School Laws Enacted by the General Assemblies of 1913 and 1915 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...education the con_ trolling purpose of which is to fit for profitable employment. 2. "Industrial education" shall mean that form of vocational education which fits for the trades, crafts and wage-earning pursuits, including the occupation of girls and women carried on in stores, workshops, and other establishments. 3. "Agricultural education" shall mean that form of vocational education which fits for the occupations connected with the tillage of the soil, the care of domestic animals, forestry and other wage-earning or productive work on the farm. 4. "Domestic science" education shall mean that form of vocational education which fits for occupations connected with the household. 5. "Industrial, agricultural or domestic science school or department" shall mean an organization of courses, pupils and teachers designed to give either industrial, agricultural or domestic science education as herein defined, under a separate director or head. 6. "Approved industrial, agricultural or domestic science school or department" shall mean an organization under a separate director or head, of courses, pupils and teachers approved by the state board of education designed to give either industrial, agricultural or domestic science education as herein defined. 7. "Evening class" in an industrial, agricultural or domestic science school or department shall mean a class giving such training as can be taken by persons already employed during the working day, and which in order to be called vocational must in its instruction deal with the subject-matter of the day employment, and be so carried on as to relate to the day employment; but evening classes in domestic science relating to the home shall be open...