Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-11
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course. specializing in any Of these lines,
architectural or mechanical drafting, can.
nrtmakng, carpentry or pattcrnnnking,
electrical construction or machine shop
practice. lie will find offered to him Il wiir
variety of studies and shop and laboratory
experiences which will teach him the TECH
nipnc of his speciality as well as contribute
- his conception of his responsibilities as a
worker and aS Il citizen.
'l'uring his senior year the school will
l'ia'' him in an actual job on the co o-opera-
1--WE basis. giving him two weeks in a shop
"m' 81 '"Ii ply. alternating with two weeks IN
,1" Srh"ol. lie will thus learn how to ad-
l'Si himself 10 actual working conditions
"mI @ VIII be able to make for himself pc
,hahrhl position. Incidentally, he will make
l"r himself enough money To- s,Ipport him.
SCH during his last year in the school.
Opportunities for the Girls
lhrn tl'"r" is th" question of the courses
- Ir, %" ch"S"l III the high schools for tho girls.
!i'Eh schools of today make better provision
l"r IN" gIrlS than they did in lS5G when
"a" h"St girls high school in the history Of
,"' world was opened and had to close its
""oiS n,. ~, nr'tuE" 1t waN 50 popular that there
nnI "I ,G '", iuh!,4rn' money to support both il
FGh"oI continued and that of the girls wan
cLMn",i " n,'hnr" people said that boys neei"d
'dn""tion but girls did not. Public oninion
!" CONSIDERABLY more liberal today.
,,o, p"eS o% srl want TO teach? If 50, she
may cho"Sr tn" academic course lcadiny IN
IN" norma! school or TO college. l. 'nr,.
hl'r'''I work her ambition? If this is tho
cas-" she vii! find excellent commrrr;nI
COURSES ana Il wcl-rounded prorrnn, "f
H'uNIeH winch will make her sought aftnr -
employers upon her graduation. -
i,"cS 81" aim 10 enter industrial rnrl, os
Sh!'H operator in millinery dressmnl,r
T,"UI ih'Hlh" operating or smilnr suhirrtn.
In In 'n'S i! cas-" she viii find full proyision fnr
h'' INTERESTS III the Trades School for C;I
Mn'[" an "nthuNiaStic faculty is turnin" ~,
! E'""u",'S To-" few in humber to r,rn, ,l
demands from industry. '"H
housekeeping Work
i""S Hh" look forward to manupjr. bor
"Ml nom" IN the distant futurc--rtI' o,',' ANY,
| - '"'r''''S ilIS dreamy She has ,,,',i,',II
"'i 'i' wen Planned and finely epuippcd bn,n,
n"",''S ', courses In the high school. oi,';,',,
"ll'''",li'N Tor actual pracli,r IN niiIi',',"
n,f'IN'"nhI'G, cooking, budget maxim" rnor
! ' an" "'H"r hnln"mnking nrtg uystn,,.
| ,.Ir 49, "%"I" % man but very tsScntiul ,n H.,
! i'"I'' ~" may aspire to teach s,rb .,,h
| Jus .''F'"l' and. il 50, she finds nd",,,''! ''
| iTo''Hl"h tor general studies which VIII ''t' "
"p,t n'r 10 enter the normal school " '''
| '"r nigh schools Of today nrn rro,.
| ra'l"I"' schools. They give SneciGn "r I Y"'
un"'l' ,u,n'l studies and general culturol .ri, i"'"'
iu'N prepare for entrance To coIIrvo n'JI -
| 'I'rH''c' I" Industry or business m, ''E
| "'"P' 'h"ir facilities to the yorinr Ivy
| 'nanS'nE needs in the dcvcloping nn'Ii, una nn'
oI lhe DoES and girls who enter tbcm ,r'' ,"nS
| prepare for lifn." 'N''n' lhcy