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Author Broadlick, Robert Charlton.

Title A Study of the vocational success of one hundred twenty-three graduates of Sherman Institute, a vocational high school for Indian youth, Riverside, California / by Robert Charlton Broadlick.

Imprint Pittsburg, Kan. : Kansas State Teachers College, 1933.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe PSU Archives Thesis/Problems  371.9797 B7804s    ---  Lib Use Only
 Axe Thesis 3rd Floor  371.9797 B7804s c.2  ---  Available
Description v, 44 leaves : 28 cm.
Thesis Thesis (M. S.)--Kansas State Teachers College, 1933.
Bibliography Bibliography: leaf 44.
Summary Excerpt: "This study was undertaken for the enlightenment of the public as to the use the Indian is making of his educational opportunity. It attempts to show how Sherman Institute, a vocational high school for Indian youth at Riverside, California, is functioning in the lives of its graduates. [...] In brief, the study seeks to show: where the students come from; the tribal selections of vocations; what courses in the school were the popular courses; the graduate's present work compared with his vocational preparation; ages at graduation; number of years in the institution; and the intelligence quotients of the graduates. [...] this study is concerned primarily with the vocational aspects of Indian education, with consideration of certain other factors closely associated with the vocational."
Subject Indians of North America -- California -- Education.
Indians of North America -- California -- Employment.

 
    
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