Arizona republican., 1920-04-13
OUT NEED FUR VOCATIONAL.
 FARM TRAINING

nIIIHl ltlnEixiIaU Looking to more active cooperation l in furthering vocational training in the l Arizona schools, comparatively new i departure in this state, Professor H. l H. Gibson of the University of Ari- l zona; State Director of Vocational Ed
 ucation R. H. H. Blome, c. E. Bowles. J. T. Ryan and Miss Beulah Coon held | a conference at the state Capitol on
 Saturday at which the question was 1 thoroughly discussed.
 Professor Gibson's special depart ment prepares men to become teach
 CTS. and it his opinion that the Uni l versity of Arizona has not yet realized | schools of the state in vocational work and other branches.
 II He laid stress upon the fact that out of fl teachers of agriculture only 1 one is a native of Arizona, versed in agricultural question peculiar to Ari- zona. All the others are from other i states, and Prof. Gibson believes that
 at least 75 per cent of the teachers | should be either natives or graduated from the agricultural centers through
 out the state and so posted on Arizona
 soil. crops and other vital conditions 1 of the land.
 Cites Examples
 1 State Supervisor of Agriculture C.
 D. Bowels cited instances of the work of three men who are teaching yoca-
 tional agriculture in different parts of
 the state. The teachers are J. w. | Wright of St David, W. c. Wooley of l Chandler, and l.. N. George of the
 Farms School, Jerome Junction. | John w. Wright is teacher of voca- | tional agriculture at St. David He
 has been teaching there since last Sep
 tember and is a full-time teacher that | is, he gives his entire time to the teaching of agriculture. He has one class of nine boys studying soils and crops, and a second class of seven boys learning animal husbandry sixteen boys of high school age in all. These boys continue their study of English, mathematics and history, but they concentrate on agriculture. They study from the bulletins issued by the U. s. Department of Agriculture, and from the University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, books and farm papers. They have regular class periods, lab- oratory work, field trips, and demon strations by their teacher and other agricultural specialists.
 In addition to this school work. each 6 the boys has a farm on a small scale. He must have some home pro- ject One St. David student has S5 hens and a brood SOW; another has 42 colonies of bees and 73 hens, another has 10 Acres of wheat, end another one L acres of barley. He may have to borrow his money and rent his land, but each boy has real farming prob lem of his own from which he gets his own money and his own experience. All project work is done under the supervision of the teacher of agricuI- ture.
 Mir Wright has not been content with helping the boys in his class become good farmers. He set out to give the adult farmers the benefit of the most up-t date agricultural information available. He invited specialists from 1 the College of Agriculture and exten- | sion service. to assist him in a short i course. This he followed with a. night 1 class which meets regularly and studies [ the problems before the community.
 Realizing the need of livestock in i his community, he assisted his people | in importing six DurocJersey brood [ sows, and about two carloads of milk | cows. For the younger boys ano girls, he organized a baby chicken club. the members of which now have 5, ,OO0 pure bred white Leghorn chick
 This teacher. said Mir. Bowles. studied his district, and set about making it a valley and good place to live in. His saalry of $2,000 for r. is paid by the St. David schooi board. Under the federal and state vocational acts, the school board will be reimbursed $1500 from state ana federal funds. This leaves the cost to the district for this mans services for 12 months only $500. There is also a state fund of $1,470 available for the purchase of supplies and for maintain ing the department of vocational agri- culture.
 Secures Excellent Results
 The second man, William G. Wooley, said Mr. Bowles, is now in his second of ac | 4 ture in Chandler. He is a three fourths time man. He spends one fourth of the school day teaching o subject, science. ana -fourths teaching vocational agri- culsure.
 His class of 17 students is made up of boys from both the High School and rom the grades. His system of class work and home projects is very similar +o Mir Wright'S. Last year one of his l boys made $3,000 from his home pro- ect. Many others made surprisingly arge financial returns from their work. To aid the farmers of Chandler, MT. Nooley was instrumental in bringing , Q them a cotton school The best in- ormed scientists and the. most expert cotton growers gave the farmers up- : o date information on growing cotton. His junior boys are organized in a club md have pig and crop projects He Is more than a teacher of agriculture. He is district agriculturist.
 The Chandler school board has raised Mr. WooIey's salary twice in twelve months. He now gets $2,650 for the year.
 Principal Teaches Farming
 The third man, l.. N. George, is lalf- time man. He is principal of the Farms School, Jerome Junction, ana gives half of his time to the duties of principal and to teaching non -yoca ional subjects The other half of lis time he spends teaching ' boys ( rocational agriculture and supervising I heir projects. {
 Realizing that his duties as an agri- $ .uIturalist extend beyond his class, 1 Ir. George has done some good worsS lmong the adult farmers and is now
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