The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-22
UP TO BOARD TO
FIX STATUS Of
VOCATIONAL HIGH
Has Great Opportunity, But
Money Must Be Provided by
Board of Education for
Building and Equipment.

It's now up to the board Of education
TO determine whether the NocatloIaI
high school of Memphis will receive
the maximum amount of the smith,
Hughes appropriation for vocational
training and become one OF the finest
schools in the South, or continue 70
draw only a small share Of THIS tuhd
because of lack of necessary buildings
and equidment to make in conform 10
all requirements Of the Smith-hughes
bill.
Plans for two new buildings TO be
erected on the campus OF the school.
with complete and modern equipment
for training in all electrical and me
chaniCal trades. were submitted 70 Ihe
school board and Prof, f. ). Macllh'
Of the United States bureau OF eau
cation, by Prof. ]. l.. Highsaw, ,prlncl-
pal of Vocational high school, FRIDAY.
II the board OF education will agree
to provide necessary funds for me
buildings and equipment at once the
school will, upon the recommendatlonn
Of Prof. MaClin, receive probably So,VOO
fro mthe federal government this year
and a large ramount each year. uhtll
the maximum Of IS, 600 Is reached.
Vocational training Is literally
sweeping the entire country with a
force that means complete r~eorGanlza,
ton Of many schools and colleges
Prof. Maclin said,
THE old classic mode Of education
will soon be a thing OF the past, LOT
now, In this age Of reconstruction;
every mar and woman must be trained
and we'll trained by special study
for the line OF work In which they are
employed in order that the world may
advance. uzo
this and see to II that vocational train
ing in the broadcast possible scope Is IN
stituted in his schools is a back yum
ber."
Several hundred students applied Tor
admission at the vocational high sGhoo,
because of crowded conditions. accora.
ing to Prof. ]. i, Highsaw. The nlght
classes and those Of the afternoon are
always crowded with working peopiie
ties the school affords for adVance
ment by training them for the worn
in which they are employed or in Whlch
they desire to engage later - ,,r,
Local business men state tha,t a elr
or boy who attends Vocational schoo
at night rapidly increases in actua
worth through the higher service rem
dered.
A class in merchant craft and the ar,
Of craftsmanship Is now being pug N
class will be a model store where tht
students will serve behind the counter
and learn the tactics of good salesman
ship from actual experience.
Vocational nlRh ALREADY mas II splVn,
did home economies department ant
classes for mothers and housekeeper!
in both cooking and sewing, but Prof
Hlghsaw is planning to greatly en- en-
training restaurant and hotel cooks.
The Chief ain Of the Vocational higl
school is to arrange its hours AM
classes so that all working people, AM
those desiring to specialize In n pro
f~ession, may do 30.
prof. Highsaw is a man Of unusuas
executive ability, and, under his lead
ership, l see no reason why the Voca
tionai school Of Memphis should no
become the leading one Of its KIND !
the South, provided that certain en-
iargements are made by the local boar
of education said Prof. MacIin.