Evening journal., 1919-01-13
PUPILS | Vi Ills WILL WILL EARN EARN
WHILE They LEARN
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system Of this city, under the Board
Of Public Education.
Such a course. said Superintendent
Scott. this morning, Will be made pos
slble by the passage OF the Smith
Hughes bill and the action OF the Del
aware Legislature. The Federal aid for
Delaware. OF $4,000. must be increased
by an equal amount or State aid, II II
ls 10 become effective. II is expected
that the state Legislature will make
this appropriation at the present ses-
sion.
or the $4,000. there will Ibe $4,000
available for Industrial education, but
as this includes home economies for
the girls. there VIII be about 5000
FOR the cooperative Industrial Course,
also known as Part Time school,"
A. Z. Rhoades will be the supervisor
OF the course, and present plans In
clude The establishment OF the course
with the technical instruction to be
given at the Harlan and Pusey and
Jones shops. There will be eleven OF
twelve instructors for the course at It's
Inauguration.
Mr.. Rhoadss said this morning that
so much enthusiasm was evidenced by
boys and parents 10 whom the course
had been outlined. that he thought the
chief trouble would be TO accommodate
all the boys who will want 10 take It.
There will be more boys than funds
10 provide for their instruction. The
boys are intensely interested, said Mr..
Rhoades.
AS outlined by Superintendent Scott
and Superior Rhoades, the course will |
be along the following general lines.
The boy viii take one week at the |
shop, followed by one or two weeks at |
the High School, and so on. At the shop. |
under expert instructors, hired by the !
city. he viii be taught the intelligent
use and care OF machinery, and how TO
perform various kinds OF work in the
plant He will be assisting In the act- 4
ual production Of the shop, and will be !
paid a certain specified amount not
yet decided upon Il will not be the
full wages OF an adult worker, but will
be enough 10 help the boy through the
course.
On Saturday the boy who is 10 be
transferred from school 10 shop the
next week, Will come down and work
with Boy No. 1. learing 10 take up the
Job where the FIRST boy drops II, so that
The plant will not be Inconvenience by
4 break in the work.
The boy who has been in the shou
VIII spend the next week OF two In
school, studying subjects related TO bis
technical training, such as mathematics.
'hemlstry, reading Of blue prints, and
20 on He will get most Of the studies
n the regular High School course with .
he exception Of the dead languages.
Present indications are that the bows
IRE not greatly distressed at missing
latin coinjugatons and Greek declen- ,
ions.
In The shop training. he will be
aught the why" as we'll as the how"
" things, and will not be kept too long
lpon one operation. but put through
'aried apprenticeship. This combined
With his school studies will turn him
'ut at the end OF the course as a we'll
skilled worker, with a chance
70 so ahead In his career, and an ambi-
ion TO do so.
The cooperation by Harlan's and
Pusey and Jones has been gladly and
given. The plant manage
nents feel that the course will be of
help 10 them in the trained
employees they VIII set in the future.
Which VIII more than compensate for
my inconveniences they may be
aused. IL
The Federal law calls for la hours
In such an industrial course,
,ut the school authorities have thought {
he grouping Of shop periods together S
would do more good than taking an 8
our or two every other day. s
The adult workers IN the plants, and I
he labor unions, have received the G
roiect cordially. The Central Labor g
Inion has endorsed the course at re- \
ent meeting, and will appoint a COM r
littee 10 cooperate in its development. | I
One thing that has made the idea :
is the diminishing number Of =
pprentces TO trades Instead Of be- L
oming apprentices, young men have
cen content with the high wages now
aid to unskilled labor. !
Technical high schools have been
established in some large cities, but as
r. Scott points out, these schools are
normously expensive TO equip with
hop machinery and TO maintain, be-
des, they cannot provide the variety A
training Of an actual great plant h
Wilmington instead Of b
utting a shop in a school, will take 81
le school into the shop. Prospects L
e bright for a successful development C
these part-time schools. They do c,
way with the disadvantages Of night m
hool for boys, as they give him his al
hooling in daytime, when he is fresh il
Id at his best mentally. "