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APPENDIX. 



(Unmmmtuttalilj of 



In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eleven. 



AN ACT TO CODIFY AND AMEND LEGISLATION RELATING TO STATE-AIDED 



VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



CONSTRUCTION. 



1 SECTION 1. The following words and phrases as hereinafter used 



2 in this act shall, unless a different meaning is plainly required by 



3 the context, have the following meanings : 



4 1. " Vocational education " shall mean any education whose con- 



5 trolling purpose is to fit for profitable employment. 



6 2. " Industrial education " shall mean that form of vocational edu- 



7 cation which fits for the trades, crafts and manufacturing pursuits, 



8 including the occupations of girls and women carried on in work- 



9 shops. 



10 3. "Agricultural education" shall mean that form of vocational 



11 education which fits for the occupations connected with the tillage 



12 of the soil, the care of domestic animals, forestry and other wage- 



13 earning or productive work on the farm. 



14 4. " Household arts " education shall mean that form of voca- 



15 tional education which fits for occupations connected with the 



16 household. 



17 5. " Independent industrial, agricultural or household arts school " 



18 shall mean an organization of courses, pupils and teachers, under a 



19 distinctive management approved by the board of education, de- 



20 signed to give either industrial, agricultural or household arts edu- 



21 cation as herein defined. 



22 6. " Evening class " in an industrial, agricultural or household arts 



23 school shall mean a class giving such training as can be taken by 



24 persons already employed during the working day, and which, in 



25 order to be called vocational, must in its instruction deal with the 



26 subject matter of the day employment, and be so carried on as 



27 to relate to the day employment. 



28 7. "Part-time (or continuation) class" in an industrial, agricul- 



29 tural or household arts school shall mean a vocational class for per- 



30 sons giving a portion of their working time to profitable employment, 



31 and receiving in the part-time school, instruction complementary to 



32 the practical work which is being carried on in such employment. 





