The public schools and women in office service . j IN CO C£ t CO < o J^ m cc ^ Ol in S t: (M CO ?<t 3 O 1-^ . o o C c o o d C c d S o o C c o 11 G *^ CO o IT o a £ CO :5-« _ ^_ 0! cl a 13 o o -a ?a 73 -a 0! C3 ja 3 O 6 1 J3 ^ g m S 0 <u ?n 0) 0! b o S 3 c 1 31 el 3M e c cc cD 1 oo. •a o . -g g 1 X. 1 1 0 J3gMm X IS H b « c s a ii /» 1 a- •a 2-3 J3 ^ OO -o .2 c -9 It THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ITS PROBLEMS. 45 service, who have had little or no high school trainingand are struggUng with the elementary principles ofcommercial subjects. Finally, there are some who areat home during the day
The public schools and women in office service . j IN CO C£ t CO < o J^ m cc ^ Ol in S t: (M CO ?<t 3 O 1-^ . o o C c o o d C c d S o o C c o 11 G *^ CO o IT o a £ CO :5-« _ ^_ 0! cl a 13 o o -a ?a 73 -a 0! C3 ja 3 O 6 1 J3 ^ g m S 0 <u ?n 0) 0! b o S 3 c 1 31 el 3M e c cc cD 1 oo. •a o . -g g 1 X. 1 1 0 J3gMm X IS H b « c s a ii /» 1 a- •a 2-3 J3 ^ OO -o .2 c -9 It THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ITS PROBLEMS. 45 service, who have had little or no high school trainingand are struggUng with the elementary principles ofcommercial subjects. Finally, there are some who areat home during the day and come to the evening schoolfor further education or companionship with other girls. Chart MI.— Showing Present Wage by Schooling and Lengthof Experience of 310 Cases Secured from the Schools. Basedon Table II, Page 44. (The section below the black dividing line Bignifiee a wage of less than$9. The section above signifies a wage of $9 or more. Three yearsexperience or more is shown thus .) ^ ^ High School Graduate with Additional Training. 118 High School Graduate with no Additional Training. 105 High School Non-Graduate. 62 Non-High The evening high schools, therefore, must meet theneeds of a group of girls with widely differing social,economic and educational background, and with varyingdegrees of maturity and of capacity to profit by theinstruction given. The courses given in these evening commercial highschools are arranged in a four year plan, and are aimed 4G WOMEN IN OFFICE SERVICE. to fit the pupils to become either bookkeepers, stenog-raphers or saleswomen, in the commercial vocations,or nurses and telephone operators, as the other possiblevocations. The curriculum provides two one-hourcourses for three nights a week for four years, but incase advanced standing can be secured in any of the pre-scribed subjects in the course elected, the time for com-pleting the course may be shortened
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