Show Vocational V r Courses N Needed ceded Rotary 1 N Craig Kennington direr I tor of pupil personnel for Uin tah School District stressed the I need for vocational education at Vernal Rotary Hotary Club Thursday of of I last week at the tho Hotel Vernal I Ile He said that the State of Utah is losing 22 percent of ninth gra graders rs before graduation HE SAID that the auto hanics course taught by Char Char- Charles I Iles les T Freeman of Uintah I School is the oldest technical j program f 1 in the S State Qt e of Ut Utah h hnot not sponsored by government funds Mr Kennington praised the work done by Mr Freeman and said that students had to be turned away from his course due to excess enrollment Uintah High also is cooperating ing with local businesses in placing students in offices ser ser- service vice stations and stores as part of their training The students Ire are excused for three hours a aday aday day but the employer is required ed cd to pay under the minimum wage law MR KENNINGTON also reo re to vocational agriculture and said that farm jobs are steadily diminishing and off farm jobs generally required a college education lie He said there Is a tion afoot in high schools In In- In Instead stead of primarily a training ground for college when 70 per cent of the graduates dont don't go goon goon on to college the emphasis is shifting to vocational tion The director disclosed that 90 percent of high school gra leave the area and pee peo pIe plc from other areas have to be brought in to take their places Ile He said he would like lie to see this process reversed ASHEL J Evans director of curriculum introduced the speaker In other business George P Roth gave a Rotary magazine report L Newell Behunin reported on the birthday books program Visitors were Lt Jerry Cas Cas- Cas Casada ada of Myrtle Beach S C Bob Salt Lake City and andRex andRex Rex Roylance Vernal |