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AU G 1 t 193S ., --t l- we shffr U rf v0r11 !ty L I• ra r y THE --Wor~s 4-1260 WO R K S PROGRAM Prog r es s Administration-- For r e l ease in aft e r noon ne wspape rs Monday, August 3, 1936 Willi ams Reports 1, 826,034 enrollee s in Works Pro gr ess .Administra tion' s Emergency ~ducation Prog ram. Deput;? .A.d.ruinistra tor Aubre y W. Williams todoy announced t hat 6,602 forme rly unemp loye d t eache rs were engRf;e d durinc May in teach ing 266 ,630 peop le to re a d and write, under t he 'WPA eme r ge ncy educ~tion program. La t e r r eports shou ld mat e ri a lly increase t h is fi gure to po ss ibly half a million s tudents in the Works Pro gress .Adrni nistrri,tion lit e racy classes , or about one -ei ghth of t he cou..>1try 1 s app roxi r:1at e ly 4, 000 ,000 illit e r a te s . Mr. Williams cite d mo nthly r eports from the v a rious states to Dr. L. R. Alde rman , Dire ctor of the Works Prog r ess Administra tion's Eme r ge ncy Education program, showing a tot a l e nrollment in a ll classes of 1,826,034, as of May 31, 1936 • .A tot a l of 40,585 t eac he rs we r e employi::l d during May in holding 117,203 cl asses or instructi on['..l uni ts in the p roc r run I s va rious di visions t hrou gh- out the country, the r epo rts shows. The largG st numbe r of studs.nts we r e r egist e r e d in t he Gene r a l a dult e ducation classes , wit h a n e nrollment of 735 ,701. The n ext l n.r ge st number enrolled in the lite r a cy classes , wi t h a tot a l of 266, 630. Vo cational trnining classes he l pe d to r ehabilit a t R 261 , 512 , whi l e 87, 862 we r e enroll e d in class e s Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-126 0 - 2- for p Rr e nts! Nur s0 r y s chool cl 'l,ssus r ~ache d 52 , 509 , while 0 duc a tion for wo rke rs "17ns e xt ondEd to 60 , 823. Othe r f er,t .1re s of t he p ro g r Nn i nclude d omo r gency college ce nt e rs, 1 e nabling 8,232 y ounc; pe ople to do college \·mrk who were fin a nci a lly un !"1.b le to att e nd r e gul n.r co lh\,;e s, 1-md corre spondence study cent e rs, in wh ich 17,072 \7ere r eg ist e r e d. "Reports on the p ro g ram continue to prove s a tisf Rctory, 11 s a id, 11 which Mr. Willimns should nu gur '\7e ll for a be tt e r-rounde d pro 6 r am next ;year. 11 While it mny be difficult to c a lcul a t e the v a lue of t h is p rogre.ro, · TThich is helping millions to a djust the mse lve s t o ner; e c on omic conditions, it is true tha t industrial l e nde r s and othe r s h ave le a rne d tha t the illit e rat e ,1orke r is the p oore st cust ome r c1nd tha t MY e ff o rt to r a is e the e duca tional st a nda rds of pG O}Jl e h as a dofini t e doll ars- ;m d-ce,1 t s r esult, 11 11 .And h e a dde d. in many othe r wnys, of course , such eff o rt s p ay l a r ge s o ci a l dividends. The r eport, by St n,t e s, fr om the v a ri ous divisions foll o,,s: Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 11 WPA - EMERGENCY EDUCATION P.AOGRAM BY STATES - MAY 1936 u. s. LITERACY TEACH ERS 224 2 194 1a~ 14 ALA, ARI?