Women's Club Institute Decides to Form Vocational Guidance Bureat Problems of Training "Whereas, the discussions of the Club Institute have shown the vast need for vocational training and muldance for girls and women in this cosmopolitan city, now be it resolved that the Joint Committee devote its principal emphasis during the coming, year upon finding feasible solutions to these problems, and further, that steps be taken to organize a Vocational Guidance Council, staffed by voluntary workers with' a view to making further detailed study of the Problems involved; to establishing a Vocational Guidance Bureau and/or After. Care Committees; and to sale mulating suitable training courses in various institutions in Shanghai which may in a measure meet the growing needs of this community."
Such was the wording of a resolution placed before the Club Institute of the Joint Committee of Shanghai Women's Organizations at the conclusion of its two days" session on Friday afternoon, The resolution was received with favour and passed by all. present, 'A. resume of the Institute was made by Mrs: W. W. Lockwood, ity, Women, after which discussion and suggestion time was taken full advantage of by all present under the leadership of Miss L. K. Haas, Mrs. C. Lacy, Chairman of the Joint Commitiee, being in the chair. The resolution, put forward by Miss Viola Smith," and quoted above, Drought to a conclusion an interesting and stimulating conference, which all resent hope will bring forth good fruit in due time, Mrs. J.T. Ford, Chairman of the British Women's Association, presided the morning session and introduced each speaker, the first being Mrs. H. Rogerson, who Is a B. A. of Mai chester University and' who has considerable experience in the Min-{stry of Labour in Warrington, Blackburn, and Bolton. Mrs. Rogerso gave' a survey of the Juvenile Ad~ visory Committees which have been established In connection with the Juvenile Employment OMces in large towns Mrs. L- Soyka, who has recently by private enterprise, Mrs. Leslie came to her main contention that the readiness shown by parents, mothers In particular, to allow their daughtfers te leave school at so early age as 15, was greatly to blame for the poor " educational equipment brought by these girls to the positions which they managed to secure.
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