History & Principles (VOED 6513) Presented by Murelene Walker December 8, 2003
Vocational Advocate – Pursued vo-ed as we know it today Hoke SmithJustin MorrillCarroll S. PageDavid Agnew
Carroll S. Page Businessman/Banker Governor Senator/Republican
Education and the Early Years
Education History Apprenticeships Lyceum Movement Land Grant Colleges Chautauqua Movement
Apprenticeships Oldest type of vo-ed Poor Laws Declined
Lyceums 1826 Founded by Josiah Holbrook Shared experiences
Land Grant Colleges Founder – Justin Morrill – ,000 acres
Chautauqua Founded by John Vincent New York For Sunday School Teachers Tents/Summertime
Educational Changes The Morrill Act has proven to be the beginning…for really carrying vocational education to the masses of our people.
Hoke and Page
Smith/Lever Act of 1914 President Woodrow Wilson Hoke Smith becomes Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor Inducted the Smith/Lever bill
C ommission on V ocational E ducation Senator Hoke Smith (GA) – Chairman Senator Carroll Page (Vermont) Rep. Dudley Hughes (GA) Rep. S.D. Fess (Ohio) John Lapp (Indiana) Florence Marshall – Director, Manhattan Trade School for Girls Agnes Nestor – Pres. International Glove Workers’ Union Charles A. Prosser, Secretary (NSPIE) Charles H. Winslow, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vocational Education Bill Commissioner of Education and 5 other associates versus positions filled by busy Cabinet officers Creation of a State Board Required attendance of children in school State Control
Smith and Hughes Vocational Bill (Page) Hughes Bill Joining of Forces
It’s a Law … I’m just a bill, Yes, I’m only a bill, And I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill. Well, it’s a long, long journey To the capital city, It’s a long, long wait While I’m sitting in committee, But I know I’ll be a law someday… At least I hope and pray that I will, But today I’m just a bill.
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