The Denver Jewish news., 1918-11-14
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PART-TINIE EMPLOYMENT FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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cation Some of them take tire place
of the regular employees while the lat
ter are away on their summer Vaca
tions. More over, it is not unusual for
Il boy to work for one firm three OF
four. years afternons and Saturdays.
and then after graduation from high
school to be promptly received into the
regular ranks of that business organi-
zation.. Student part-time employees
are buffers-Shock absorberS. They
help stabilize the regular staff turn
over. t III
Also, much of what was coed, in the
old apprenticeship system is in excel
lent service today. But the grea ter pos,
sibiIities are neglected by business to
whose interest it is and by the school
whose duty it is to give the matter
consideration. This leads us to the
point of view of the school official.
The School Administrator Outlook.
School administrators are well ac-
quainted with the figures of student
mortality" both in the elementary
grades and in the high school The
Denver school survey of 1916 shows.
that but sixty per cent of those en-
rolled in our eighth grade enter the
high school, and only twenty-five per
cent remain to graduate.
This elimination is usually explain
ed by failures i'm Studies" want OF
interest" lack of instruction desired
and sometimes by 'impatience to carr
and to spend" Little. however, is said
about economic pressure as an import,
ant cause of school desertion. Surveys
the country over, disclose that with the
exception of the cities in the million
class little thought is being given to
the sustenance problem of the school
children drawn from the ranks of the
poor. 1 venture to say that right here
in prosperous Denver ten per cent OF
the high school students come from
istence.
Here is presented an excellent oppor
tmity to construct one of the piers
bridging the chasm between elementary
and high schools. Why not 20 to the
grade schools and say to the hundreds
If not thousands. that cannot enter the
high school because of economic diff
culties:
Don't leave school. You can earn
the greater part or all of your living
expenses and obtain your education al
the same time. We will try our bes'
to get you position with which TO
help earn your way thru. provided
you are able and willing to work"
And the leadcn-feet doctrinaires who
assert that students in need. or in want
of part-t time employment Should not be
placed and supervised by the school will
do well to take a course in Enlightened
Public Policy Applied to Our schools.
The Student Employees Health.
There is the other side of the story.
studcnt-cmployee's health. Of course
there is such a thing as ovcrwork, and
ones zeal for part-timc employment
must not overlook that essential fact.
to incapacitate them not only FOR furth
cr employment but also for school work.
In guarding against this, tlie employ
ment director indeed cannot be TOO care
close observations indicates that stud.
cnts who work for pay outside of school
hours are in better health and main
tain higher scholarship tlan those not
employed.
Another phase of the health guarding
problem is the danger of exploitation
of the student by the INSCRIPTIONS,
whom, like the poor. we have, always
with MS. One concrete case will per
haps suffice to make this clear. FO,lr
East Side boys went this summer to n
friend" on the Western Slope, pre-
slinably to do farm work. When they
arrived they were set the task of dig.
gvIg bitches all day long under Il broii;
ing sun. The boys, to be sure, were
eager to work, but coolic labor proved
after II week a no-bOy's job. They re-
turned 10 the city pennilusS. back
strained. discouraged.
The proper management of the school
employment bureau consequently re-
'quircs first-lmnd knowledge of work
ing conditions, sympathetic interest in
the pupil and clear insight into the
problems presented. Careless or prom
iscuous handing out of employment is
as much fraught with harm AZ vigilant
guidance is with good. Personal in
spcctiOm of places of student employ
mcnt is therefore, highly desirable.
high school day has again been length