The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

School, as State Director of Vocation
al Education and supervisor of the
training Of vocational teachers.
Paul W. Chapman, Superintendent
of New London schools, as State Su-
pervisor of Agricultural Education.
Miss Regina j. Friant, Professor of
Home Economics in Southeast Mis-
souri, Teachers College, as State SUI
pervisor of Home Economic Educa-
ton.
A. G. Norris, Supervisor of Manual
Training and Manual Arts, teaching
in the Sedalia schools, as State Super
visor of trade and Industrial Educa-
ton.
This staff has been at work only a
few weeks, but rapid progress has
been made in getting ready for the
opening of schools in September.
Arrangements have been made with
forty high schools to use about $780,
900 of State and Federal moneys the
coming year in paying part of the
salaries of the teachers of vocational
agriculture in these high schools. A
larger number of schools would have
introduced this work if qualified teach
ers could have been secured.
Thirty-three high schools will use
$13,500 of State and Federal moneys
in paying half of the salaries of
teachers Of vocational home econom-
les. A larger number Of schools
would have introduced this work if
there had been more money available
for this purpose.
Kansas City will inaugurate an ex-
tensive system of trade schools. st.
Louis and st. Joseph will each main
tain at least one trade school. These
schools will share in the distribution
of the State and Federal moneys. St.
Louis will continue it's extensive sys-
TEN of evening schools and will organ
ize them this year on strict voca-
tional basis which means that the men
and women who attend them will study
those things that will make them
more efficient in the work in. which
they are engaged.
About twenty cities, including the
three larger cities, and seventeen
smaller cities are making arrange
ments to start part-time schools in
compliance with the recently enacted
law, requiring the establishment Of
such schools for all employed boys and
girls between fourteen and sixteen,
and for employed boys and girls be-
tween sixteen and eighteen who have
not completed the elementary school,
1t is estimated that there are $4,000
such boys and girls in these twenty
cities, that more than half of them
will attend these part-time schools for
four hours per week from eight to
twelve in forenoon or from one to five
in afternoon of some day agreed upon
between the employers and the school
authorities. The four hours are TAX
en- out of the forty-eight during which
such children may be employed. State
and Federal moneys will be used in
paying part salaries of the teachers.
The State University has presented
its plans and budget to the State
Board setting forth the several cours-
es arranged for the training of teach
ers of agriculture, of home economics
and of trade and industrial subjects,
giving the names and salaries of in
structors of these vocational subjects.
The salaries of these instructors will
be paid out of the State and Federal
vocational moneys. Extension classes
in trade and industrial subjects will
be conducted in st. Louis and Kansas
City by the University for the pur-
pose Of preparing shop teachers.
A very successful conference of
teachers Of vocational agriculture was
held at Columbia last week, called
and presided over by State Supervisor,
Paul w. Chapman.
There will be fully $50 teachers of
vocational subjects in Missouri the
coming year whose salaries will be 4
paid in part from State and Federal
vocational moneys.
This type of work is rapidly TAX
ing strong hold on the public schools