BOOKS ON VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

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BUSINESS EMPLOYMENTS

By Frederick J. Allen, Vocation Bureau of Boston. 218 pages, $1.00.

A comprehensive and thorough-going survey of business in its three typical divisions—manufacture, trade, finance. This study has been prepared from direct examination of the most modern and up-to-date material available on the business organization and business methods of to-day. In its absolute reliability and accuracy it will serve excellently well the young person who wishes to learn of the nature, extent, and opportunities of the business world.

READINGS IN VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE

By Meyer Bloomfield, Director of the Vocation Bureau of Boston. xv + 723 pages, $2.25.

This volume represents an extensive collection of the most note-worthy literature on vocational guidance. It is not merely a careful compilation, but is as well a carefully organized presentation, richly suggestive for all who are interested in the subject. Much material here included is not elsewhere available.

VOCATIONAL AND MORAL GUIDANCE

By Jesse Buttrick Davis, Vocational Director of Schools, Grand Rapids, Mich. 303 pages, $1.25.

A significant volume into the preparation of which have gone several years of practical experiment upon the problems of vocational guidance. The result is a book invaluable in its wealth of definite and workable suggestions for the organization and administration of vocational work in schools.

OCCUPATIONS

By Enoch Burton Gowin, New York University, and William Alonzo Wheatley, Superintendent of Schools, Middletown, Conn. 357 pages, illustrated, $1.20.

This is a textbook for the student's own use, planned to cover both vocational guidance and vocational information, with the emphasis strongly upon the latter. Part I sets forth the importance of vocational preparation; Part II is a survey of various occupations; and Part III shows the student how to apply the knowledge gained in Parts I and II. Besides being intrinsically interesting the book is well organized for class use.

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