New-York tribune., 1918-11-25
AZ Questions Will
Be Asked Boys i'm
Registration Dec. )
Exhaustive Questionnaire
Is Provided for All EN-
ployed Youths
Army Training Is Aim
School Pupils Have Only 3
Queries Under State En-
rolment Plan

ALBANY, Nov 24-The State Mill
tsrv Training Commission to- day made
nublic the questionnaires which all
bovs in the state sixteen, seventeen
and eighteen years old Will be called
upon to answer when they enroll for
military training at the public school
houses between the hours OF 9 a. m
and p m Tuesday, December 3, in
response to proclamation of the Gov
ernor.
The boy who attends day school will
have to answer only three questions
in addition to giving his name, address,
age and date of birth; employed boys,
except those working on farms, Will
have to answer forty-two questions,
boys who are working on farms and
not attending school Will be called on
TO answer thirty seven questions
Outside OF the general questions re
latinr to name, address and age, the
schoolboy will be asked to give the
country in which he was born, the
country of birth of his father and the
country of birth OF his mother. These
same questions will be asked of the
employed boys also.
For Employed Boys
In addition, all employed boys, ex-
cept those working on farms, will an
swer the following questions:
If guardian is not father. how related TO
boy?
Number of children older than boy?
Fathers occupation?
Mothers occupation
Date of leaving school: Year. age?
Reason for leaving school?
Last grade completed?
Kind of school last attended?
Kind of shop work done in school, if any
Best liked study -?
Least liked study?
Ii you earned money while in school, how ?
Employer : name?
Business address
Nature of business
Occupation of boy?
What kind of work did you Go?
Did you get special training for it in
school?
What was your beginning weekly wage?
Number of increases
Present weekly wage?
Time required to learn this trade or oc-
cupation
How after leaving school did you get
a Job?
Who helped you get it?
How many jobs have you had
How long have you had present Job
Do you like it: Why?
Did you have to fill out an application
blank?
Did you have to give references?
Are you doing war work?
Do you think your job will end with the
war!
Is there chance for advancement?
Upon what does advancement depend?
Do you attend night other school?
Would you if one were started?
What do you want to be ten years from
now?
Do you save any money: How?
How much do you pay weekly for the sup
port of the family?
For Farm Youths
The special questions to be aske,
boys working on farms and not attend
ing school follow:
If guardian is not father. how related t.
you?
Number of children in family?
Number of children older than boy?
Fathers occupation?
II father is farmer, does he own farm
Date of lea firg school: year. age?
Reason for leaving school?
Last grade completed?
Kind of school last attended?
How far do you live from nearest higl
school?
How far from nearest district school?
Best liked study?
Least liked study?
Did you study agriculture: Where?
DO you expect to study agriculture
Where?
How far in school did your father go?
How far in school did your mother go9
How many older brothers have left ,arm
DO you work at home or other farm
About how much do you earn month
How large is the farm?
What is sold from the farm that bring
in most money =?
Do you expect to become farmer?
What do you want to be ten years iron
now
What farm papers do you read?
What agricultural bulletins do you read
Geneva. Albany. Cornell, Washington?
Do YOU own any livestock What?
Do ycd have any land for your own use
How mitch?
What DO you grow on it?
Do you any money: How?
Does your father belong to the Grange :?
Does your father belong to the Earn
Does your father belong to the Dairy Men
League?
Does your father belong to the Frui
Growers Association?
In accordance with the plans of tn,
Military Training Commission AM
through the cooperation of the Stat
Department of Education the enrol
ment is to be taken by public schoo
teachers. The enrolment blanks stat
that all entries are to be made by
licensed teacher, who will ask tn
questions of the boy and enter tn
answers in accordance with the rephe
Of the boy. There is a space on eacl
blank for the teacher who acts as en-
rolling officer to indicate the name o
The school at which the entries wer
made city or town and date. Eacl
enrolment blank is to be signed by thu
teacher who took the enrolment