Show n tA TORS OPEN VOCATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SALT LAKE UTAH EXAMPLE WINS WIN P PRAISE Of Federal Director Urges State Interest in New Education Education Ed Ed- Delegates Vis Visit t Capitol THAT Utah is ig s setting an n e ex- ex THAT 1 I ample in her conduct of ed educational edu affairs that will serve as s a basis for the development o othe of the tho whole nations nation's educational system was the declaration made mado to today today to- to oday o- o day by L. L S. S Hawkins assistant 1 td- td di director dl rector of tho the Federal Board for Vocational Vo Vo- Vo Education in charge of ot vocational vocational voca voca- education i Mr Hawkins w who wio o w with wilh th other members members mem mem- I bers of tho federal board is in Salt Lake to attend a conference of ot educators educators edu edu- fron from states w st est t of the Mississippi Mis Mis- was enthusiastic in in pronouncing pro Utah well welt advanced In the educational program undertaken bythe by bythe bythe the federal board He declared that the action actton of state educators educator here in taking the schools schools schools' outside of ot four walls and th the covers of books into the tho homes and elsewhere is highly commendable com corn men and in line with the most advanced federal educational work Mr Hawkins will be bein in charge of ot the conference discussion this after after- noon He will take up the Fess amendment to the Smith-Hughes Smith a act t creating the vocational education board and providing for tor state aid and explain the purpose of the amendment to provide funds for the carrying on of home economics or h home me haking baking education He will dwell upon the relationship between the federal board and state boards for vocational nal education and also on the question of federal aid to states for commercial education The present vocational education act provides provides' aid to to states stales for agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural and trade and industrial education edu edu- cati cation n and under under- an amendment to it the federal b board ard is permitted to expend 20 per cent of the amount allotted to agricultural education for tor home e economics said Mr Hawkins The Fess amendment gives an amount equal to the others for home horn economics I r will also attempt tc te show that the best line of procedure for the no conduct of home economics education is not provided in the original original original inal act nor sufficient funds to carr carry carryon on a program of home making education education education edu edu- cation cation- In t the e schools FEDERAL AID Mr Hawkins said that under the thc Fess amendment the act WR wa was amended to provide for the establishment of a a branch of ot home economics education and to provide funds equal to thoss allotted for agricultural education Ho He pointed out that whereas the funds funds' for agric agricultural and trades and industry e education were allotted i in proportion to the rural and urban population of states tat s 's that the funds for home economics economics Would Mould be allotted in proportion to the whole population of oC Inasmuch as as homemaking was peculiar to rural and urban populations The assistant director pointed out that the funds allotted do not go to the the federal r reserve board but to th the individual states stales and that the passage passage of the Ule Fess amendment would necessarily cause congress to ask the stat states s fur for th the th-e mon money y needed for home economics economics economics in their individual common common- He urged for this reason th that t every state and ita its educators provide provide provide pro pro- vide the pr proper per means and methods for teaching home economics He declared all aU the tho national women's clubs to to tobe bo be behind the move for Cor home economics education and strong in support of the tho Fess amendment URGES STATE INTEREST Mr Hawkins was emph Uc In hl declaration that vocational education is isa isa isa a state job and that the federal board for vocational education was interested only in helping the various states put over O a proper pro program ram for tor such edura- edura tion He urged the establishment o of efficient tate state staffs and the enactment of such laws by state legislatures that would provide the necessary programs for Cor vocational education lIe He said that Continued on page pa 5 I 5 |