Evening star., 1936-08-30

trys important industrial centers.
Vocational counseling and guidance
is to be stressed, SO that q greater
number Of young people may be helped
to discover their special aptitudes
and the fields where they may most
profitably apply them.
Mary H. s. Hayes, director Of guild
ance and placement for N. Y. A., in q
report this week to Director Williams
said jobs had been found during July
for 1890 youths. contrasting with
1926 in June. 1879 in May. $40 in
April and 720 in March. when this
section was created. OF the 1888 new
applicants, 28 per cent were under 18
50 per cent were between l8 and 81
Eleven per cent were from families or
relief, Is per cent never had worked
before.
Brown Is now conferring with Of
ficials Of drought States to find out
how N. Y. A. can assist in relief In
those areas. Increased student aic
allotments are probable.
Thousands of young people In the
drought area have suffered complete
upset of their plans for going to school
this Fall because of crop failures.
Brown said. I'VE shall attempt to
compensate for this wherever We can
by offering assistance in the form o1
student aid to . greater number OF
young people than our original plans
called for"
Authorizes Employment.
Director Williams this week author
lied employment Of N. Y. A. project
workers as guides at national parks
and monuments during the tourist sea-
son, because regular stats have beer
inadequate to handle the crowds oi
visitors.
Williams said also that restriction.
which have limited the scope ol
project work this year will be aban.
doned, and local youth directors vii
receive applications for ANY type Of
useful and socially desirable project
to which the youth Of the locality are
adapted and for which there Is sui.
ncient demand"
1T is probable, he added. that
community development, recreational
and public service projects will con-
tinue to constitute the predominant
type of work on which young people
will engage, since experience has
shown them to be the most practical
fields for inexperienced workers"
Also special consideration Is to be
given this year to unemployed girls
and women through the establish
ment of some so resident camps
which will operate In q manner sim.
liar to C. c. c. camps but without
Army supervision. All the campers
will be drawn from relief rolls and
will engage in educational, vocationa
and recreational projects, as well a,
doing light landscaping and similar
work. These training camps were
established originally by F. e. r. A
in 1894 and have since been conducted
with relief funds. This Spring So ol
them provided facilities for $500 girls
Student Aid Work.
The student aid program will con-
tinue to comprise the major portion
of N. Y. AS activities. A stipulation
has been added, however, that stu
dent aid funds may be paid only
| for the performance of some usefu
work, where before students in higf
schools who maintained q certain
degree Of excellence in their scholasti,
work might be exempted from projec
work.
Applicants need not be on relief, bu
"it must be satisfactorily determined
that the student is in need Of sucl
| assistance in order to enter or re
main In school properly" Also, ap
plicants must be of good character
and show scholastic ability. Selec'
t;ons are made by officials Of tn
schools and colleges through Stat
directors.
Prevailing wage rates will be pait
| but hours are to be regulated 50 tina
| the maximum to be earned will b
$6 monthly for high school students
$40 for college students and $40 TO
| qraduate students. Wages actual.
| paid, however, will average $6. 81!
and S25 for the three groups.
It Is estimated that the program
will give part-time work to 10000
high school students, los. 900 colleg
students and approximately 500
graduate students.
These slender wages mean no
only the difference between attendanc
| for literally thousands Of these young
sters," said williams, but it vii
enable them to buy text books, lunches
to pay carfare, and even to bu
clothes"
During May, when 62s,o0o were o.
| N. Y. A. rolls, 283,000 boys and girl
from relief families, enrolled In 70,
600 high schools. earned up to 8
monthly.
! Projects hsrssftw VII employ .