Evening star., 1939-01-15
Vocational Guidance
Plan for Schools
Is Recommended
Dr.. Dreese Presents
Three-Point Program
To Officials

Details of a three-point educa-
tional and vocational guidance pro-
gram for Washington schools, spon-
sored by the District Branch of the
National Vocational Guidance Asso-
citation, were presented yesterday at
an open meeting of the organization
and members of the Washington
Branch of the American Association
of University Women.
The meeting. sponsored by the
Education Committee of the local
chapter of the A. A. U. w. at it's
headquarters at 1884 I street NV,
was attended by some 300 persons
who heard the proposal presented by
DR.. Mitchell Dreese of George WASH
ington University and chairman of
the local guidance associations
Public Action Committee.
The proposal which was drawn up
by DR.. Dresses committee and ap-
proved by the guidance groups men,
bership, has been submitted to DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools, for his consideration.
Lists recommendation
Urging immediate action on the
proposal, DR.. Dreese listed its rec
concentrations as follows:
l. Cooperation by all teachers
and administrators in sympathetic
and understanding appreciation of
the guidance point of view.
2. Establishment of trained coun-
se,ors in high schools who would be
relieved "in whole or in part of reg
ular teaching duties in order to teach
courses in vocational guidance and
occupations and to engage in indi-
vidual counseling."
3. Designation of an adminiStra-
tive officer or officers responsible
for a city-wide program of guidance
for the public schools.
Enlarging upon the third point,
DR.. Dreese listed six functions of
such an office. The first, he said,
would be responsibility for the Or
ganization and supervision of a
city-wide school guidance program.
Its second function would be the
collection of occupational and educa-
tional information and dissemina-
ton of such data to teachers.
counselors and pupils. Another, he
declared, would be the development
Of a cumulative" record form or
forms for guidance purposes.
Responsible for Research.
The Office would be responsible
for the direction of research con-
cerned with pupil adjustment in
school and "follow-up' studies of
pupils after leaving school, Another
duty would be promotion of CO.
operation between school guidance
activities and departments of the
public school system. DR.. Dreese
said that the last function would be
coordination of the guidance pro-
gram with such organizations as the
Institute of Mental Hygiene, the
Junior division of the District of Co.
lumbia Employment Center and
other cooperating agencies of the
District of Columbia Guidance
Council.
"The time is ripe for immediate
action" DR.. Dreese declared. "Voca-
tional education is in the spotlight
and education and guidance is an
integral part of the reorganization
of education"
DR.. Homer P. Rainey, director of
the American Youth Commission
and president-elect of the University
Of Texas, told the audience that
while vocational and educational
guidance is one of the greatest
needs of American youth, it is only
part of larger problem which
he termed vocational adjustment
of youth"
This problem, he said, requires
development of four major services
for youth, namely, vocational guid-
ance, appropriate and adequate vo-
cational or technical training,
complete" placement service and a
''follow-up" service which would be
provided for youths between 18 and
"a until they are established in a
permanent job.
Other speakers included Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle. president OF
the Board of Education, and DR..
Chester Holmes, assistant superin-
tendent of schools Miss Elsie
Green, president of the local branch
of the A. A. U. w., presided at the
meeting and Mrs. Hampton Percy
conducted the discussion. The guests
were welcomed by Mrs. Robert Ole
sen president of the A. A. U. w.
local chapter.