Arizona republican., 1920-12-19
What Has Been Done In Arizona
 In Vocational Work Development

vocational training in agriculture in Arizona is bright. The present pos abilities have not yet been realized and as reclamation opens up new areas, more development will follow. Five major reclamation projects are receviing attention at present.
 Home Economies
 The department of vocational edu- cation has for the first time had dur ing the year 1919-1920 full time supervisor in home economics. Dur ing the latter part of the school year the teacher training institution in the state also added to their home eco- monies department an assistant pro- lessor who could tie up the teacher training institution with the state needs. By doing itinerant teacher
 training among the vocational teach
 CTS during the first semester and taking charge of the methods courses and practice teaching in the university the second semester, the teachers in the field will be benefited by assist ance in the problems they meet and the university graduate will have the benefit of an instructor who knows state conditions intimately.
 During the year 191S-1919 the vo- cational home economies courses in troduced were largely those which it
 
 the part time supervisor was largely spent in surveying the state conditions and determining how the greatest needs could be met in home making | courses.
 l It was found that in Arizona the high school girls have for some time had instruction in home making and that this with a small amount of cook ing and sewing instruction offered in the upper grades did not reach the i neediest groups. This year the growth has been not so much in vocational
 home making courses offered in the high schools as in the introduction of courses for over age children in the grades who would never reach high school and in evening and part time classes for women and girls employed 1 in homes and in other occupations. The State of Arizona supplemented the 5000 of the federal funds avail able for home economics so that it was possoble to reimburse local commit mites three-fourths of the salaries of vocational home economics teachers. $1,158.79 was paid out of the state and federal funds for this purpose during 1919-1920. This reimbursement was distributed among 23 day schools, 21 evening schools and 6 part-time schools in 23 oenters of the state. During 191S1919 one vocational home making course was offered to the
 grade school children; in 1919-1920 there were 22 such courses reaching 293 girls. The vocational high school courses increased from to 15 reach ing total of 134 girls, and the even ing school and part-time courses were given to 932 women in contrast to 163 women reached last year.
 Trades and Industries
 Trade and industrial education has I,aa the specific trade training needs of Arizona have become more or less clearly defined. It was at first be- neved that only a small number of boys would profit by specific trade training, but it has become apparent
 that trade training may, in this state | successfully reach large number of
 boys. We can never assume that this training will drive a boy into a given
 trade as all the gates of a democracy are open to him, but it has become very evident that this training will function in any boy, ability as an earner because aside from the skill and ability attained in any given trade the boys visualiZation accuracy. in genuity appreciation of values. are developed; also the correlation of life activities with the school tends to
 create the interest and earnestness so
 important to success.
 The growth in appreciation of what 1 these classes may do is probably ex- emplified by the growth in the num- Der of classes during 191S-1919. There
 were five day trade class centerS and | five evening class centers while during
 the year just passed there were ten | day trade class centers and fourteen
 evening class centers, with many of 1 the places asking for additional classes.