Preliminary Report of the Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities to the National Council at the Cleveland Convention; To B

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. 1908 Excerpt: ... REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL EHP'ATriN W SCHOOLS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES To the National Council oj Education of the National/Education Association: The undersigned Committee1,6'ft Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities, appointed by the President of the National Council of Education, by direction of the Council, July n, 1907, has the honor to submit the following report on the subject assigned for its consideration. HISTORICAL STATEMENT This committee, as originally constituted by action of the Council in 1903, consisted of five members. The first report was submitted in 1905. This report was published in pamphlet form as one of the special committee reports of the National Educational Association. A second report was submitted at the Los Angeles meeting in 1907, and was published in the volume of Proceedings of the Association for that year. In presenting this report of progress of the committee in its investigations, the chairman recommended that a new committee be appointed to continue investigations on this subject and report to the Council from time to time. The Council Committee on Investigations and Appropriations reported the following recommendation to the Council, July 11, 1907: That the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for the use of the Committee on Industrial Education for Rural Schools, and that the present committee of five be reduced to three, to be appointed by the President of the Council. The recommendation was adopted by the Council and the appropriation was made by action of the Board of Directors of the National Education Association, July 12, 1907. The present committee was subsequently appointed by the President of the Council. The first report, mad...