Date of Award
5-1942
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Ralph A. Fritz
Abstract
This report is a study of the relationship between the curricula offered by the Girard and Pittsburg, Kansas High Schools and the present occupations of their Negro graduates from the years 1930 to 1940.
Data and Procedure
Data for determining the curricula of the various graduates were drawn from permanent school records of both cities.
Data pertaining to the present occupations (March, 1942) were obtained by personal interviews with the parents, graduates and very close friends.
The classification of typical occupations as put out by the United States Bureau of Census in effect at the present time was used in this study.
Findings
There were a total of eighty-one graduates and forty-two non-graduates in Pittsburg and Girard. These figures indicate that approximately two-thirds of those who started graduated.
The curricula, marks, majors, and minors, and the activities of the graduates and marks of the non-graduates are contained in the Appendix.
There was little relationship between the curricula pursues and the present occupations. None of the five who took the normal training curriculum (teacher training) are teaching. Eleven of the graduates are continuing their education in colleges or other institutions, but only two of them had taken the classical (college preparatory) curriculum in high school. There are sixteen homemakers (house-wives) of whom four took the classical and twelve the general curriculum. There are ten doing maid work of whom four took the classical curriculum. Nine of the graduates are teachers of whom one took the classical, one the commercial, and seven the general curriculum.
Of the eighty-one graduates forty-six are girls and thirty-fives are boys. Of the students continuing their education seven are girls and four are boys.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Charles S., "Relationship Between High School Curriculum and Present Occupation of Eighty Negro Graduates" (1942). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 482.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/482
Comments
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