Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
COMPLIMENTS STATE IN REPORT ON NEEDS IN VOCATIONAL WORK

s0tNftG OtaKn -omplimenting the state n, ;+s ,-o-
 -ohai work in home econon,,cs ana ,sS s same time pointing out inc ~.,-sA Tor future deveIoprnent of tbe .w.. MISS Genevive Fisher. federal a -e Tor home economies. has filed .port with Governor Thomas F.. campbell i tlsher lays special stress on ,,-r- . need of part time classes for adult e.,-.' en, which in many instances have xs~- Sropped where financial depres- saen has made itself felt.
 IS at just such times that F'en need more help in meeting contends
 me federal agent also advocates 1ue3aatc laboratory facilities at the state university.
 nile here Miss Fisher went thor- oaghy over the situation with Miss Deu4ah Coon, state supervisor, and made a personal inspection of the university and many of the schools ~nere courses in home economies nave been established. Her report 70 the governor follows:
 Sov- Thomas l.. Campbell,
 state Capitol,
 Phoenix. Arizona
 Dear Gov. Campbell:
 Al your request. am submitting a nrief report of the vocational work in home economies as saw it on my re- cent visit to Arizona The state de- rsruncnt for vocational education has reason tc feel gratified at the pro- gross which has been made in home making education. That good pro- motional work has been done, is shown hy the increased enrolment Of vocational pupils. The number has almost doubled in both the grades and high schools during the past year.
 The plan for reaching the over age girl who leaves school early to be- come home maker. has been well received I was especially interested in the quality of work and the en- thuSiaSm of the girls in these special classes organized for the Mexican girls. Under the provisions of the state compulsory part time law, there is an opportunity to reach the girl between the age of fourteen and six teen who is either at home or em- ployed- Your state supervisor tells me that. as yet little has been done to solve this particular problem.
 The part-time classes for adult women have proved very successful. IL is unfortunate that in number
 
 preSsion has been Keenly felt, this type of work has been dropped. It is at just such times that women need more help in meeting their home problems.
 The state board has been esnecially wise in providing for training teachers in service I understand that 35 of the present 55 vocational teachers were new in the work at the opening of school last fall. These new teach CTS could not possibly have carried on the type of vocational work they have without the aid given them by the state department through the supervision and itinerant teacher trainer The bulletin which was pre- pared by Miss Coon with the help of members of the teacher training staff, has been a real contribution to the method of teaching home making courses. The special course offered during the past summer session also, furthered this training of teachers in service.
 Good work is being done in teacher training at the university. The home economics department is badly in need of more space. Because of the lack of adequate laboratory facilities the department has not felt able to 70 ~<fer some much needed work in re- rc-d art Training in this line has seen offered during summer school but it cannot be expected that the regular university student attend this session Since related art is filnda- mental to much of the work wllicf teachers of vocational homemaking must teach, it is very essential thai they have training fin it. l would strongly advise that that same ar engagement be made whereby adequate laboratory facilities be provided fol this much needed work
 The conditions under which super vised teaching which is done in th' pi.blic schools of Tucson. are no sasssfactory- In one instance, twt recifations must be held in the sam' room at the same time. It would b. most desirable if the university coult control the work of these classes il which student teaching is being done
 The success of the work with adul women has created demand 10 teachers. especially qualified for sucl work. The state supervisor informed me that there had been instances il inc past year. where classes woul' have been formed if teachers ha' been available Experience of othe states shows that good teachers fo adult classes may be recruited iron mature women who are experiences in home making or the trades closel