American Youth Act. Hearings Before a Subcommittee... on S. 1463...March 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1938. (75th Cong., 3d Sess.) |
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Page 228 - The CHAIRMAN. The committee will recess until 2 o'clock. (Whereupon, at 12 : 25 pm, a recess was taken until 2 pm of the same day.) AFTERNOON SESSION (The hearing was resumed at 2 pm) The CHAIBMAN.
Page 17 - Whether this desirable object will be best promoted by affording aids to seminaries of learning already established, by the institution of a national university, or by any other expedients, will be well worthy of a place in the deliberations of the legislature.
Page 17 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature.
Page 2 - Be it enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives of the United States...
Page 6 - I have determined that we shall do something for the nation's unemployed youth, because we can ill afford to lose the skill and energy of these young men and women.
Page 33 - Youth face an occupational future in industry that is becoming more mechanized, less concerned with highly developed mechanical skills, less given to practical instruction outside the industrial plant, and more insecure for one with a single vocational skill. In a word, mobility has taken the place of fixity, and uncertainty the place of security.
Page 6 - The corporation shall have capital stock of $500,000,000, subscribed by the United States of America, payment for which shall be subject to call in whole or in part by the board of directors of the corporation. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500,000,000, for the purpose of making payments upon such subscription when called...
Page 157 - Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Homer P. Rainey, Director, American Youth Commission of the American Council on Education. Frederick L. Redefer, Executive Secretary, Progressive Education Association. Reid Robinson, President, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Philip Schiff, Headworker, Madison House, New York.
Page 37 - This discussion raises the question of the functions of the junior and senior high schools relative to vocational education. Studies indicate that not more than 5 percent of all workers in industry require skilled training and that approximately 95 percent of these are now trained on the job under the supervision of a foreman. Less than 1 percent are trained in the schools. Other recent studies indicate that approximately 75 percent of all types of jobs (exclusive of the professions, semiprofessions,...
Page 129 - If there are any questions that you would like to ask, I will be glad to answer them to the best of my ability.