The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-09-18
BOOSTS VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL TRAINING
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day vocational classes, in which one
half the time is spent on practical
work on a commercial basis, and most
of the academic work is supplement
tary to the practical work.
Deputy superintendent James v.
Comerford of Ely and Chauncey w.
Smith of Fallon and Principal Bleas-
dale of Lyon county high school al
Yerington called at the Office of the
state director of vocational education
last week for the purpose of discuss
ing plans for part-time classes in
their respective districts.
Principal Z. r. Bennett writes that
the Tonopah high school board of
education has purchased a special
building for its vocational mining
school. The plan of the work is to
improve the occupation connected
with the mining industry. Great
things are expected of Principal
Bennett.
Rural schools are not barred from
having either pre-vocational or voca-
tional training, and probably many
more should now be conducting man
ual training or pre-vocational work
than are really doing so. 1t should
be borne in mind that inability to
qualify under the provisions Of the
Smith, Hughes act does not obviate
the %advisability Of conducting upon a
small scale vocational work in rural
schools. Evening school classes and
part-time classes are just as appli-
cable to rural communities as larger
towns or cities.
Relative to the proposed part-time
cooperative industrial course in on
nection with the Sparks railway
shops we are e~ndeavoring to supply
the employer with precisely that sort
of skill which he requires in seeking
to increase his output and reduce his
labor cost. We belive that with the
intensive proposed course of training,
in which each group of students would
work every two weeks in the railway
shops, that we can obtain these re-
suits in a much shorter space Of time
and at far less cost to the railway
company than with the present ar
rangement of training apprenticeship
boys four hours per week in the
apprenticeship school.
A course in household mechanics
is being introduced in many of the
vocational courses throughout the
state. 1t is particularly recommended
for part-time classes. Aim: To Gre
ate a participating interest in the
home and pride in its appearance.
Subject matter: Setting a window
pane, placing a lock or door knob,
soldering a kettel, putting up a shelf,
window box, ventilating screen or
window board, making a fireless
cooker out of a candy pail, simple
mending of shoes, putting a washer
a faucet, reading a meter, chang
ing a fuse, painting the woodwork of
a room, calsomining a kitchen,
papering a room, oiling and regulat-
ing a sewing machine. shortening a
blind roller. etc.
The National Association Of Manu-
%facturers, said in part, in a recent
bulletin: THE methods in setting up
part-time training rests with the en-
ployer. Part-time training can not be
devised intelligently in the schools
except in response to the expressed
requirements of industry" Such
actions on the part of industry should
make us as school men ap~preciative
of the necessity of this work. Another
quotation in connection with part
time work follows: THAT which inn
proves the quality of labor improves
citizenship. and increases the cono-
mic welfare of the community and it
is this consideration that has induced
the government to help the employers
to help themselves and their employees
by increased productivity and wage
earning power.