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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1927
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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WORKS TO MODIFY CAMPAIGN FOR EARLY
Myers Talks On 'Vocational Guidance THE VOLSTEAD ACT_ SHOPPING STARTED
CHRISTMAS
IN ANN ARBOR
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WORK V'NSISTS iN FINDING THE
PROPER FIELD FOR
EACH PERSON
EACH CASE IS COMPLEX
Work Being Done In Public Schools
Is Outlined In Detail By
The Speaker
(Editor's note: The following address on
"Vocational Guidance," delivered on the fifth
Michigan radio night program over WWJ, the
Detroit News station, last night, was written
by Prof. George E. Meyers, professor of Voca-
tional Education and Guidance in the School
of , Education.)
Nearly one million boys and young
men and half as many girls and young
women in the United States each year
face the problems involved in transfer
from school or college to wage-earn-
ing occupations.
There are, of course, outstanding
differences between individuals in this
great army of annual recruits to the
ranks of wage-earners. They differ in
age at which work is begun, in phy-
sique, in schooling, in general intelli-
gence, in social intelligence, in special
,aptitude, in temperament, in initiative,
in persistence, and in other ways.
Occupations 1Differ
On, the other hand, the thousands of
occupations which are open to these
;young recruits differ. Some call for
~youth; others demand a fair degree of
maturity. Some require extensive edu-
Mcation others may be carried on suc-
cessfully by illiterates. Some demand
a high degree of intelligence; others
are open to morons. Some require
'physical strength and endurance; oth-
oers, quickness and dexterity. Some
call for special aptitude of one kind;
others, for special aptitudes of a very
different kind. Some are impossible
to the stolid and plegmatic; others
are equally impossible to the high-
strung and excitable. Some demand
initiative and leadership; others re-
quire doing the same thing over and
over again.
How do these boys and girls and
young men and women of such varied
characteristics and qualifications find
their way from school and col1ege into
the places they are to fill in this maze
of occupations, .with their widely dif-
fering demands and requirements?
Studies which have been made indi-
cate,, especially in case of those who
leave school early to enter employ-
ment, that chance and trial and error
play far more important parts than
scientific method in this matter of
chopsing and entering occupations.
There can be no question that enor-
mous economic and social waste re-
sults. There is economic loss to the
individual who shifts from one occupa-
tion to another in the effort to find
work for which .he is suited. This loss
is particularly heavy if the individual
spent a long period in special prepara-
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economic loss to the employer when- an aid to teachers in discovering pu- ing better preparation for their work;
ever he has to select and train a new pils interests, special aptitudes and or for promotion. This follow-up ser-
worker to take the place of one who limitations. Practical art courses in vice also aids in checking up the ef-
proves unsuited to the work. There junior high school serve this purpose, fectiveness of other parts of the guid-
is economic loss to society in that as should, also, the dramatic, musical ance program.
much of the employer's loss is passed and other activities of the school. It, may be argued that so compre-
on to society in the higher costs of 3. Assembling and making avail- hensive a program of vocational guid-
product or service. There is social able for use pertinent information ance is too costly for a city school
waste due to the development of a concerning the ablities, aptitudes, tem- system to undertake. The cost will be
bitter anti-social attitude on the part peraments and personality traits of in- high if the job is well done. But the
of those who fail to find suitable oc- dividual pupils. Much information of haphazard methods of entering occu-
cupations; or due to the formation of this sort which teachers acquire in pations which have prevailed in the
unwholesome habits' or ideals by the connection with their work is dissi- past are far more costly. And in
young in the process of shifting from pated because it is not brought to- either case society pays the bill in the
occupation to occupation; or due to gether for use in advising pupils. long run.
the fact that the work one does fails Would aProvide Counsel
to call forth his best latent possibili- 4. Providing expert vocational FIND ONE FORD
ties. cou:s'ling for each pupil. This in- $4,0
Would Abolish Waste volves aiding pupils by means of per- IN THEFT
Vocational guidance is an effort to sonal interviews to interpret and eval-
reduce this great economic and social ,at;e the in orration which they have One Ford roadster was the only
waste by helping young people to acquired concerning occupations and part of the $4,000 loot stolen by thieves
choose and enter occupations more the results of their Exploratory expe- during the Minnesota game which had
successfully. It may be considered riences in terms of their personal been recovered -late yesterday, accord-
part of the conservation movement in qualifiactions and limitations; in oth- ing to local police officials. The car
that it seeks to conserve the priceless er words to compare their personal is the property of Victor Westerman
native capacties of our youth and the qualifications with the requirements of Ann Arbor, and was found by the
results of the costly training provided of occupations which interest them. Ecorse police.
by our schools. 5. Providing vocational education
Vocational guidance is rapidly gain- as far as is practicable in order that Ambassador Tellez says at Wash-
ing recognition as an educational ser- pupils may make suitable preparation ington that American Ambassador
vice, and, as a legitimate part of the for occupations which they may Morrow already has created a spirit
work of our schools and institutions choose. of amity in Mexican-American rela-
of higher learning. It should not be 6. Assisting pupils when they are tions.
thought of as something which is add- ready to leave school for omploymebt
ed on to education but as an integral to obtain positionf i iier that they Although the area of Bolivia is
and essential part,of an educational may ontlr -advantageously the occupa- about 560,000 square miles, its popula-
program. t~itrs chosen. It is not at all uncom- tion does not exceed that of Chicago.
