The only trade extension training offered by the public schools at the present time is that given in the technical night schools.  During the second term of 1915-16 there were 28 persons enrolled in the technical night school printing class.  Of these 28 persons three were journeymen printers, five described themselves as “helpers,” 11 were apprentices, one was employed in the office of a printing establishment, and eight were engaged in occupations unrelated to printing.  No special provision is made for the apprentices.  The course, which includes hand composition, a little press work, and lectures on trade subjects, is planned “to help broaden the shop training of those working at the trade.”  That it does so to any considerable extent is doubtful.  Too much of the time is devoted to hand work and practice on operations which the boys can easily learn in the shops.  It is believed that the plan followed in the evening apprentice course prescribed by the International Typographical Union, in which no shop equipment or apparatus is used, is better adapted to the needs of boys employed in the trade.  The course consists of 46 lessons in English, lettering, design, color harmony, job composition, and imposition for machine, and hand folding.  The classes are taught by journeymen teachers.  In February 1916 about 100 students were enrolled, of whom approximately one-third were apprentices and two-thirds journeymen.

CLEVELAND EDUCATION SURVEY REPORTS

These reports can be secured from the Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.  They will be sent postpaid for 25 cents per volume with the exception of “Measuring the Work of the Public Schools” by Judd, “The Cleveland School Survey” by Ayres, and “Wage Earning and Education” by Lutz.  These three volumes will be sent for 50 cents each.  All of these reports may be secured at the same rates from the Division of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation, New York City.

  Child Accounting in the Public Schools—­Ayres. 
  Educational Extension—­Perry. 
  Education through Recreation—­Johnson. 
  Financing the Public Schools—­Clark. 
  Health Work in the Public Schools—­Ayres. 
  Household Arts and School Lunches—­Boughton. 
  Measuring the Work of the Public Schools—­Judd. 
  Overcrowded Schools and the Platoon Plan—­Hartwell. 
  School Buildings and Equipment—­Ayres. 
  Schools and Classes for Exceptional Children—­Mitchell. 
  School Organization and Administration—­Ayres. 
  The Public Library and the Public Schools—­Ayres and McKinnie. 
  The School and the Immigrant—­Miller. 
  The Teaching Staff—­Jessup. 
  What the Schools Teach and Might Teach—­Bobbitt. 
  The Cleveland School Survey (Summary)—­Ayres.

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Boys and Girls in Commercial Work—­Stevens. 
Department Store Occupations—­O’Leary. 
Dressmaking and Millinery—­Bryner. 
Railroad and Street Transportation—­Fleming. 
The Building Trades—­Shaw. 
The Garment Trades—­Bryner. 
The Metal Trades—­Lutz. 
The Printing Trades—­Shaw. 
Wage Earning and Education (Summary)—­Lutz.