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characterlstics of the guldance movement in New york City
wæs the large number of d.e-centrallzed guidance efforts
whlch sprang up ln the earLy perlod." They rendered. certain
very desirable community servlces buto f.n the finæl anæ.Lysis,
hwrd.lcapped centraLizatton and. hlndered the 1ogleæl d.evelop-
ment of a unified publi.cly supported. seïvice.
(5) The seoond. Irlatlonal conference on vocstional Guid.ance,
heLd i.n trTew York Clty from October e3-€6r1g12,
Spread Ot¡er the Corrntry
pubLlcity concerning the vocation Bureæu of Boston
and. the work of the New york reacherer Assaciatlon spreæd.
over the country ærd soon there wæe 8n unpleced.ented. demærd.
for lnforma:tion ln regard. to guidance and for guidance
couneellors. sorne of the clties making early þeginnf.ngs
Ìrere clncinnati rGrand Rapide ophlladelphla;, chi cagorst o Louí s r
Mlnneapolis, Hartford.rDe Kolb, Omaharllew Orleans, Los Á,ngeles,
and many others. sectrons of the superintend.enter Reports
for theee cf.tiee rqere devoted to vocer.tlona,L Gurd.anrce and.
ma.Êe consistent referenee to the probLems facing young
wâge eanrners and demonstrated thã.t by 1gl1rthe adml.nistrâ,ttve
a.uthoritles were d.eflnite].y coramf.tted to vocatlona,L guid"ance
progrãnmesê
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of great srgnlflcance was the estabr.lehment of æ
divlelon of Apptied psyohology at the Carnegj.e ïnstl.tute of
Technol0g¡r" Just before Americães entrance lnto slorr.d rúáB ï,
From thr.e d.eveLopment calne pereonner work in the army and hrghly
slgnifi'ca'nt progress 1n the measurement of vocational lRterests"