Evening star., 1923-10-25
ASKS VOCATIONAL
WORK IN SCHOOLS
Typothetae Speaker De-
clares 95 Per Cent of Pupils
Need Such Training.

Pubic schools should provide vo-
cati"naI training for those who are
attending day schools; they saouad
provide opportunities for children
wEo have left school to return on a
part-time basis and learn a vocation.
and they should rrovidc an oppor-
tunity for adults &c 60 70 night
school. declared j. G. Wright. director
of the federal board for vocational
education. at the thirty-S avantn ar-
nual convention % the United T'y-
pothetae of America today at the
willard Hotel.
Referring TO the 1929 census. Nr
Wright said there wcIc two million
children attending school. and trIt
there w+S Ito r..o"isio:i ror the vpCa-
tlon&l training OF tic - lc: c"at Of
this. number taat LETT . aoal 1ltwcen
the = g:S os .tt",Y ana tUent:
He proposed that VoCa tional rain
ing begin ~ the age o. :ourln,'l ii
me public schools and that EFFORT bc
made to ascertain when q Chiid was
going 10 leave school. so tnat il avc-
as!:ary academic subjects coHld be
dropped in order TO give him Su.fi :
u!ent vocational training.
He complimented the Typothetae
fci its work IL establishing VEGA
tionai schools.
The nominations committee. after
coping with difficulties entailed by
the resignation yesterday of J. Clark
Acton. of Toronto, vice president of
the United Topothetae of America,
who was slated for president, submit
ted the following names for election
as new officers:
President. George *. Horn. Balti-
more. Nd: first vice president. Will
liam V. Parshall, Detroit. Mich. vice
president, Henry NJ. 10th. Chicago,
Ill: vice president, Fletcher Ford. Los
Pollard. Winnipeg, Man: treasurer,
Fred W. Gage of Battle Creek, Mich.
Executive committee-First district.
Hamilton Il. Wood, Worcester, Mass. !;
second district. Frank J. Smith. Ro-
chester, y. y; third district, j..
Horace Mcfarland, Harrisburg. pa. !;
fourth district. Frank p Howard.
Washington. D. c.; fifth district, J. T..
Denham, Charleston. $: c.; sixth dis
trict. NJ c. Rotier. Milwaukee, wis. /;
seventh district. J. r. DawleS. Cleve-
land. Ohio; eighth district, William
pfaff. New Orleans. La: ninth dis
trict. a. ". Peterson, Des Moines,
Iowa; tenth district. Donald Rein,
Frank L. Thresher, Minneapolis,
Mimi; twelfth district Frank s.
Crane, Topeka, Kan; thirteenth dis
fourteenth district: A. Is. Howe,
William. H: Barry, Oakland, Calf.
sixteenth district, Thomas V. Bell,
Montreal. Que: seventeenth district,
=. E. Kellett, Winnipeg. Man; eigh-
teenth district. J. c. Nicholson. Van
couver. r. c.: nineteenth district G.
Frederick Kalkhoff. New York. y. Y;
twentieth district. Luther c, Rogers,
Chicago, III.
william - Metzkcr of Milwaukee
was named president of the Ty-
pothetae Cost Accountants Associa-
sion and 6. ]. Lansing OF Washington
was named secretary. Daniel T..
Shepp of Philadelphia. formerly first
vice president of the Employing
cylinders of America. was rIected
Henry 7. Conkey of Hammond Ind.
Speakers Todsy.s
Other speakers at today's conference
will be Harry l.. Gage of New YorH,
NJ. |. Stewart Of Duluth. Barney
Eisenberg, Cleveland. Ohio y. L. Lew
is, Toronto, Canada; George IT. Car
ter, public printer; L. O. Reed. cniet
of tests. government printing Office;
W. A. Mitchell superintendent OF
planning. government printing office
DIR. Il. Z. Rindfus. representing the
Periodical Publishers Association and
the u. T. A: C. c. WINERY, member
OF the standardiza ton committee of
L
ris Automatic Press Company: L. T..
Bartlett of New York, Walter. ID.
league of New York, f. a. Silcox di-
rector of department of industrial re-
lations. New York Employing Print
ers' Association; Arthur 4. Morgan,
Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert s. Gill, Bal
timore, Md; George x. Horne OF Bal
timorc and H +. Porter OF Boston.
Among the various divisions of the
{. T. \. meeting today is one that
lNrNE y ~.
dues. one of the outstanding matters
TO be settled at the convention. De.
cision in regard to this matter is ex-
pected by tomorrow.
Yesterday the convention visited
Mount Vernon and President EngIe
of the u. T. \. placed a wreath on
George Washing tons tomb. Last
night the members and guests were
the local Typothetae in Harding Hall,
a. the government printing office.