Enlistment papers and reports of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve (Farm Cadet Program), 1918.

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Enlistment papers and reports of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve (Farm Cadet Program), 1918.

The series consists mostly of narrative final reports of participants in the State Boys' Working Reserve, also known as Farm Cadets.

4 cu. ft. (4 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8213541

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New York (State). Education Dept.

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New York State's education system has antecedents in both English and Dutch colonial education. The Dutch, concerned with providing widespread general education, established tax-supported common schools under church and state control in most of New Netherland's communities. Under the English, who established a system of private or church-supported academies, emphasis was placed on advanced education of the elite and the common school system of the Dutch all but disappeared. In 1754 ...

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University of the State of New York

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New York (State). Boys' Working Reserve.

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New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Agricultural and Industrial Education.

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To alleviate a shortage of farm labor caused by mobilization during World War I, the Board of Regents authorized the release of certain high school students (boys and girls)) from school in 1917 and 1918 to serve as farm laborers in a program sponsored by the New York State Food Commission. In 1918 the Department allowed school credit for time spent working, required weekly and final reports of all participants, and provided for on site supervision by district superintendents of schools. ...