As vocational guidance is develop- mon for an individual whose choice of
ing in public school systems, it in- occupation is wise and whose prepara- Juneau, Alaska has been recently
cludes the following activities: tion is good, to get off to a bad start shaken by a severe earthduake.
1. Aiding pupils to obtain adequate because his first job is with the wrong
and significant information concern- firm. It is part of the guidance pro-
ing the requirements and opportun- gram to prevent this whenever possi-
ities of occupations. This is done in ble. .
many junior and senior high schools, 7. Helping pupils who have been
especially in the former, by giving aided in obtaining employment to ad-
courses in occupational information. just themselves to employment condt-
2. Providing opportunity for pupils tions and to progress in their work.
to try themselves out in the work of a Some will need help in obtaining a
few occupations in order that they second position hecause they prove to
may test their fitness for these occu- be unsuited for the first one. Many I
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As has become customary in many
parts of the country during the past
few years, the (jay after Thanksgiving
marked the official opening of the an-
nual Early Christmas Shopping cam-
paign which was instituted in Ann
Arbor yesterday.
The retail merchants committee of
the Chamber of Commerce which is
sponsoring this program opened its
drive yesterday with the definite hope
in mind that much of the last minute
shopping might be finished sooner
this year.
It will mean that the peek of shop-
ping will be moved forward a few
days thus lessening the last minute
demands on the shopkeepers and their
employees. It will also mean the
dangers and inconveniences that
would accompany shopping in in-
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ceeding Christmas will also be re-
moved.
In furtherance of this campaign the
local post office is mailing each of the
city's residents on Monday a card
urging early shopping. Other features
of this campaign such as Christmas
trees' and extensive sign board adver-
tising are beng prepared for use in
the near future.
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Judge S. Harrison White, shown
above, a Democrat of Denver, Colo.,
who has been elected to succeed the
late William N. Vaile, Republican,
said that he interprets his victory "as
a mandate rom the people of Denver
to modify the Volstead Act and make
it a workable law." The dry forces de-
clare "the congressional election is a
great disappointment to the Christian
mnd tpaerv' for"" of DrMvy
Mary Lee
Page and Shaw I
Martha Washington
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NATIONAL MONTHLY HAS ARTICLES
BY THREE ANN ARBOR PHYSICISTS
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Two articles by members of the Phy-
sics department of'Michigan appear in
the current November issue of the
Journal of the Optical Society ofj
America, a monthly publication con-
taining news and descriptions of latec
achievements in the field of optics.
A report "On the Infrared Absorp-
tion Sepctra of Several Gasses," by
Prof. Charles F. Meyer, D. W. Bronk,
and A. A. Levin and an article ,"A
New One-Meter Vacuum Spectrographc
Design" by Ralph A. Sawyer are pub-
lished.
All the authors are of the staff of
the Physics, department with the ex-
ception of Bronk, who recently ac-
cepted a position at Swarthmore.
Professor Meyer has been studying
the infrared section of the spectrum
for several years and the article re-
ports the results lie and his confreres
obtained in the study of the spectra of
several gasses using a grating of 1134
lines per centimeter.
Professor Sawyer's article deals
with the new spectrograph recently
built in the Physics shops and now on
display in the East Physics building.
The article contains a diagram of the
instrument which is used for the mea-
suremetit of extremely short ultra-vio-
let rays.
CaptivatingLight Opera Star, writes:
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"It was a welcome discovery
for me-I had hoped to find
a cigarette as delightful as
Lucky Strike yet as utterly
harmless to the throat. This
marvelous cigarette combines
both pleasure and safety."
AUDAcIOUS ENGINEERS are filling our
popular publications with descriptions
of the cities of the future. We have all
seen their prophetic pictures: tiers of
gigantic buildings rising one hundred,
two hundred, three hundred stories
above four or five levels of street.
All the ingenuity of these prophets
is required to explain away, even
theoretically, certain problems of con-
struction. IF this material can be made
to bear so much more strain; IF means
can be devised to ensure a solid foun-
dation-IF, IF.
One important detail, however,*"is
always taken for granted. "There will
be express elevators," they say, "from
the various street levels to the hun-
dredth and two hundredth floor."
THERE TILL BE! We find no "if"
in connection with the elevators.
For all builders have come to expect
a perfect solution of every interior
transportation problem, no matter
how audacious. As the cities of the
future are being planned, the OTIS
COMPANY expects that dependable
vertical transportation will continue to
be taken for granted by architects, en-
gineers, and the public.
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Photo by Strauss Peyton
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THE TOBACCO CROP
Afr. Hugh Ferriss has visioned many outstanding gigantic
"buildings ofthe future." This reproduction is particularly
appropriate at this time and special permission has been
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