Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-27
SENDS REPORT
TO CONGRESS
Director of. Vocational Edu-
cation Reviews Work of
Past Year
MANY ENROLLED IN
VARIOUS BRANCHES
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Special to The Evening Journal.
NEWARK, Sept. 27.-Professor
r. w. Helm, State Director OF Voca-
tlonal Education, has submitted his
annual report for the work of his
department for the year ending last
June to Congress at required un-
der a Congressional act. The re-
port was recently approved by the
State Board OF Education. The re-
port follows:
Industrial Education.
The cooperative arrangements
between the State Board and the
Wilmington Public Schools perfect
ed in 1920. continued IN force dur
ing the past year, namely: that the
State Supervisor of Industrial Edu-
cation also serve as the Supervisor
OF Vocational Education for the City
OF Wilmington.
Evening classes were operated in
only one city wilmington during
the past year for which this report
IS made. with a considerable increase
over the preceding year with regard
to the numbers served. There were
9s5 men and women enrolled in
twenty-five approved evening
classes during the year.
part time classes were operated
on cooperative basis at Whining
ton with a marked degree OF sue
cess Twenty-Five teachers were en-
ployed for this special work in which
473 employed boys were enrolled.
Not many changes were made in
the general plans for the Industrial
program. The teacher training has
been better organized and valuable
work has been done. especially with
teachers in service.
Agricultural Education
"The organization for the SUPER
vision OF Vocational Agricultural
work continued as for the previous
year. Each school receiving Fed
eral aid has been visited from to
10 times during the year: There
have been eight conferences OF the
instructors held for the purpose of
stimulating greater effort, the
clarifying OF the problems occurring
in the work, and for the purpose
OF professional improvement. These
conferences were held about once
each month from September until
May.
Fifteen vocational departments
in schools were approved for aid and
enrolled 275 all-day pupils in voca-
tional work. The total income OF
pupils from directed or supervised
practice in agriculture Cfarm enter
prises) for 1920-21 was s11,7O2.4O.
The organization for teachers
training at the University OF Della
ware continued as for the previous
year. The department OF vocational
agricultural education is IN the
school Of agriculture and on a CO.
ordinate basis with the department
OF horticulture, agronomy and dairy
husbaDdry. Supervised teaching IS
within a radius of IS miles OF the
University.
Vocational agricultural educa-
ton IS recognized as an essential
part of the genera, education plan
OF the State. The outlook for the
teacher-traiDing wi-k is very en-
oouraging. This year the derart-
ment graduated four men who will
tech in Delaware during the COM
ing year"
Home Economics Education
"A full time supervisor OF home |
economics was employed by the |
State Board. She was able TO visit |
each vocational school on an aver
age OF four times and to hold |
monthly conferences with the teach
ers OF the State. Twenty-three voca-
tional all-day departments with an
enrolment of SIS pupils wore ap-
proved for Federal aid during the |
year. An evening class. with an en-
rollmDt of IA was conducted for wo-
men at Dover during the winter
months.
The University OF Delaware en-
rolled eighteen in the Teacher
training courses. OF this number
two were graduated in June and will
remain In the State TO teach. A
practice House is maintained at the
Women's College Offering students
preparing to teach home economies
wonderful opportunities along home
management 1fpnou