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FARMERSYIIIE EQUIPMENT INC.
R.D. 2, Ephrata, Pa.
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from high school are doing so
without the training their need to
become productive, working
members of our community. He
feels there is not nearly enough
high school vocational training,
training aimed at providing a
student with a marketable skill.
The agriculture programs
found in many of our local high
schools have been meeting! Dr.
Marland’s challenge and,
providing their students with
vocational training for many
years. Previously, this training
dealt mainly with farming.
However, in the past few years,
you have seen and read of the
changes in our traditional farm
oriented agriculture programs to
programs emphasizing the total
agri-industry.
In recent years, these
programs have been further
refined to include two more
agriculture-related programs.
These programs are found in two
of our three vocational-technical
schools. They are titled hor
ticulture and floriculture.
Many of you are well
acquainted with the programs
which are being conducted in the
agriculture classrooms and shops
in the county. However, the
terms horticulture and
floriculture may be confusing
and I feel they deserve an ex
planation.
Students in the horticulture
program deal mainly with the
production, use and maintenance
of trees and shrubs in the land
scape. They are acquiring the
skills needed to become
productive employees in such
areas as nursery industry, the
landscaping industry, garden
centers and the turf grass in
dustry with its golf courses, sod
nurseries, home lawns, etc.
Students in the floriculture
program, on the other hand,
through their work in the
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vocational schools’ greenhouse
are learning the skills required of
an employee in the florist in
dustry. Such occupations as the
greenhouse employee and the
floral designer are stressed in
this program.
As a spokesman for hor
ticulture and floriculture
segments of the agriculture in
dustry, I feel, as I know other
agriculture instructors do, that
we are meeting our goals of
equipping our students with the
skills they need to gain em
ployment immediately upon
graduation from high school.
However, I do not feel that the
vocational education of our young
people begins and ends in the
vocational school or the
agriculture department. A
student is educated by everyone
he or she comes into contact with.
Consequently, I feel additional
sources are needed if we are to
provide our students with the
most comprehensive vocational
training they can receive.
Three sources that im
mediately come to mind are the
members of the industry we are
preparing employees for, the
parents of the students enrolled
in our programs, and anyone else
who is interested and concerned
with the vocational education of
our young people.
Referring to the first source, I
feel there are several areas
where employers can greatly aid
our schools in their work.
1. Visit the vocational-technical
schools or agriculture depart
ments. Let the instructor know
what the needs of the business
are. The instructors in these
programs must know what is
needed in the way of vocational
training in order for their
programs to be a success.
2. Volunteer your services as
guest speakers and the services
of your business for field trips.
3. Volunteer to serve as an
advisor to these programs as a
member of a Craft Committee.
4. Participate in the Co
operative Education Programs of
these schools. In this type of
program, the employer takes a
direct part in the education of the
student by hiring that student for
a period of time. The student
works during his regular school
hours and learns first hand what
the occupation is like.
In referring to the aid of
parents and others concerned
with the education of our young
people, I feel there are two ways
they can help.
1. Visit the vocational-technical
schools or the agriculture
departments in the high schools.
Learn first hand what is being
taught in these programs.
2. Participate in open house
programs offered by the schools.
Agriculture has been in the
forefront of vocational education
in the county for many years and
will continue to do so.
However, with theexpansion of
agriculture from faming to the
total agri-industry, I feel, as I
know my fellow agriculture in
structors will agree, the need for
the aid of others in the education
of our young people. If more
people feel the need to become
involved with the education of
these young people, then this
educational process can only
become more valuable and
worthwhile.
Prelate’s Skull Cap
Zucchetto is the name
given to the skull cap worn
by Catholic prelates. Rank is
distinguished by the color of
the zucchetto; The Pope’s is
white; a cardinal’s is red;
a bishop’s is violet and that
of others is black.
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