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St. Paul Recorder
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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Minneapolis and St. Paul selected by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Education for a survey of vocational guidance and education opportunities for Negroes, including studies of institutions and interviews with students from 1925-1936.
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Minneapolis and St. Paul have been selected by the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education, Washington, D. C., as two of the one hundred and fifty communities in which a survey is being made of the opportunities and facilities for vocational guidance and vocational education for Negroes.
The survey includes studying the curricula, methods of teaching, housing and equipment of the various institutions of higher learning, high schools, evening schools, proprietary and private schools, and non-school agencies which offer vocational and pre-vocational training to Negroes.
One of the important phases of the survey includes personal visits, and interviewing present students, graduates and drop-outs of high schools from 1925 to 1936, with regard to their vocational placement.
The three interviewers on this project are Miss Anne P. Horris and Andrew Owens in Minneapolis and Miss Annie Foster of St. Paul.
Promoters of this survey feel that data secured will establish important factual evidence as the greater need for vocational guidance. 'The results of this study should furnish a complete national picture of the vocational life of Negroes.'
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Minneapolis And St. Paul
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data secured will establish important factual evidence for the greater need for vocational guidance and furnish a complete national picture of the vocational life of negroes.
Event Details
Minneapolis and St. Paul selected as two of 150 communities for a survey by the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education, on opportunities and facilities for vocational guidance and vocational education for Negroes. The survey studies curricula, teaching methods, housing, and equipment of higher learning institutions, high schools, evening schools, proprietary and private schools, and non-school agencies offering vocational and pre-vocational training to Negroes. It includes personal visits and interviews with present students, graduates, and drop-outs of high schools from 1925 to 1936 regarding vocational placement. Interviewers are Miss Anne P. Horris and Andrew Owens in Minneapolis, and Miss Annie Foster in St. Paul.