1. History & Principles (VOED 6513) Presented by Murelene Walker December 8, 2003

2. Vocational Advocate – Pursued vo-ed as we know it today Hoke SmithJustin MorrillCarroll S. PageDavid Agnew

3. Carroll S. Page Businessman/Banker Governor Senator/Republican

4. Education and the Early Years

5. Education History Apprenticeships Lyceum Movement Land Grant Colleges Chautauqua Movement

6. Apprenticeships Oldest type of vo-ed Poor Laws Declined

7. Lyceums 1826 Founded by Josiah Holbrook Shared experiences

8. Land Grant Colleges Founder – Justin Morrill – 1862 30,000 acres

9. Chautauqua Founded by John Vincent - 1874 New York For Sunday School Teachers Tents/Summertime

10. Educational Changes The Morrill Act has proven to be the beginning…for really carrying vocational education to the masses of our people.

11. Hoke and Page

12. Smith/Lever Act of 1914 President Woodrow Wilson Hoke Smith becomes Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor Inducted the Smith/Lever bill

13. 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

14. 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

15. Smith and Hughes Vocational Bill (Page) Hughes Bill Joining of Forces

16. 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.

17. Agriculture Enrollment

18. Home Economics Enrollment