Figure 13 



the men gave up their positions in order to go in the service of our 

 country. Others were put in their places. When the former re- 

 turned, they were often put in charge of other schools where men 

 of experience and energy seemed especially to be needed. In other 

 instances, men were promoted, or their experience and demon- 

 strated ability were utilized in starting new departments of schools. 

 During the first half of the present school year (1919-1920) five 

 rural community vocational schools and three agricultural depart- 

 ments in high schools have been added an increase of twenty-five 

 per cent. 



Farm Shop Product. By letting boys make objects for them- 

 selves, one stimulates and increases their natural interest in work 

 with hand tools. Figure 14 shows what proportion of the product 

 of farm shop work goes to the boy, or to his home farm. The dia- 

 gram shows that the practice among the schools is not uniform. 

 Too much uniformity in this respect is undesirable, for some schools 

 arc well housed and equipped and need little construction work 

 such as boys can do with educational advantage to themselves, 

 while others have many things that need to be made that fit in 

 with farm shop work requirements. 



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