Thomas Jefferson High School - Democrats Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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3...--.Yi-in Hnratinnal Flraining The vocational depart- ment of Jefferson High School is largely indebted for its extension to Miss Carey. She believes thor- oughly in vocational training and is in touch with its every phase. With her sympa- thetic viewpoint she is able to bring the .student to the Work, the to the Stu- dent. She herself is actively engaged inifithe part-time teaching recently begun in the city. Vocational training at Jef- ferson is emerging from the stage of experimentation and is entering the field of successful accomplishment. It is through the untiring efforts of Miss .Carey that this has been achieved. In the evolution of society from the baser to the better, the various ac- tivities of life, whether in play or in labor, constantly undergo change. No stage of development, however efficient or satisfying today, can be considered permanent. Our unfolding humanity demands institutions that are not static, but capable of adapting themselves to rapidly advancing ideas. Educational institutions have responded, though somewhat tardily, to these changing demands. At Hrst purely academic, appealing only to persons of leisure, culture and wealth. The schools have gradually broadened their curricula to include the technical and practical in order to prepare earnest and eager men and women to do the work of the world in the most efficient way possible, and at the same time to enlarge their vision, to make them masters of their trade, not slaves. When, in the middle of the twentieth century, instruction in sloyd was offered in the schools of Sweden, an innovation occurred which established a new era in education. Since then many additional courses of a practical nature have been introduced. Thinkers in the industrial and educational fields have seen the necessity of trained hands as well as trained minds. The work of the world is not performed now in the primitive way in which it was done until fifty years ago. The marvelous development of labor-saving de- vices has produced a new kind of society. Instead of having shoemakers, blacksmiths and cabinet-makers, each one of whom produces a complete ar- ticle, we have thousands of individuals employed under one management and nine