• ARK• CAL IF'. COLO. CONN. DEL. 23 ~-LA,c. 160 71~ ' GA, [ DA, JLL. NO, JOWA }<ANS, Kv. LA. M,;,, NE ~ARVLAND ASS. MICH. MINN, Mr ss. tvlo. MONTANA NEBR. NEV. N.H. N.J. N.M. N . y: N.C. N.O. 0 HIO 0 KLAH0MA 0 REGON PA. R. I. s.c. s.o. TENN. TEXAS UTAH VT. VA, ASH. w w. VA. wISC, wvo. N.Y.C. lOTAL 331 95 4o 35 264 150 86 16 - 41 18 349 283 2 46 3 7 198 23 107 298 31 260 II 45 385 63 . 346 2 - 614 2a 405 94 202 35 17 133 6,602 4,958 91 13,632 J·3~ij ,3 185 No PROGRAM 904 5,71:5, 29,45 ~09 I I, 97 4, ·132 I, 879 900 7,085 9,090 1,292 392 2,500 1,420 15,070 8,034 91 741 141 220 5, 158 518 . 2,28 I 9,768 I, 162 12,226 257 2,104 24,683 2,935 10,564 71 - 30,447 I, 120 2ao 12,0 3 12,265 3,922 1,440 1,037 6, 951 CLASS ES NURSERY SCHOO~~. GENERAL ADULT TEACH ENROLL CLASS TEACH ENROLL CLASS ERS EES . E'.S ERS . EES. . ES . 224 6 2,184 752 78 31 77 47 70 270 135 IOI 120 421 2,948 8 1,07~ 22 98 105 42 189 110 69 306 1a2 75 123 28 .;. 275 · 274 771 II I 107 178 160 41 36 80 721 275 88 108 118 35 68 613 . 17 210 10 11 49 19 I, 150 98 26 · 35 · 334 . 270 897 §~ 89 . 798 270 48 46 106 58 1,457 236 424 74 344 43 6 13 ...,. 62 1,870 59 22 58 46 23 121 729 597 402 121 51 57 32 59 228 94 266,630 . 21,493 ·5,424 1,015 345 540 3, 6~g . 723 300 . I, 846 I, 403 601 2,353 . 7(6 37 14 l_g 68 28 29 10 58 46 20 78 36 32 I, 038 I, 060 3, 117 20 74s g 240 622 6,068,. 26~ 2,702 55 28 1,203 IS 635 24 IeJ 25 17 503 13 83 3 431 15 28 877 28 t, 151 ,. 800 60 541 15 16 a10 2, 86 87 16 . a50 67 19 I, 732 69 35. 897 484 14 g 470 28 910 18 718 4 94 14 364 I, I 14 37 ~4 4 248 223 106 5,268 4,092 6,935 541 II 17,551 . . I, 113 33 r 8,561 16 803 Bl 1,916 . ' 81 3 923 32,387 . I. 992 60 4,254 2 II 114 6,277 300 3 605 72 a18 11,940 II 2a, 785 J., 218 55 1,482 527 2 ,287 25 714 43 -7 5,895 y.:,, 305 I 1 124 116 7,000 • · 850 25 7,021 314 39,009 6 13,008 15 893 - ao2 81 35,396 20 11,522 . 32 6 13 598 --407 85 2,217 50 262 12 32 5 68 13 797 . 24 912 27,919 3.473 80 6 153 ?,~48 1,455 74, ·18 7,708 79 461 . 13,109 I;07 I · . 32 15 76 ;7 2,160 3;586 92 999 62,7~5 2 76 39 II 4 40 129 7, 173 78,026 4,369 , 119 9~i 3,456 277 139 • 3,481 138 4 411 151 7,029 's~ a 9 812 114 28 362 373 285 301 42 677 - - 2,729 381 145 777 I, 746 683 789" 108 690 52, 509 I, 600 15,003 785,701 58, 943 I, 823 475 187 491 60 10 6 17 - J? ~~ff ES 314 60 ·2 3,~80 232 1, 10 I, 021 ' 99J 18 3 424 4,255 I~~ I, 20B 85 164 6 6,893 470 3,490 153 335 5 I, 200 4o 6, 140 186 2,516 I 16 41 825 I 48 42 16 3 .62 10 322 209 CLASS VOCATIONAL TEACH ENROLL CLASS ERS EES ES - - 6 45,113 7,408 2,583 16,509 28,242 14,916 14.926 2, 158 36,052 - TEACH ERS 248 432 708 . 1,48 68 236 . ~~J 1~:~~ . 66 2,808 PARENT ENROLL ° EES 1·, 700 - I 611 549 J , 836 478 4,927 159 r ; - I, 162 161 6,740 I, 197 300 -1 1,064 64 190 10,358 - 201 250 ,32 32 76 20 105 13 - 190 62~ 83 52 445 5 II 545 - - 13 75 31 2,263 · 461 294 81 16 3,90 I ·- '6 - a:12 5 20 I, 184 I, 662 276 3,380 88 10 158 2,886 I, 146 1,217 130 1,215 209 77 85 6 31 - - 87,862 4,932 2,785 13~ 371 . 219 10,343 37 283 75 125 I, 119 12,963 4,242 - - 697 209 18 26 ... 