Address by Commissioner of Education Earl James McGrath, The Mission of Vocational Education Today
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OCR Page 1 of 12THE MISSION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TODAY*
It is a pleasure and a privilege to take part in this 46th Annual
Conference of the American Vocational Association. Though I have not
previously addressed the general sessions of your Association, I have had
the privilege of meeting with your officers and with many State and local
vocational education groups Because of certain problems which recently
arose in the Office of Education in the Division of Vocational Education
my contacts with your professional group have been closer and more frequent
than with any other. These experiences with a professional group, which
because of my earlier academic specialization I did not know very well,
have been the source of great personal satisfaction.
In the midst of these difficulties we were fortunate to be able to
bring to the Division of Vocational Education the new Assistant Commissioner
of Education, Dr. Joseph Strobel He quickly grasped the nature of the
existing problems and with the staff has taken steps to deal with them in
a most efficient and constructive manner.
I want to take this opportunity to express my personal gratitude to
the many members of the vocational education profession who during recent
months have given generously of their time, their energy, and their counsel,
in dealing with the situation that faced us in the Office. Time does not
permit me to call the roll of these many men and women, but I do wish to
mention your Executive Secretary, Dr. M. D. Mobley I name him on this
occasion not only because of his support of the Office of Education. To
be sure, he has been enormously helpful and understanding on numberless
* By Earl James McGrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security
Agency, Washington, D.C., at Sécond General Session of the 46th Annual
American Vocational Association Convention, First Corps Cadet Armory, Boston,
Massachusetts, 7:30 p.m., December 3, 1952. Published in the American
Vocational Journal Vol. 28, No. 1, pp.27-29 Jan.
1953
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