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2d  Session       \  SENATE  j     No.  845


VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION


SPEECH


OF


ON.  CARROLL  S.  PAGE


DELIVERED  IN  THE  SENATE  OF
THE  UNITED  STATES  JUNE  5,  1912

ON  SENATE   BILL  3,  TO  COOPERATE  WITH   THE  STATE8
IN  ENCOURAGING  INSTRUCTION  IN  AGRICULTURE,  THE
TRADES    AND    INDUSTRIES     AND    HOME    ECONOMICS    IN
SECONDARY   SCHOOLS;     IN    MAINTAINING   INSTRUCTION
IN    THESE   VOCATIONAL    SUBJECTS    IN    STATE    NORMAL
SCHOOLS;    IN    MAINTAINING    EXTENSION    DEPART-
MENTS IN  STATE  COLLEGES  OF  AGRICULTURE
AND  THE  MECHANIC  ARTS;  AND  TO  APPRO-
PRIATE MONEY  AND  REGULATE
ITS  EXPENDITURE


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Document  No.  845,  6'2d  Congress,  2d  Ses-
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JUNE  5,  1912.— Ordered  to  be  printed


WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE
1912


SENATE


VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION

SPEECH

OF

HON.  CARROLL  S.  PAGE

DELIVERED  IN  THE  SENATE  OF
THE  UNITED  STATES  JUNE  5,  1912

ON  SENATE   BILL  3,  TO  COOPERATE  WITH  THE   STATES

IN  ENCOURAGING  INSTRUCTION  IN  AGRICULTURE,  THE

TRADES    AND    INDUSTRIES,    AND    HOME    ECONOMICS    IN

SECONDARY   SCHOOLS;     IN   MAINTAINING   INSTRUCTION

IN   THESE   VOCATIONAL    SUBJECTS    IN    STATE    NORMAL

SCHOOLS;    IN    MAINTAINING    EXTENSION    DEPART-

MENTS IN  STATE  COLLEGES  OF  AGRICULTURE

AND  THE  MECHANIC  ARTS;  AND  TO  APPRO-

PRIATE MONEY  AND  REGULATE

ITS  EXPENDITURE


JUNE  5,  1912.— Ordered  to  be  printed


WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE
1912


VOCATIONAL  EDUCATION.
By  Hon.  CARROLL  S.  PAGE,  of  Vermont.
Mr.  PRESIDENT,  I  approach  the  discussion  of  this  vocational-educa-
;ion  bill  with  many  misgivings  and  doubts  as  to  the  course  I  should
pursue.
