. IV. _————I_ - 6 - Of this group, l25 students are enrolled in agricultural subjects and 115 in industrial subjects. FACULTY Vocational training is an intensive precess of imparting the correct combination of skills, the knowledge of their application and the theory back of them. Such training requires a close personal relationship between instructor and student, and a painstaking supervision over the laboratory practices which at the California Polytechnic School are of a strictly commercial project type. There is no individual harder to find than the teacher whose ability in- cludes the correct balance of lecture and practice, of theory and demonstrae tion, of student inspiration and commercial soundness. Again, tribute must be shown to the fundamental principles of the California Polytechnic School, for with the basic changes imposed to put the school hack to its original principles, came a necessary change in the personnel. At that time a group of outstanding men were gradually added to replace those who had been the dis- ciplinarians or the academic instructors of the past. That it was possible to get the highest type of men in the vocational field, even at a sacrifice in the salaries they were receiving in their previous positions, is ample proof of the fundamental soundness of the institution. These men were skilled in their profession and thoroughly cognizant of the needs of the agricultural and industrial fields. With the curtailed budget, the teaching staff was loaded to the limit. At present, eight men are handling a total of 18 major fields and more than 4C specialized minor fields. The balance of the instruction in related subjects is handled by six full—time and part-time instructors. IZEE_Q§_§NSTRUCTION No other institution in the United States carries out the vocational training on a grade level of the California Polytechnic School with as typical adherence to commercial practices. No other public school in the nation has