Some facts concerning the people, industries and schools of Hammond and a suggestive program for elementary industrial, prevocational and vocational education . en in the prime oflife, and a much smaller percentage of men and women past theproductive period, than the average for the State. This is per- THE PEOPLE OF HAMMOND haps due to the fact that the opportunities for suitable employ-ment for men past the prime of life are relatively few in Ham-mond. On the other hand, concerning the foreign born whites,Hammond has a much smaller percentage of children and a muchlarger percentage of men and
Some facts concerning the people, industries and schools of Hammond and a suggestive program for elementary industrial, prevocational and vocational education . en in the prime oflife, and a much smaller percentage of men and women past theproductive period, than the average for the State. This is per- THE PEOPLE OF HAMMOND haps due to the fact that the opportunities for suitable employ-ment for men past the prime of life are relatively few in Ham-mond. On the other hand, concerning the foreign born whites,Hammond has a much smaller percentage of children and a muchlarger percentage of men and women in the productive periodand a larger percentage of men over forty than the average forthe State. In relation to the school problems, this indicates,in general, the great need for education for adult foreigners, ascontrasted to the need for education for native born 4 and 5 show age distributions of the native and foreignpopulation in Hammond and in the State of Indiana. Chart 2pictures these facts. CHART 2 Number in Each Age Group of Natives and Foreign Born in Hammond and Indiana HAMMOND Nativet so/=?/v Ag£:s UNDEn srffs.\ .£?. 4o 30 ao lo £90? to so so -*o so eo 70 INDIANA ^ TO 9lO TO 13SO TO -»^ ^ND O^SFi AO so eo lO o ??? mmmm //^/y/////// - pi^^^^^^^^^H 3a. OB ?\^- ?////////////y////, a ::\ wmmk ////^&y/y
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