Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-20
ONE HUNDRED ThiRTv.FouR IN
UNITED srAres sovs'
WORKING RESERVE.
SCHOOL HEAD 0AThERs
VOCATIONAL STATISTICS
Interesting Information Obtained FROM
Answers Of Enrolled vouths--Many
q Boys Volunteering Esssrisresd in
Various Lines 81 Wsrk-Fsw 70
Quit School.

One hundred thirty four boys Of the
| Marshalltown high school, between the
ages OF IS and 20 years, both inclusive,
have responded to the callffor enroll
ment in the United States Boys Work
ing Reserve for 1919. The boys re-
serve was established by the federal
| depa rtment OF labor, but the rcspon-
sibility for the mastering OF the boy
forces and the execution Of the reserve
plan Is placed in the HANDS OF stato
| officials. These, officials In turn trans
fer the actual duty OF the, enrollment
of boys to the county. directors and
enrolment officers in each high school
and public library. ..ts~~
Every physically fit boy in the ma
ton who has passed his sixteenth birth
| day and is under 81. Is eligible for
membership.
The response locally has been en-
| couraging and the boys generally dis
play an cagerness to aid In recon
| structive work which Is Indicative OF
| the success of the project.
| City Boys Respond FREELY.
| OF the 1874 boys enrolled here. 1l6
live in the city and eighteen are from
| tie rural districts. Sixty-four boys
enrolled were, born In Marshall county,
| thirty eight were born in Iowa, out
eide of Marshall county. and fourteen
| were born outside the state. Three are
natives of Illinois. two Of Missouri,
and one each Of Michigan, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Indiana, Idaho. Kansas.
Kentucky, North Dakota and West
Virginia.
Ninety-five of the boys expect to re-
| turn to school in the fall. Twenty
nine IL the total number will be grad
uated from high school this spring.
Eight are undecided as to their future
educational work and two only do not
expect to return. to school.
Many Are Experiences.
Many Of the boys have had some
experience in work offs various kinds.
| Seventy-six have worked on farms,
! fifty eight have had Industrial exper-
fence, forty-seven commercial exper-
fence, 1913 can drive horses, 112 can
drive automobiles and are familiar
with farm machinery, and sixty seven
can milk cows. Forty-fiye prefer agri-
| cultural work, tl,irty-three prefer to
follow industrial pursuits, forty-two
desire commercial employment and
fourteen have no particular choice OF
work. @
| Forty-two Of the boys were employed
last year by their fathers and thirty
seven expect to be. so employed this
| year. One hundred i've are willing to
leave home to work II not needed
| there.
Choice q Occupation.
Thirty eight boys select the farm
for their life work. twenty desire to be
engineers. thirteen would become ply.
sicians, nine lawyers, nine mechanical
engineers. nine~ civil engineers, eight
would enter business, five express q
preference for automobile business, five
would enter general engineering. four
Y. M. C. A. physical work. four COM
mercial work. three each would en-
gage in cattle raising. bookkeeping,
dentistry, contracting, electrical me-
chanics, general mechanics. banking,
mining engineering, photography and
jewelry trade. Two each expect to be-
come railway clerhs. surveyors, WIRE
less telegraphefs. chemical engineers.
biologists, shoemsn and architects.
Varied lines were chosen, by others,
one each choosing from the following:
Clerk In grocery, doctor of chiro-
practic. railroad fireman. office work.
naval radio, stage magician, surgeon,
railroad engineer. clothier, manager Of
business, naturalist. pharmacist, tele-
grapher. miller, journalist, aviator.
soldier, Spanish commercial trader
with South America, lumberman, min
lister, ice cream manufacturer, car
toonist, ranchman, elevator man.
manufacturer, accountant forestry,
civil service, advertising, musician and
florist.
Favor Special Training Plan.
After expressing their choice In re-
gard to vacations the boys were asked
the question. II this school offered
special training for occupation you
have mentioned. would you attend for
one or two years?" The number CIV
ing an affirmative reply was 101.
Eighty-three expressed q desire to
Hhave access to brief practical courses
in reading from books and bulletins
along the line Of the vocations Of their
choice.
The data IL compiled in the Office OF
the superintendent of schools 30 that
he may have at hand information along
vocational lines which WIN be valu.
able in vocational counseling. He also
plans a study Of the occupational OPP
portunities which exist In MArshall-
town with view to adapting high