. The National Civic Federation review . give a largeplace to the industrial vocations. Existing schoolsmust enrich their courses of study along these newlines, so vitally connected with the thought andwork of the people, and the newer types of schoolsespecially fitted to the industrial life of the peoplemust be developed so as to meet the new conditionsin the largest and best way. Generally speaking, one-third of our men folks arein agriculture, and one-third in the non-agriculturalproductive industries; while two-thirds of our womenare in the vocation of home-making. Two-thirds ofall our peo
. The National Civic Federation review . give a largeplace to the industrial vocations. Existing schoolsmust enrich their courses of study along these newlines, so vitally connected with the thought andwork of the people, and the newer types of schoolsespecially fitted to the industrial life of the peoplemust be developed so as to meet the new conditionsin the largest and best way. Generally speaking, one-third of our men folks arein agriculture, and one-third in the non-agriculturalproductive industries; while two-thirds of our womenare in the vocation of home-making. Two-thirds ofall our people enter these several vocations andnearly all receive their only schooling in our publicschools. All will agree that our schools should befitted in some measure to prepare them for it. For those who cannot, secure in their home schoolsvocational training along the lines they especiallydesire, special vocational schools are necessary. Forthe non-agricultural industries these may best bein the large centres! of population, often in the. HON. WILLET M. HAYS. atmosphere of the vocation for which preparation issought. Here resident pupils can attend, each choos-ing that school which best meets) his needs. Forthe agricultural industries these vocational schoolsshould be on the land, preferably near a town orcity. Those experienced in agricultural secondaryschools designed mainly for young men and youngwomen who are to remain on the farm, or are tochange from city to country life, are unanimous inthe belief, so far as I know, that these schools willnot succeed so well as annexes to city schools aswhen separate and on large farms. As the schoolof art, theology, literature or science neeus an en-vironment, an atmosphere of its own, made pos-sible by a strong special group of teachers and stu-dents in a large institution, or in a separate institu-tion, so the school of an industry needs to be dis-tinctive as a separate school or as a strong unit in alarge school. Weak industrial depart
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