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Indiana University Studies 



PART IV. CONTjENT OF COURSES FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS: 

 DAY, PART TIME, AND CONTINUATION'^ 



§1. Ijocal Surveys and Courses of Study 



While the presence of an occupational pursuit in a local com- 

 munity may not be the final measure in determining whether or 

 not vocational courses preparing for the pursuit shall be intro- 

 duced into the local schools, from an administrative and teaching 

 standpoint it is much more economical to localize vocational courses 

 where the pursuits are fundamentally important. Thus, since 

 there are large and permanent printing and publishing interests 

 in Hammond, day vocational courses in printing would here be 

 more easily taught and yield larger net returns than in Muncie. 

 Part-time and continuation courses in printing might also be needed 

 at Hammond, but the probability is that such needs would not exist 

 in Muncie. 



The position is here taken that before establishing vocational 

 courses, day, part-time, or continuation,* communities must first 

 ascertain the extent and scope and importance of the various oc- 

 cupational pursuits. The occupational facts contained in this study 

 will be useful in this connection in showing the State-wide extent 

 of local pursuits. 



§2. Courses for Day Vocational Schools 



The facts advanced in the previous section concerning the neces- 

 sity for data showing the extent and scope of local occupational 

 pursuits apply with directness in the consideration of courses for 

 day vocational schools. On the other hand, are there no pur- 

 suits constant throughout the State for which courses might 

 be established without making local occupational surveys? The 

 courses which are thought to be needed in nearly all cities in 

 Indiana are specified in outline form under the section concerning 

 pre-vocational courses in the fields of industry, commerce, and 

 domestic and personal service. The question, however, as to 

 whether day vocational courses and part-time courses or con- 

 tinuation courses will best meet the needs of workers entering 

 these pursuits is, in the main, a local problem. The Richmond 

 survey has answered the question in a number of fields, but there 

 is still little definite knowledge concerning a great number of 

 pursuits. In order to have positive assurance that day vocational 

 courses are vitally needed and will directly function, occupations 



='=Day or evening general or vocational. 



