Evening journal., 1919-04-05
TRADE FOX EVRY
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
Technical Training With
Pay Made Possible Under
Merrill Law
COURSE TO GET
UNDER WAY SOON

Cooperative courses In cultural and
technical education will bo inaugur-
ated in Wilmington within the next
few weeks, il was announced today
The new system win. for a time at
least change the relative positions OF
ithe boy who works IN The shop and the
lad OF the same age who attends High
school.
At the present time. young boys are
leaving the shop for the scho0lroom,
and receiving a certain amount OF edu-
cation which will 40 them for college.
The plan has now been devised where
by the Ilish School pupil will be able
10 leave the sch00lroom for certain
number OF hours each week, 90 work
at some trade in the shops. The fea-
ture OF The system, outside OF It's edu-
cational value, Is that both lads bene-
it financially while the change Is 10
effect.
The boy in the shops receives pay
Tor the time he spends In the school
room. The boy from the-High school
viii get apprentice wages for the work
he does IN the shops. The pupil Is thus
enabled to bo solf-suBporting while
EHNNNAAr AAH NNANANANN MlAu NAMAINNMAa
The start at the High School VIII be
made with two groups Of boys, OF
eight each, who will alternate between
the High School and the shops at the
Pusey & Jones Company. Two weeks
viii be spent in school and the follow
ing two weeks In the shops. The High
school lads, in addition 20 getting full
instruction at the trade they may select,
will receive regular WAGES FOR the time
spent In the shop. The course Is OF
four years duration and each boy will
be Required 10 spent not less than i2O
full weeks inths shop before gradua-
ton from The school and trade.
This course Is entered into with the.
company; by a written contract, along
lines generally followed for appren-
ticeship. The contract specifies The
time a boy must serve. his wages and
their advancement as he improves, the
guarding Of his health and protecting
him from any physical danger 80 far
as IL is possible.
While this course WI not prepare
for other than certain technical col
leges, % Is pointed out. that the punil
taking 10 is assured Of a well-round J..
education. The pupil who finishes Is
better qualified 10 grapple with the
world than the average mechanic who
through force of circumstances. has
been compelled. TO neglect his educa-
tion for a trade.
There has been FOR a long time
fund for the training Of working boys
for college. derived from the Federal
under The provisions OF the
Merrill bill. but It was only during the
past year that the Smith-Hughes Fund
became available. This bill provided
for the payment 20 the various states
OF certain sums OF money 20 provide
teachers, for Industrial education only.
Delaware's share Of this Federal ap-
propriatiUu for. tiIr present year IL
8 t,5ee, vvt1icir. caCTte5 with it a proviso
tbat-the 'stste si5il eonfrlnuie an equal
sum for the same purpose
The object Of This appropriation Is
10 provide means for the education
Of boys who arc compelled 10 leave
school and work for a living, and at
the same time raise the standard Of
the employees Of the future by educat-
Ing these young lab0rers.
At this time there arc fourteen spe-
,lsl instructors employed IN this city
md paid for out Of this Smiih-Hughes l
Fund. These teachers are I'm charge |
y A. Edward Rhosdes, supervisor os
Industrial Edncdtidh. Who has his Of
Ice in THE iii eh school building.
In addition. classes Of apprentice /
BOYS at the plants Of the Pusoy and /
Iones Company and the Harlan plant .
" tho Bethlehem Steel Corporation, are /
yiven free instruction each saturday |
the entire halliday being de- /
'oted solely 20 study. These boys !
rims. in" at the usual hour. for starting |
work, but instead OF going to work |
70 direct 20 the room set apart for ]
school purposes, and they are being I
,aid their regular wages.