- over the bulk of the prefabricated shop which is now being used for both. Training Program: This program is designed to give youths between the ages of 17 and 25 training and work experience in machine shop, aircraft sheet metal and sub— assembly, commercial sheet metal, welding and radio. The period of training was originally six months but the need for stepping up the tempo of the program brought about an intensification — now the shops operate 24 hours per day and students are placed at the end of three months. Each assignee spends four hours a day in a class—shop and also a four hour shift on project work, most of which is in a production shop of the trade the youth intends to enter. The in— struction is given by teachers hired and supervised by the school. The work— project activity is administered by the NYA. Production work includes fabri— cation on a production-line basis of items to be used by other government agencies. ADULT NATIONAL DEFENSE TRAINING This program, started in august of last year, provides training in machine shop, welding and aircraft sheet metal for men out of school, WPA workers and men recommended by the California State Department of Employment. The Federal government pays the necessary operating expenses and the school supplies the instruction, facilities and equipment. The classes operate at night on a six~hour basis, using the same facilities as are used on other shifts by the NYA students. During the past year, January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1941, 199 men have been placed in defense industries after completing the prescribed course. CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION The California Polytechnic School entered into the Civil Pilot Training Program in the fall of 1939. Since that time 118 students have graduated from -6-