856 58 694 219 - 375 3,27~ 142 2, 91 IS, 196 I, 196 - 144... I, 370 60 1,597 5, 100 700 210 1,5~6 9,7 4 576 IOI 6,518 353 6 II 309 68 636 1,9~~ 3 5 60 3 7 140 6~4 6,649 34 36 357 18,387 2,40 I 771 3,076 . 207 79 4o · 2,292 79 166 12,424 601 51 275 42 16 61 22 220 - - 105 226 14 330 86 5,052 13,288 1,048 10,291 3,464 546 35 21,438 1,669 659 6,785 6,764 4,878 1,644 264 44,126 - INCLUOEO IN NURSERY 42 3 16 ·- 75 .51 II 162 65 122 56 8 514 - - 317 988 13 I 329 232 - 1,23 I 93 63 375 297 235 100 9 689 5,620 261,512 16,365 . 4 - 1260 CORRESPONDENCE OTHER EDUCATIONAL WORKERS' FKESfJMAN-COLLEGE$ ., STUDY CENTERS P~OJECTS TEACH ENROLL CLAss TEACH ENR>LL Ci.A$ TEACH ENROLL CLASS TEACH ENROLL CLASS ERS EES EB ERS EES ES ERS EES ES ERS EES ES -2 - .,. - - 30 20 I ~904 50 I, 689 19 805 - - 253,202 13 512 2 80 4 I I, 557 462,630 9 450 73 3,250 - -- - -- -- 12 800 503,253 38 1,585 39 3 6 3.1,a - -- 124,007 I 92 - - - 5 I 16 112 56 - 255 39 3 .67 14-9 29 206 - 7§~ 71 168 3 - 227 38 - 8 703 5 169 15 ~16 53 3, 80 211 II 9 945 91 s,,49 36 16 33 211 41 24 379 660 37 22 306 573 835 12 27 62 445,227 32 I, 180 274,739 2 217 502,051 210 75 354 - 23 I - 3 15 10 - - - - - 3 - - II 160 854 60,823 4,065 6 -. - .. - 52 I 12 - ~ - .,. 10 - - -- - - I, - 7J2 28 I. 7 12 32 184 2 - - - - - - 54 - - - - - 263 2,417 21 - - - - 3 20 - 24- - - 14 - 9 - - 30 6,872 154 - - 353 e lo - - ... - -- -- -.. - 52 I 960 38 ... . - - - 91 24 - - - 2a~ -2 b - - ... - -5,375 68 - .,..,.. - - 20~ - -- -- 431 4 19 - I 24o - - - - - 100 - II 468 2 47 I - - - - - - ~ - 631 20 - - - - - - - 20 2 184 32 -- -- - . 110 44 --· 754 8,232 21J~ 3 - - - .,. - --- BOT 777 - 57 -- - 102 - - - - - 5 - 219 2 13 8 42 .6 29 - 8 29 17 12 239 72 - - 3 122 8 112 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 962 31 2 2 - 573 - - 4 - - - 7,455 15 2,922 7,770 70 - 158 11,638 8 29 43 I - 144 13 8 - - 98 58 5 51 0 3,31 g 2,88 5 I, 251 I, 334 24 I, 990 4,177 333 4,380 I 67 I ,3'.38 2;352 3,703 !~I - 630 I - - 12 27 - 1,342 165 - 6 - 217 7,099 - 2,969 192,036 4,412 3 14,058 5,079 26,931 64,722 19,81 I 26,085 3 O - - a 220 27,603 634 ~11 33 1,495 539 634 74 - 389 2 - 743 322 CLASSES 144 -- 7,949 724 - . -. . ENROLLEES 92 729 1,286 232 2,031 . 640 277 915 949 1,060 .,.. - - -- -6 2 73 25 1,531 - - - - - .:. - - -- 2 4,149 - 382 21,728 1,073 4 5 I 25 208 17,072 535 4,936 285,693 9,055 1,281 779 5a3 1,0 9 I, 078 ~4 3a 84 I, 373 181 3.01a 92 267 1,844 109 361 2, 187 26~ 92 258 . 71 2,244 227 120 1,054 853 827 482 207 4,466 SOURCE: WPA WONTHLY REPORT FORM 829 COMPILED BY DIVISION OF EDUCATION Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 2,54a 32,639 51,48 I 11,032 6i,835 2 ,979 10,046 22,685 43,041 57,7a9 2,2 6 18,827 7J I, 392 37,370 22,341 2,270 47,239 8,373 40,591 2,361 56,663 2,753 10() 1,965 11,155 1,473 693 63 5,515 33 6 41,857 10, 51 3 4,735 25 2 11,903 108,695 2,29 5 27,933 45 7 8,i31 104, 75 5, 72 8 22 3 1,828 88 I ,5.9a, 8,439 J49, I 2 869 8,412 84 7 25,480 I I, 272 67 3 2g 910 5,96 8 100,315 11,813 5 2 s,a73 I, 91 g 36, 51 4,43 2 83,949 I, 57 2 28,216 24,441 I ,~95 I9 11,665 . 5·,27 I 283,032 40,585 I. 826,034 .' Digitized by TOTALS TEACH ERS ,as, 'a' a~ 1l7, 20 3 -
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