. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. }^rr^^ r^^' * -y ryvj^'--^-pr"'';r^-v-^'-] i -w^-^^i i:.--' .,--•-: ,v JULY 24, 1913. The Florists'Review COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE TO BE TAUGHT IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PLANNED. Chicago to Lead the Country. To teach the aspiring apprentice flo- rist I he "why" as well as the "how" of hiN occupation is the plan of the Chi- cagii public school authorities. Tlif vocational schools of Chicago are famous the educational world over—but thev have only reached the stage of practicability; the day of expan-
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. }^rr^^ r^^' * -y ryvj^'--^-pr"'';r^-v-^'-] i -w^-^^i i:.--' .,--•-: ,v JULY 24, 1913. The Florists'Review COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE TO BE TAUGHT IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL PLANNED. Chicago to Lead the Country. To teach the aspiring apprentice flo- rist I he "why" as well as the "how" of hiN occupation is the plan of the Chi- cagii public school authorities. Tlif vocational schools of Chicago are famous the educational world over—but thev have only reached the stage of practicability; the day of expan- sion is .iust dawning. During the last school year only five vocational courses have l)een given, but they have been so sucK't'ssful that many others will be added as fast as the necessary organiza- tion can be developed. A course in commercial plant growing, to eventu- ally include ev«ry phase of the subject, will lie one of the first to be established if present plans do not miscarry. It will be the first school of the kind in America. Beinberg Enthusiastic. Peter Reinberg, who was the pioneer among the Chicago growers of cut flow- ers to build glass by the acre, is presi- dent of the Chicago board of education and is enthusiastic in his advocacy of the vocational schools, particularly the proposed school for florists and gar- deners. He is the largest employer of labor in the greenhouses within the city limits of Chicago and knows the needs and ambitions of the boys just starting in the trade as few other men do. But the man to whom the trade really will owe the school for florists is Will- iam M. Roberts. Mr. Roberts for years was assistant superintendent of schools in Chicago, but recently was relieved of that office to become district superin- tendent in charge of vocational schools and the various special classes that have been instituted to meet the needs of <'hieago's cosmopolitan population. It '8 to Mr. Roberts that the board has entrusted the duty of extend
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