Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-19


 915-sReading in Primary and grammar grades,n Stevens principal of grammar school, starn-
 s:z-Discussion of the subject, s0 be opened byaw
 Gordy, Ansonia.
 I0:2O-The public school system of today it's aims
 and msthods,noF Carroll Prin' of stats normal
 Io:5o-Dsscussion Of the subject, to be opened by
 WI ITWischelI Hartford, 2 BuckIyn. Mystic. l 1I:sO-Report of committee election of ofaosrs.a
 12soO--DOxolOgy, adjournment. Carriage Builders Convention. | St Louis Decided Upon as the Place for the Next Convention The Draughts- \ mems schoOI-Dfscuss1on of the Tariff QuestfOn-The Grand Banquet.
 The Carriage Builders'convention was call
 ed to order at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
 by President McLear. The first question
 considered was the place for holding the next | convention. The executive committee rec
 commended St. Louis and MT. Britton, of New | York named Boston as an amendment
 Mir. Elliott, of Providence, opposed the mo- l ton of the gentleman from St. Louis and said he believed that the association should go to l Providence because Providence has the larg- 1 est hotel in New England and is accessible
 from all points. The people also have large |
 protested against receiving hospitality from
 anybody. He made this protest because he understood that 8 contribution was being 1 raised among the citizens of New Haven for the purpose of entertaining the convention. He considered the acceptance of such hospi- tality contrary to the spirit and letter of the constitution of the association.
 Mr. Britton answered that if Mr. Elliott ! had been so informed he must have been 1 talking to a bunco steerer. The claims of Washington, Boston and Syracuse as places I for holding the next convention were advo- cated by the different representative dele gates, and finally the discussion settled down to an issue between Washington and St. Louis. On division of the house the major 1 ity of the members were found to be in favor of the selection of St. Louis. St. Louis was then named by the chair as the place for next years meeting.
 George w. Houghton then read the report of the committee on technical education. It included the following: rt7v It is with pleasure that your committee re- port the successful continuance, during the past year, of the Trade school established and maintained by you, having for it's purpose the instruction of carriage draftsmen and me. chanics. This school is still carried on in connection with the Trade schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city The third term of the school closed with A pupils, against 49 the previous
 year. New York furnished 35, Canada
 2, Maine 1, Massachusetts 1, Ohio 1. Della ware l. Pennsylvania l, California 1, and New Haven, Conn, I. Three sessions per week, namely, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, were held during the period begin ming October g, 1882 and closing May 25,
 1888, or total of ninsty-four class nights. The attendance was good. The term for 's4 was opened October 8 with evidences of still increasing interest. Three competent teach CTS have been employed, namely, John D. Gribbon, instructor-in-ch chief; John c. Kon-
 rad, assistant instructor, and J. Polya, special instructor in the principles of the French ruIe'' of carriage drafting and their applica- tion to the needs of body makers; and
 thirty-two pupils have already been en- rolled, against twenty eight at the beginning of last term. The course of finstruction-this term, as previously-will depend somewhat on the proficiency and requirements of the pupils who are divided into three distinct
 classes, namely: 'Introductory class" the stClass for Body-makers and the stClass for
 Full-sized Working Drawings" but the fol lowing gives general outline of the pro.
 posed studies I. Linear designing. includ-
 ing scale and full.size drawing; II. Geome- try applied to carriage construction,
 including the principles of tue
 French rule; III. Carriage body-making;
 IV Construction of carriage gearings; v.
 Matchmaking; and VI. Principles involved
 in the suspension of carriages The compe-
 tition for the s'grand prize, " which will prob ably be awarded at the close Of the present
 term. promises to make tbis season unusually
 interesting. This consists of 8 three-months'
 residence in Paris and tuition during that
 period in the celebrated Dupont School of
 Carriage Drafting; all expenses of such resi-
 dence, tuition and travelling to be de- frayed from 8 fund specially raised for
 that purpose at the Cincinnati con
 vention in 1881. During the winter of
 18S2-'S3, as previously, the school was ad-
 dressed by six specialists on various practi-
 cal subjects connected with carriage mechan- ics. It is proposed to continue the custom this year and members of the association it is hoped will be heard from.
 Your school fund, as will be shown by the report of the treasurer of this committee, though ample for present needs, requires to be increased during the present year.
 Your committee desire also to invite con- tributions to the Technical Library" s'Museum of Models,'' and Collection of Carriage DraWings'' With this end in view we beg to suggest that any of the models or parts of carriages exhibited by members at this convention, which the owners may feel disposed to contribute, will be gratefully re- ceived and cared for.
 After the reading of the report MT. Brit ton, chairman of the committee, said: By the arrangements we have made it will be possible for any apprentice boy in the course of year to learn to become good draughts. man. The Chatauqua system has been adopted. Probably you all know what the Chatauqua system is, and it may be superHu- ous for me to say that the system is one by which scholars are taught in localities widely distant from the school itself. There are, understand, thirty thousand people now receiving lessons from the original Chatauqua school. The adop- oe oIIa af kHa ing of boys in all parts of the country. We have had boys come to us from Salt Lake City One of them proved one of our best scholars Now that we have obviated the necessity of the attendance at the school in New York, and are ready to teach any ap- prentice or artisan in the land all the mys- teries of mechanical drawing, we expect that the manufacturers of the country will SUD- port us generously. The instructor at the school, 8 man of the best capabilities and man who could easily make better pay elsewhere, performed the duties of instructor for the munifcent sum of $40O per year. Nobody is making for tune out of the funds of the school. But the general interests of the trade are greatly benefited. MT. Britton continued to dis cuss the necessity of the school at length and to show that it was not only possible, but eminently practicable, to give drawing les sons by mail. When he sat down he was loud ly applauded, and nearly every carriage build CT in the hall subscribed to the fund, the largest subscription being in the name of Larsen Valentine and to the amount of $1,- GOO. The subscriptions averaged probably $40 annually for three years, and came from manufacturers in Denver, Colorado, Chey- enne,. Wyoming and every city east of those points where carriages are built.
 The next number on the programme of the unfinished business left overfrom Wednesday was the resolution proposed by William Fl. Sparks, of Camden, N. J., requiring such a change in the tariff as would benefit the entire trade and enable American manufacturers to compete with those of other nations. Mir. Sparks took the floor at the instance of the chair and made a strong speech in favor of his resolu- ton presented on Wednesday.
 Other members spoke pro and con on the 1 resolution, which was finally defeated by a 1 large majority. The convention then thank l ed the local committees press and city off, 1 cials for the entertainment offered them. l Mayor LeRis, in the name of President Por- 1 ter, extended the freedom of the college to | the delegates. Thanks were returned. Mr. | DeGolyer suggested offering 8 reward of l $500 for the most improved substitute for | the common driving buggy to be exhibited | aE kha x1avE aaravaukinT