Such, in brief, are the practical details of the all-year plan. I have not been able to find any serious difficulties on the administra YEARS IN SCHOOL DIAGRAM SHOWING RATE OF PROGRESS JULY 1920 8TH YEAR SCHOOL 8 A FEB.1920 8 B DEC.1917 JULY 19192 FEB.1919 7TH YEAR MAR.1917 JULY 19183 6 A ADV. 6 A DEC.1916 6 B ADV. FEB.1918 SEPT.1916 6 B 6TH YEAR 6 C JUNE 1916 JULY 19173 4TH YEAR 3RD YEAR 4 B ADV. FEB.1916 MAR.1915 4 B 4TH YEAR 4 C DEC.1914 SEPT.1914 3 B ADV. FEB.1915 JUNE 1914 2ND YEAR 3 B 3RD YEAR 3 C MAR.1914 DEC.1913 2 B ADV. FEB.1914 SEPT.1913 2 B 2ND YEAR tive side. Owing to the fact that the course of study under the allyear plan is divided into three sections of 12 weeks, instead of into 96887-13-2 two sections of 20 weeks, and inasmuch as our high schools are all now organized on the latter plan, the class that graduates from the all-year school on December 1 will not be able to enter the high school until February 1, eight weeks later. So, also, the classes that graduate March 1 and June 1 can not enter the high school immediately without some readjustment being made. It may be found desirable to make one of our four high schools an all-year school, or to provide for the admission into the high schools of irregular classes, as is done in the case of promotions from the evening elementary schools to the evening high schools, which have a longer term and whose graduations are not synchronous. Statistics of enrollment, attendance, etc., of all-year schools from June 1, 1912, to August Reasons for nonpromotion-Irregular attendance, 43; personal illness, 0; mental incapacity, 43; physical defect, 5; lack of interest, 25; entered late, 12; other cause, 85; total nonpromoted, 213, or 9.8 per cent. COOPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL COURSES. York, Pa. Atreus Wanner, superintendent of city schools, Report, 1911-12.-At a meeting of the York school board, held May 11, 1911, a committee was appointed to go to Fitchburg, Mass., to investigate the cooperative industrial course in that city. At the same time the manufacturers' association appointed a committee to accompany the representatives of the school board, with instructions to make every effort to ascertain all the objections that had arisen or that could be urged against the Fitchburg plan. The committees visited Fitchburg May 18, 1911, and after returning presented full reports of their conclusions. Both unanimously recommended the plan. A committee from the school board, together with the city superintendent, met and conferred with the manufacturers of York to agree upon a plan and outline a course of study for cooperative industrial education in the high school of that city. It was thought best to take up only one trade the first year, that of machinist, and to add other occupations as the course developed. The manufacturers whose services were enlisted reported that they were willing to place 80 boys who desired to learn the machinist's trade. Opportunity was then extended to all high-school boys who had satisfactorily passed the first year and who desired to take up the machinist's trade to enroll. These boys were permitted to express any shop preferences they had, but the final decision as to location was made by Mr. R. E. Gephart, secretary of the manufacturers' association. Boys and parents were referred to him. Course of Study. The cooperative course extends over a period of four years. The first year is spent wholly in school and is intended to specialize somewhat in those subjects that will aid the boy in taking up shopwork. The next three years are devoted to part school and part shopwork. During the time the schools are in session each boy attends every alternate week. The remainder of the year, with the exception of two weeks in summer allowed for vacation, is spent in the shop. In school deficiencies can be made up by extra work; in the shop there is no such opportunity. Therefore, in order to complete the shop part of his course, each boy is required to work a total of 5,400 hours, divided into six equal periods of 900 hours each. The following is an outline of the course now offered: In arithmetic the instruction is made as practical as possible. The application to shop problems and business transactions is accentuated. Free-hand technical sketching consists of free-hand drawing of machine parts in orthographic projection, thus enabling the pupil to make free-hand sketches, and also read drawings and blue prints. No instruments are used the first year. Industrial geography, including industrial history and vocational guidance, has been added to the course. The pupils are required to make a study of a number of trades and professions, using the following general outline: 1. Pay and opportunities. 2. Conditions required for learning the trade. 4. What those in the trade think of its future. Throughout the year pupils are required to hand in every alternate Monday morning a written report of the work done and facts learned the previous week while in the shop. This report is examined by the instructor for its English composition and its use of shop technique. Instructor. Both manufacturers and school directors were strongly of the opinion that the one to be placed in charge of the department should be a mechanic, one fully conversant with shop methods and requirements; that he should have a thorough knowledge of the theoretical side of mechanics, and that he should be possessed of the teacher's personality. The most important part of the instructor's responsibility consists in keeping in close touch with the shopwork by inspection and through the foremen, and then in determining just what instruction will best qualify the pupil for his trade. The course has proven so popular that an assistant instructor has been elected. Wages. The compensation, per hour, agreed upon by the manufacturers, is the same for all shops. The following rates have been established for six periods of 900 hours each: For the first period of 900 hours, 7 cents per hour; for the second period, 8 cents; for the third period, 9 cents; for the fourth period, 10 cents; for the fifth period, 12 cents; for the sixth period, 15 cents. Shop Agreement.-Owing to the fact that the work is part in school and part in shop, and that the school has no jurisdiction over the shop and the shop no jurisdiction over the school, there are a number of conditions that arise that are difficult to meet. These seem to be very satisfactorily disposed of in the following agreement entered into by both manufacturer and apprentice: RULES AND CONDITIONS Under which special apprentices taking the four-year cooperative industrial course at the high school of York, Pa., are received for instruction at the works of First. The applicant for apprenticeship under this agreement must have satisfactorily met requirements for entrance to this course at the York High School. Second. The apprentice is to work for us continuously, well and faithfully, under such rules and regulations as may prevail, at the works of the above company, for the term of 5,400 hours, commencing with the acceptance of this agreement, in such capacity and on such work as specified below. And such other work, according to the capability of the apprentice, as pertains to our branch of manufacturing. This arrangement of work to be binding unless changed by mutual agreement of all parties to this contract. Third. This contract becomes null and void if and when the cooperative industrial course of the York High School is discontinued. Fourth. The apprentice shall report to his employer for work every alternate week when the York High School is in session, except during vacation periods provided below and he shall be paid only for actual time at such work. Fifth. The apprentice is to have a vacation, without pay, of two weeks each year, during school vacation. Sixth. The employer reserves the right to suspend regular work wholly, or in part, at any time it may be deemed necessary. Seventh. Should the conduct or work of the apprentice not be satisfactory to employer or to said high-school authorities, he may be suspended for a time, or dismissed, by the employer without previous notice. The first two months of the apprentice's shopwork are considered a trial time. Eighth. Lost time at either school or shop shall be made up before the expiration of each period, at the rate of wages paid during said period, and no period of service shall commence till after all lost time by the apprentice, at either shop or school, in the preceding period shall have been fully made up. Ninth. Apprentices must purchase from time to time such tools as may be required for doing rapid and accurate work. Tenth. The said term of 5,400 hours (three-year shop term), shall be divided into six periods as stated below, and the compensation shall be as follows, payable on regular pay days to each apprentice: Eleventh. The above wage scale shall begin the first week the apprentice enters upon the first year of shop work of the high school industrial course. These papers, subject to the two months' trial noted in paragraph 7, shall be signed by the parties to the contract at the time the boy enters the shop. The satisfactory fulfillment of the conditions of this contract leads to a diploma, unless the course is discontinued, to be conferred upon the apprentice by the board of school directors of the school district of the city of York, Pa., upon his graduation, which diploma shall also be signed by an officer of the company with which he served his apprenticeship after serving the specified time. Agreement. by and with the consent of my I,.. (Applicant's name in full.) (Parent or guardian's name.) Parent or Guardian, who evidences his consent by entering into this agreement, hereby request to receive me into their works, thereby giving (Firm's name.) me an opportunity of learning the trade of ...... at my own risk of life, bodily injury, (Trade.) and health, and under and subject to the foregoing rules and conditions, to which I expressly agree, and which I accept as a part of this agreement, and I hereby covenant, promise, and agree, in consideration of the premises, to be bound and governed by said rules and conditions, and, further, to well and faithfully perform my duties. |