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-e6provincia,l
organiza,tion has been set up to deal wíth this
important moveroent. ttrhe Ðepartment iE, however, welL aware
of the irnporta.nce of this work and ie prepared" to go ahead.
just as soon as a suitabr-e man ca_n be trained to do the
Job""
Three urban centres in the province h*ve instituted
their own guidance progra.nu4es. In $aint John there are tvro
vocational guldance offlcers, one at the saint John
voea'tlonal schooL arrd the other at the academic higb schoolo
tr{oncton also has a guidance officer ancl the same is true of
Edmund.eton.
The first formal guid.ance 1n New Brunswlck appea.rs
, to have been offered in the SaÈínt John Toca,tlonal SchooL
shortly after the school was opened ln 1g?6. U O", Fletcher
Feacock was director of the sehool ú that time and he early
recognized the need for guida^nee servlces although it wae
not untÍr, rg41 that a guid.ance counsellor was appointed to
the staff" Ðuring the intervening years guldance services
were performed by many of the home-room and subject_matter
teachere with special ernphasis on trSr_s¿¡ courses in the
nlnth grad.e
"
A revislon of the provinciail programme of gtud.ies
for the intermeäiate grades wa;s completed. in 1g4g providrng
for try-out courges and. gulda,nce services.
5ryr çr ,
re* "" ¿Li;ä.##3åilå;olî:îåËå" of Guidance. Saånt JohnrlI"B. o
See Aopendíx.