Show utah U tt ah assured i TB vocational education aid state gets federal grant of for work in school schools utah will receive an allocation of from the federal government ern ment part of which will he be matched by state f funds to continue and enlarge its vocational education work in public institutions and schools telegrams received in salt lake by C H skidmore and irvin S noall indicated tuesday it is the full amount amoun t we hoped for and we are quite de delighted lighte d over it the allocation will allow our grogram to go ahead immediately atel and increase materially it 1 mr skidmore state superintendent of public instruction said I jr 1 noal director of vocational education for trades and industries Q and distributive occupations explained that approximately 10 of the allotment had to be met with equal funds but that the yi ma maming ining amount required only a 50 90 per cent matching thu federal grant is divided 0 three funds f the smith hughes I 1 rp of the georged george D dean e an f und fund of and the federal and state social security allotment of approximately funds will be used to increase the regular functions of the state vocational program including fc acher training and supervision in addition a new function store service and various phases of merchandising will be added although all contracts have been held beld up pending final approval on he lle allocation plans are well under way mr noall said and the department will now be free to proceed on authorized projects immediately full details of plans for handling the funds in the state have not been publicly announced it I 1 is understood however that the monsy money is to be used for I 1 instruction costs only and that courses will be aran apanged ed in districts of the state according to demand and facilities I 1 aft s available in cases where a sufficient number of persons want to take a given course instructors will be provided or an instructor from a high school may be given the work if requirements can be met in which case the teacher will be paid for time tima thua spent from the federal and state fund the state plan calls forvour for four 1 divisions namely vocational agriculture cult home economics trades and industrial training and cours i es in distributive occupations it IS s understood according to inform Tia nation tion available here that a state director will head each of these divisions i with the realization that the demand for certain courses i lally I 1 in the more specialized trades and industrial lines will bo be limit ed annd that it will vill be necessary to I 1 dw from a large area to enroll a I 1 number sufficient to make such a L course practical it is thought P probable that centers will naturally develop develon in the state for certain courses richfield citizens interested from an educational and economic standpoint are arc already in v estimating esti gating this possibility y with a vew v ew to coom cooperating rating as far as possible to rn make lk e courses available to of richfield and adjoining immunities mm unities it was a topic of at the lions club wednesday evening A J ashman stated wednesday that it is plan tied to make a survey in the seer ater district this fall especially among last years high school graduates who are am not attending rol dollege lege to ascertain what courses they might be interested in studying ing under the new vocational education program |