One true measure of successful training in trade preparatory classes is the ability of the former students of these classes to obtain and persist in employment in the trades or allied occupations for which they received training The value of a similar study of the former students of Monroe Trade School in Lynchburg has long been recognized. In 1952 steps were taken to review the activities of the students who attended the school during the period of 1940 to 1950. This report represents a study of the scholastic progress of the six hundred seven students who attended Monroe Trade School and a follow up study of 34.67 per cent or 190 of the 548 students who successfully completed at least one semester of work Although only slightly more than one third of the total number of students were contacted, the study portrays conditions which may be representative of the entire group. Because of early drop-outs, defense employment opportunities, enlistments into the armed services of our country, and steady draft requirements, the enrollment for Monroe Trade School changed continually. The percent of students followed up represents a random sampling of the entire group of students distributed over the ten year period. / Master of Science