have shown themselves willing to set
apart weekly a small sum to help young girls to attain quickly
efficiency through systematic training. The auxiliaries of wage-earners
are a mainstay of the school on account of their helpful enthusiasm,
their practical suggestions, their interest in girls trained there, and
their regular subscriptions on which the Board of Administrators can
depend.

PART IV

OUTLINES AND DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF DEPARTMENT WORK

The Faculty and Staff

The original staff of the Manhattan Trade School, 1902-1903, consisted
of a Director, an Executive Secretary, 4 supervisors (Operating,
Dressmaking, Pasting, and Art), 5 instructors and forewomen, 4 or 5
assistants and occasional workers, a janitor, and 2 cleaners. The
present staff, 1909-1910, consists of (1) _Office Administration_, 11:
Director, Executive Secretary, Assistant Secretary, 2 Stenographers
(office and placement), Placement Secretary, Investigator, Business
Clerk, Buyer, and 2 Assistants (records, telephone, etc.). (2) _Teaching
Force, Supervisors, and Assistant Supervisors_, 7: Dressmaking,
Dressmaking workroom, Electric Operating, Millinery, Novelty, Physical
Education, Art. _Instructors, Teachers, and Forewomen_, 11: Academic, 2;
Dressmaking, 3; Operating, 5; Art, 1. _Assistants_, 14: Dressmaking, 7;
Novelty, 3; Operating, 1; Physical Education, 2; Art, 1. (3) _Doctor._
(4) _Care of Building_, 7: Engineer, Janitor, Machinist, Cleaners 2,
Elevator boy, and Night watchman.

ADMINISTRATION

Admission Requirements

I. Age: fourteen to seventeen years. The law requires a child to remain
in public school until fourteen. The Manhattan Trade School has found
that under fourteen a girl is too immature to specialize in trade work,
and that over seventeen most girls are too mature to fit into the work
planned for the majority of the class.

II. Public School Grade: 5-A or above. The subject matter of 5-A grade
or its equivalent is required by the state before a child can leave to
work. If for illness or other good cause a girl has not made this grade,
she is admitted to the Trade School with special permission of principal
of last school attended, and, while studying her trade, the necessary
amount of schooling is made up to her by special classes and coaching.
The Board of Health recognizes this substitute.

Grade of girls admitted since beginning is shown in following table:

GRADE UPON LEAVING SCHOOL

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