Evening star., 1940-03-31
Individual Guidance Has
Constructive Effect in
Preparation for Future
Disbursement Overcome
After Period of Training
Has Shown Its Influence

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This information fortified John and
he became more self-confldent.
AS part of the advisers task of
building Johns sen-confidence he
made him an instructor in the use
of machinery in camp. John han
died this work we'll. He also en-
rolled in courses in auto mechanics,
leader training and occupational in
formation.
At the advisers suggestion John
circularized many construction COM
panies for possible openings in
compressor, jack hammer or bull
dozer operation. He received two
answers which may lead definitely
to employment in the near future.
Shows Advancement.
Without individual guidance John
was successful C. C. C. enrollee. but
he was not preparing himself for
a vocation. With individual guid-
ance he is progressing toward a
definite goal and certainly is more
employable and better citizen.
These case histories are typical Of
thousands which c. c. c. camp edu-
cation staff records might reveal.
Soon after the first few camps
were set up in April, 1888. many
enrollees asked why they couldn't
learn something in camp to prepare
themselves for employment. In De-
cember of the same year. President
Roosevelt approved a plan which
provided for the organiza ton of the
present educational program in the
camps. He asked the United States
Office of Education to advise the
War Department concerning the
educational program.
Nearby grade schools and high
schools co-operated with c. c. C.
camps-organized academic classes
for the boys at night Trade schools
offered their facilities. Later. c2l-
leges and universities co-operated in
making higher education available
to the G. c. c. by awarding scholar
ships to the exceptional enrollees.
Extension and correspondent
schools offered reduced rates.
The purpose of education in q
G. c. c. camp it to make each en-
rollee better equipped to make a
living in a highly competitive world
and better citizen of a world that
he has found none too friendly.
The bridges c. c. C. boys built,
the forests preserved, the floods con-
trolled; the fine conservation work
these enrollees are doing is public
knowledge. What is not so readily
seen or discussed, however, is the
constructive work being done in be-
half of the c. c. C. boys themselves.
Enrolment in classes is voluntary.
After hard work in the open air for
eight hours day, a boy must have
very real ambition to cause him
to study at night. Individual guid-
ance accomplishes this rather diff
cult task by classification of abil-
tiles and by the application of those
abilities to the achievement of tasks
that bear compelling likeness to
those by which we earn our bread.
Some Results.
According to Howard w. Oxley,
director of c. c. C. camp educa.
ton, 9 out of 10 boys in c. c. c.
camps last year attended classes OF
their own volition-and attended
regularly. Out of 100000 enrollees
last year, $500 entered camp un-
able to read or write! The grati-
tude of these young men to their in
structors, who sweat and toll to
teach them to write a letter home,
to read a newspaper, is as great q
tribute as any teacher could wish.
When an enrollee acquires sum.
cient skill to hold a job outside
camp in a certain field such as cook
ing or truck driving, he is awarded
a proficiency certificate. Last year
23, 1886 won 26,691 c. c. c. proficiency
certificates. These certificates help
enrollees in applying for jobs.
When an enrollee completes IL
hours of work he is awarded q unit
certificate. A unit is a part of q
course. Automobile fabrication and
body and fender repair are two
units, for example. In a course in
auto mechanics. Last year 103,939
enrollees received 174,277 G. G. c.
unit certificates.
Thirty-one thousand enrollees
were discharged to accept employ
ment during the last year.
While working out of doors eight
hours day, Of those boys who came
to camp indifferent to education,
more than 5000 spent their evenings
last year studying and managed to
win eighth grade certificates: more
than 1000 of them received high
school diplomas and SO received
college degrees!
These are some of the results Of
the last year In our Nations pro-
gram Of G. G. G. camp education,
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