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problems incident thereto. In detail, courses should include, in 

 the field of trade, the elements of salesmanship, wholesaling and 

 retailing, importing and exporting, work of insurance agents, ex- 

 press agents, etc.; in the field of transportation, telegraph operat- 

 ing, etc. ; and in the field of clerical pursuits, bookkeeping and 

 stenography, collecting, work of shipping-clerks, etc. 



§5. Courses for Girls 



It is assumed that in the pre-vocational period it is the duty 

 of the school to provide the greatest possible range of type courses 

 for girls as well as for boys. The courses for girls should aim to 

 assist them in discovering aptitudes and capacities and interests 

 with a view to more direct and specific vocational training in later 

 years and for preparation for wage-earning for those who must 

 leave school to enter wage-earning pursuits. 



One of the surest methods of making self-realization possible 

 and exploitation impossible is to provide the training necessary 

 for economic independence. This ideal is not at all incompatible 

 Avith that of meeting and successfully solving the problem of home- 

 making. The facts show that, for the State of Indiana as a whole, 

 of the young women between the ages of 16 and 20, 270 of each 

 1,000 were at work. This is an average of country, village, town, 

 and city, and, therefore, the number at work in cities is much high- 

 er, being in Indianapolis about 530 of each 1,000. For the country 

 as a whole, the average for these years is almost 40 per cent. 



The question may be asked. Why insist that the possibility of 

 vocational training be provided for all girls when but about one- 

 half the young women in cities are at work? In reply it may be 

 said that it is impossible to know what girls are to constitute the 

 female working population. Changes in the financial position of the 

 head of the family or a sudden death or illness or personal choice 

 force many girls and women into wage-earning pursuits. 



The occupational facts for Indiana indicate that in this period 

 courses for girls should include the elements of agriculture, in- 

 dustry, conmierce, household and domestic and personal service 

 pursuits, aside from those leading to the professions. 



Agricioltiiral Courses 



These phases of agricultural education should be provided : 

 gardening and greenhouse working, dairying, and poultry-raising. 



