Identifier: reportofcommitt02newy (find matches)
Title: Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York ..
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Committee on School Inquiry
Subjects: School organization and management
Publisher: City of New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ores would enter into a cooperative plan with theschools, whereby this training could be more effectively carried on. Separation of the Sexes in Commercial Education We recommend, in general high schools, the segregation of the com-mercial pupils into a commercial department. This department shouldreproduce as nearly as possible the separate special commercial schools,and the sexes should be separated for efficiency and for vocational rea-sons. The boys should pursue a course as nearly as possible like thatof the best special commercial schools for boys, and the girls should begiven a course founded upon the best models for girls. The city ofCleveland has a high school of commerce for boys and girls; but thesexes pursue different courses, each suited to the needs of the sex. Thereis no more reason for the same courses for boys and girls in commercethan there is for the same courses for boys and girls in industry. One Bulletin No. 10, Girls Trade Education League, 6 Beacon St., Boston.
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1 COMMERCIAL COURSES IN HIGH SCHOOLS 53 of the city high schools (Bryant) is following a plan of segregationlike the plan recommended above.^ Elective Commercial Courses The question has been raised as to whether or not pupils taking gen-eral courses without a particular objective should be allowed to take in-cidental commercial courses—such as a year in bookkeeping. As longas the principle of election in high schools is maintained, it will be il-logical to deny such privilege. An incidental commercial course takenin high school does not mean commercial training; a pupil with thisequipment offering- himself to a business house as a product of special-ized training will damage the cause of commercial education. Undoubt-edly much of the criticism of business men on commercial schools hasbeen due to experience with such inadequately trained boys and girls.It is evident that a boy who has pursued a subject or two in manualtraining is not fitted for industry, and it is equally evident th

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