADIO In this paper I shall give addi-
tional facts about that schools employ
ment bureau. show the necessity of sim
liar service in all the high schools of
the city, and dwell in particular on that
interesting. vexatiOus, difficult. delight
full feature technically termed . part
time employment"
Part-time employment. as applied to
the high school. designates work for
pay for boys and girls outside of school
hours and on Saturdays in the course
of the school year and also during the
tions. Work during these school-frce
periods is sought by three rather dis
Mnct groups Of students. First. those
that must support themselves (and in
some cases also others), in, order to
be able to attend school; second. those
who are not necessarily in bread. and
butter want, but are ambitious to work
in order to save and prepare for fu-
ture needs third. those who want i'm
mediate results, and wish TO work in
order to be able to crafty present de-
sires. These three groups. then. mo-
tivated by necessity. desire to save. de-
sire to spend. seek purt-time employ
ment This demand by students for
work appeals to the business man. who
is thus afforded opportunity to obtain
extra office. store. stock-room. and fac
tory employees who. as rule. are
eager. enthusiastic workers and whose
service pays.
Pertinent Facts.
Here are some pertinent vocational
facts about the East Denver High
school for the school year 101T-1S:
One-fifth Of the 1850 students en-
rolled weIt partly or entirely self-sup.
porting.
These two hundred and ten students
averaged twenty hours Der week work
during the thirty-eight weeks that the
school was in session.
One-fourth of the entire student body
worked part time or whole time during
the Christmas season. 1917
One half of East Denver'S students
are employed full time during this sum
mer vacation.
The average earning of these 800 boys
and girls is $50 year. and the bust
ness men of Denver and Colorado will
have paid them $4,000 in wages IA
teachers earned in salaries y for the
year ending this September.
Students working for pay maintain.
as rule. higher scholastic standing
than those not employed. ~ Il
The demand for student help this
summer has been in number of in
stances greater than the supply
The diversity of their occupations in
part-time employment is surprising. 4
partial list includes; Bank clcrk, book
keeper. carpenter. cashier. chauffeur.
elevator operator. farm hand, hotel
clerk. janitor, launderer, library page.
locomotive fireman, machinist. moving
picture operator. musician. nurse. Of
flee worker, printer, salesman, secre-
tary, stenographer, stock clerk, sweep
er. tclegrapher telephone operator aud
timekeeper.
From the Viewpoint Of Business
But the business man will ask wheth-
er the parttime employment pays him
in dollars and cents. How do the
students make up for the lack of. ex-
perience, aud is there not Il hitch in the
cost Of the Labor turnover.
True. the student at first lacks the
requisite proficiency, but be Sion makes