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Of the 12,500 boys and girls under 16 who are engaged in all 

 pursuits other than agriculture, about 4,000 are engaged in work 

 for which part-time vocational education of the trade extension 

 type could be provided, and about 9,500 in pursuits for which no 

 part-time vocational education of the trade extension type is at 

 all possible or necessary. For the latter, the general continuation 

 school is needed, which aims to provide a type of general and pre- 

 vocational education assisting them to discover aptitudes and lines 

 of employment more promising than those in which they are 

 engaged. 



For the 600 youths under 16 employed as general laborers in 

 the building trades, what type of part-time education can be or- 

 ganized to be directly complementary to this work? For the 200 

 girls under 16 rolling cigarettes and cigars, what type of school 

 education can be complementary to this profitable employment? 

 For the 1,000 bundle and messenger boys and girls, what comple- 

 mentary education could be proposed? For the 125 female tele- 

 phone operators under 16, what part-time complementary educa- 

 tion is possible ? 



The obvious need for about 75 per cent of the boys and girls 

 who are profitably employed and under 16 years of age, aside 

 from those employed on farms, is for general part-time educa- 

 tion. The State Vocational Department has recognized this vital 

 need,* and it is to be hoped that superintendents and employers 

 may cooperate in establishing such part-time classes, and that at 

 an early date special State aid may be provided for this most 

 fundamental educational obligation. 



PART Y. THE NEED OF OCCUPATIONAL SURVEYS AND ANALYSES 

 §1, The Limitations of the Census Data 



During the course of this study the writer carefully reviewed 

 all publications containing any phase of occupational information 

 for Indiana. The United States census was found to be the only 

 source of information at all adequate and reliable. The census 

 report concerning "Occupations" was not published till the spring 

 of 1914, and contains facts derived four years previous. Further, 

 the occupational data are given only for the State as a whole and 

 for places of over 25,000 inhabitants. At best, the occupational 

 facts in the census are but rough i^reliminary measures. No oc- 

 cupational studies in terms of knowledge and skill required, etc., 

 are included in this report. 



*See Bulletin Vocational Series 4, Department of Public Instruction, State of 

 Indiana, pp. 24, 25, W. F. Book. 



