The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-12-06

in the war. Ii will never re possible
Of course. TO locate the bod of every
soldier thar fell and be sure that the
Identification is correct. Il Is the ;e>tl
mony. however. of many persons WI"
have been to France and back durln-
recent months that The government has
done remarkable piece Of work ID
locating isolated graves. Identifying
the men buried in them, and in a.
scmbling the bodies in the large Gene
ferries. where each grave is marked
with cross that bears the name OF
the soldier if the name is available.
For the most part the American
dead are being assembled in cemete-
ries that are 10 be- in fact American .
cemeteries. Through an arrangement
with the French government these
cemeteries have been established. and |
will be under the control ot the INIT /
Ell States government. Uniform plans |
for them have been adopted Each one /
is 10 be surrounded by a white fence, |
the paths are To he grave!led. and, a .
already noted. there is 70 be a cross /
mt the head Of each grave, which Is
to be the temporary marker. II IS the
intention of the government later to
provide a stone for each grave.
The commission of fine arts recently
sent its president. Charles Moore. To
France 10 inspect the work of the
/ graves commission. and Mr.. Moore re-
ported that everything is progressing
/ i'm a most satisfactory way. He says
/ the locations of the cemeteries are
/ excellent and that the care given to
the graves is increasingly good ana
that the plans which are being deVeF
oped are such AZ will make these GENE
ferries sacred places to which relatives
and friends may go with the certainty
of finding that the graves are respect
ed and honored, even beyond those IN
any military cemetery in our own
country.
Commercial Occupations Survey.
A commercial occupation survey
in the various states is to be made
nv the federal board of vocational
education. During recent years most
of the states have passed laws
making continuation school attend
! ynce compulsory on the part or
Younger workers, and this has made
II desirable. according TO the VOCATIONAL
educational board. TO consider what
kinds of education such boys and girls
, should receive. 1t is assumed by the
=, federal board. Of course, that instruc-
+. ton in the fundamental subjects VIII
{ be a part of any program. Still, ac'
b. cording TO the boards view, such sub
b. jects rs English, arithmetic. geography
and spelling must be taught from
h new angle if they are to interest wide
q awake boys and girls who are EN-
: plOyed in various occupations. Suct
/. boys and girls. it is pointed out, are
: likely to fail to appreciate the connec
:. ton. assuming that there is one be
:. tween text book courses in such sub
a jects and their work.
A curSory examination of the con
ditions that exist in some of the state
convince the board for vocational ed
- ucatiOn that for the most part tn
:, boys and girls who would be consic
:, cred in such a survey as Is propose
:, are between fourteen and sixteen year
Of age. although in some states n
upper limit has been placed at sever
=, teen, and in still others at eighteel
Many Types of Commercial Training
I'll According TO the boards informatio
:" practically all business courses belo
IL college grade at present are bui
~ around two commercial occupations
nc bookkeeping and stenography. live
at LEGATIONS in several cities show tn;
I" fewer than 10 per cent of employe
jill boys and girls under eighteen yea
- of age are engaged in either OF the
Ill occupations. In one state where SUI
survey has Just been completed
up has been found that only l per ce
ed of LOO boys and girls included a
ne bookkeepers, and per cent a
IA stenographers IL per cent are ope
&C. ating various office machines; 10
re- cent are filing; - per cent are oper;
The ing telephone switchboards; %
the cent doing general miscellaneous Gle
III cal work, and the remainder are ~
the lists. file clerks. messengers. sto
the workers. timekeepers, cost clerks. e
bill All of these positions, ii is point
ro- out. involve important and more
ter less difficult kinds of work. and ca
ons one of them offers possibilities
hat commercial training. From the stu
the that has been made by the vocation
to board. il is apparent, so the boa
of saws. that there are at least 20
ali tinct types of commercial traini
that should be provided if the nee
of younger employed boys and g
low are TO be met.
can The survey that is about TO
iur- undertaken will be made in selec
dis cities and towns TO ascertain more d
the niteIy the exact kinds of work t
ave younger boys and girls are called
The 70 perform and the kinds of train
'een hest calculated TO help them succ
'uld in the performance of such tasks. !
lext survey will. of course, he made in
iOus onerotiOn with state directors for
IN cational education and will be of gr'
t of est importance to those states I
hear have passed compulsory continual
and school laws. II is proposed that
pos survey shall reveal not only the kl
t Of of positions now. being filled by .
10 i'll opJ tho training rp0ui