Cost of Material in Shop Work. The cost of material per pupil 

 per year varies a good deal. Table 30 shows that there are three 

 schools having a cost of $1.00 per pupil per year, and one school 

 expends fourteen times as much. 



Figure 15 



Showing the per cent of school farm shop product that is undertaken by 

 the pupils for the school. 



There are about 72 double periods (two 45 minute periods) 

 devoted to shop work per year. Taking the median cost of $2.63, 

 it means that the cost of material per pupil for each period is 

 less than four cents. Figuring lumber at 8 cents per foot, this al- 

 lows one-half foot of lumber per pupil per period provided he 

 uses no other supplies. It is impossible to do satisfactory voca- 

 tional work with so small an outlay for material. As a matter of 

 fact, it is not being done. Pupils are usually required to pay for all 

 material used for objects repaired or made for personal or home 

 farm use. This is why the work is not costing the public more. 



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