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altered* The maximum age in the pre-war years was approx-
imately twenty-four yeara# During the emergency, modifica-
tions war® made to rids® the age limit* On-sitting up this
new standard in their apprenticeship prog ranis, employer®
bmisrae pessimistic* Later, however, a distinct advantage
was discovered in that some of the mm had previous eaqpsri-
eno® for which credi t could toe given and thus they could be
graduated sooner.# High school graduates and handicapped
persona also helped fill the fast depleting ranks of ap-
prentices and skilled workers in the scansion of industry**^
length of apprentice training created a-noticeable
effect upon apprentice shipUntil the war emergency, th#
normal length of apprentice training was four years* -At -
this time, however, the period was reduced to three years'-
in many industries and even to two years in a few private '
industries# Rios© industries requiring only two years
usually allowed a part of vocational school training to toe
accepted on the apprentice training. With few exceptions,
the private industries requiring only two years training
were not registered with the National Apprentice Training
Strive. Compensation was also altered in apprenticeship
contracts to match the higher-wages of unskilled latoor in
industry.
1 • ""J "
. •> MA Cooperative Apprentice Program, *-industrial Arts
«££ Ideational Education, XXXI? (Jan., 19457, 11. *~—
12Alfred Kahler, Education, for an Industrial Age,p. 191.
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Moses, Morgan Clay. American Apprenticeship and its Contribution to Industrial Arts, thesis, May 1950; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc163804/m1/52/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .