Show j I Vocational o a t l Education ti Yin Wins f a i I ft 0 i 4 l o- o f j k 6 ft Receives Federal Support I p I co ri ca l. l 1 e J i e c fJ r- r i d. d l Jt j 4 C. C S. S 5 i 4 ft Loyalty to Nation Taught m T THE liE pioneers of this state early pro provided led for vocational education in the L schools of Utah It Jt has been said sait by Dr John A A. Widtsoe of the University University sity of Utah that the Brighum Young Yoting university was the first school to offer a n course in in in the United States The charter of this school as well uell as the charter of the Brigham Young college at Logan specifically provides pro pro- I vides for vocational education The U. U A. A C C. has won an enviable position inthe inthe in inthe the nation for the work it has done in this line The University of Utah and j I other schools have ha likewise emphasized the tile necessity of vocational nal education The enactment of the Smith Smith-Hn Smith Hughes law by Congress Cong February 1117 I found Utah a fertile field for the development of vocational education Utah qualified more schools under the thc Smith-Hughes Smith plan during the thc first year acI according ac- ac j I cording conling- to its population than titan any other state slate in the union and ind indications e I point that this record will be he maintained as fully one-half one of the high schools of the state will this year ear qualify under the thc standards of the federal gO c govern govern- rn- rn meat ment en 1 The last Legislature placed Utah In Inan Inan inan I an enviable lable position In vocational edu edu- In ha addition to accepting tho the thoI I terms and benefits of ot the federal act net promoting vocational education known I as tho the Hu Smith Hughes hes act the state ap appropriates appropriates ap- ap for tor the tho benefit of the school districts a sum um which added to I available from the tho federal government makes O per annum available for tor vocational education The law last enacted by bv the Le Legislature provides that this mone money shall be spent for tor the tho promotion aid and andI maintenance of vocational education In Ina I a agricultural subjects trade and industrial In- In J dust rIal subjects and home economics I subjects had find education in health and andin andin in civic and patriotic service containing contain I ing over the entire year ear in the school districts of ot the state of ot Utah The distinct contribution tion which ich Utah I makes to education Is the reco recognition that education should be a continuous I process throughout the year ear antI and that I vocational education health education and civic and patriotic service education education tion Uon are arc all equally vital In the tho L as u L n o 01 Vl me OC as in an j 1 the common branches of or learning I Proper Training of Youth I The nation has long Ions since said to its youth Thou shall be educated Intile in intoe toe tile common branches of learning I The new plan of uC Utah by legislative enactment now provides that the youth I of ot this state shall be physically fit shall be bo vocationally trained and antI shall sh be actively loyal loal to the state and na na- na- na I tion Uon The state board of or education ii h by unanimous vote ote recently called tho the at attention attention attention at- at of ot all aU school boards to the necessity of or requiring r for or r graduation from high school a minimum amount of or training in citizenship In iii health habits and In work This is a definite recognition of ot tho the fact tact that the safety I of ot a great democracy consists In III the tue I I proper training of ot Its youth In health I service and work tork Another Important step was taken by the tho last Legislature In the enactment enact- enact I j meat ment of or a law extending the tile present I compulsory attendance lea leaThis This law r requires that every ery minor between IC 16 and antI IS years cars of ot age or nfl an any minor I under 16 1 years ears of or age who has completed completed com corn tho the el eighth grade shall be re required required required re- re to attend a n regular public 01 nj private ate school at least thirty weeks each year ear unless such minor illegally excused to enter employment and If so excused he ho must attend atten school at least I lH hours each year year ear This law will add to the enrollment of ur the schools children between the ages of ot 14 and IS years cars who do not attend school The Importance and reaching far ef effects ef- ef feeLs of this law can hardly be anticIpated anticipated anticipated antici anticI- at this time In another law education in health was tas specifically provided not nol only for forch ch children enrolled In school but for tor children of or preschool a age e. e and permits boards of ot education to provide education education tion In health for tor parents and guar guar- Health education lII like e vocational vocational voca voca- education shall shan continue continuo over c months To Amend Constitution In Ira tho the final hours of the session the tho House adopted Senate joint resolution resolution reso reso- lution amending tho the constitution Introduced introduced In In- In by 11 Senator U U. T T. Jones of Iron count county which If It ratified b by the I I people of tho the s state tato in two years ears from now will provide for tor each school chool child 1 I between the a ages es of ot C G and 18 25 S from state funds for educational purposes In the district schools To this extent ex ex- tent Utah becomes one district for the education of its children Utah was one of or the first states to adopt tho the district school law equalizes educational opportunities for the children children chil chil- dren of each ench school district and now takes the tho proud place in educational advancement and makes the state a district to tho the extent of paying the salaries of ot the teachers to educate aUthe all aU the children of or the state Recently In a classified add column of or a prominent state newspaper appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap an offer orter to a person who would teach the children children- of that city of ot 65 a month It wa was followed by byan byan byan an offer oHer to a colored barber for 1120 a month Women omen In business and professional professional pro pro- fe work receive much higher a wages cs with less training than women with whom we te entrust our children In the most tender and formative part of ot their lives There are lre only seven men teaching ii In the elementary schools of ot Salt Lake City There Thero are arc about GOO COO women In the last four years ears the number of ot male teachers In the thc state have been reduced 40 per por cent Today there Is a demand for teachers for tor the schools of this state t and the entire number graduated from all normal schools Is less than OO Vocational education like education In general Is limited by tho the public support wh which Ich I It t is given gl If It Utah therefore decides to pa pass UJ this amendment amendment amend mend ment to the constitution and provide 25 per capita from Crom state funds It will recognize two Important principles upon which tho the educational system of or orthe the United States must finally rest First It Is la the function of the state and not of the community to support public education Second this cannot be done one without adequate pay for tor tho the employment of well trained teachers |