The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24

ton With the principals Of the schools and Mr.;
text books s, are %Adf S' 81 gSo a. act as in
suuctors are trained TO understand Thoroughly
the particular questions which are sent out on
% correct SesS p never does anything else. She
knows all there In TO be known about that paper
world could n", detsG, MISTAKE or Explain why
u was q mistake 40 far as that one PapeI Is con.
cerned better than that girl can; She does not
has learned in some Of the elementary bIa1ehes
OF the school but that does not effect her efficiency
who hss bes By any asks
thing that Ia out Of the range OF her equipment
the instructor takes " the principal Of he school
Il has 81 been the experience in the schools that
s eSSP nc S9S ngpf nssS md @
70 go upon. Some q them for INSTANCE write
that they can do addition Of two sets Of figures
but no more than that, and arc utterly appalled,
ny the difficulties Of common substraction: yet
these applicants want to qualify to be mine super
qe IF Som ny "a S and
q other things oi which the average graduate Of
Yale OF Harvard has no idea at all when he Re.
that he does not know, They begin by teach;
nn hsS sTs q the miner n's
engineering nothing that he will not need 70 use
In bis mining work. For instance, they do not
arithmetic. Little by little, working as slowly
as he pleasea taking three days for the study Of
led up R through nsebr" and geometry fy and trso
nomctry TO the point which he wants TO reach:
Some Of the students who enrolled In the school
the road TO what they want TO learn.
IL apparent AT once that II takes tremendous
q .sasn o SUCH Sns Son TSe
ccss which many of the students attain Is doubt
less due az much TO their own characters as II IL
70 any particular excellence Of their instruction
n
TO cheat himself and satisfy the cheapest kind
OF vanity by obtaining outside help in answering
the students who live at any distance from Scran-
ton it'll keys in which the questions are properly
solved. This is done With the Idea tha, the stud
can save the time consumed by sending his answers
To Scranton and getting them back by straight
cning out his bcwilderment with the key"
which comes to him along with the text books
Sometimes the school authorities say, IL becomes
sadly apparent that the student has done no more
than copy the key, letter for letter, and figure
for figure. The instructors say that they can
iell without the slightest doubt when student
has done this and that they always send back
%" Paper and tell hi" I" DO 1t over again. on the
Here is a list Of the subjects on which instruc-
ton IL given Mechanical drawing. gas engines
refrigeration, farm machinery, stationery engi
neering, marine engineering, locomotive engi
neeiing. locomotive running trainmen's course
uncluding air brakes and car construction). cleo
tfiCai engineering, electricity, electrical power
and lighting electric lighting, electric railways
.s,fTrspsK telephony wiring and bell work
engineering, municipal engineering hydraulic
engineering, general architecture. architectural
drawing and designs sanitary plumbing. heat
ing. ventilation, and gasHtting, chemistry dn-
Guiding quantitatiye and qualitative analysis in or
ganic and inorganic chemistry. sheet metal
mine mcchancs electrical mining. metal pros
pccting shorthand. bookkeeping. business let.
Tbs %GiRE snd Sn IN all
grammar letter writing, geography United
States history and civil government, and peda.
gogics Of the English branches
In all Of these courses the general course cover.
ing a large subject may he subdyded and the
studcp, need only take much Of /, as he desires
take the complete civil engineering course paying
down sld5 cash or SlT5 at SIS a month. or he can
az much. There arc some courses such as those
q Sp:i,ng and simple Arithmetic toI which only
ships do not seem to bc very different from those
charged IN ordinary business schools or colleges,
put ne managers 81 this particular school seem
70 TO- 'h'nS ma, Their prices are extraordinarily
low they say that they would charge much
more II the people 10 whom they ell instruction
were were Of grade who could possibly pay more.
In connection with the schools there is an en-
ploymsn' bureau through which an cndeayor
If made to find situations for graduates. The
graduates receive no degrees of course, but they
~ receive ceruhchtcs Of proficiency and diplomas
The schools guard the issuing of these documents
With some care Tor the officials say thu, they
lose nothing by refusing to give a certificate and
might lose much by giving certificate to one
who had not earned IT, There is alsd an arrange
ment by which the employer Of n student who
hours In the shop may be informed as to tho
Students progress in his studies and thereby
Dnm mam h And hT s,asn, Is fitting himself for
however. are only taken in case the students
iesirc them
The manager NJ the SCHOOLS says that the great.
,st difficulty Of his system has been tina, cncoun.
cred in furnishing suitable text books As
ias already been shown, the student on his wsy
la fhA Ilarl. -. u.
with nothing that will not bc 81 assist
'nce To him later. When he has reached The
" oIan'ncs no language must he used
luded In his courses on the way up The tcxt
looks cost tho school. or at least they have cost
u the methods by. which they must be studied |
make II necessary for them To be filed with Illus
,, N The text books are prepared by mem
lncilon with eminent specialists and educators
no ar" called IN To assist them. The specialist |
, ,S sc,p puts In many things tina, The principal
'tovdrd for in the preliminary work through |
Inch the student must pass, and the prepare
ion Of the courses is therefore maniestly tedious
roccss. II has been Mr. Fosters ambition 10 |
repare course in electrical therapeutics which |
'ould be OF value TO graduates in medicine who !
rom medical school His specialists and others |
ave been working on this course for two years |
chool prospectus Another course on on which
cnIly az much time has been spent is one called |
motor principles. by II mOtorman on electric |
frert railway may study the machinery Of his |
ar until h" becomes sufficiently proficient In |
iectricnl science to so higher on the pay roll |
his course IL being written by one chief clrc. |
'ician 81 the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com. |
any. but II has not yet been worked into |
UGH shape that il can be laid before tho pupils of
he school
Mr., Foster said that he had found no difficulty
: providing competent instructors for his work !
lost of them were found In Scranton and weT,
raduates OF schools of sufficiently high grade
, enable them 10 correct tho question papers in
lost Of tho lower branches OF tho school without
aruculat preparation. OF the schools 75 900
tudents under instruction. fully four-fifths be.
In at the very beginning. and by the time they
ave reached the higher mathematics Mr. Foster
confident thath will have trained up a sufilci.
ntly numerous corps Of instructors TO take care
I them, The Instructors are as we'll paid as Inc
,achcrs In public schools OF the same grade in
lew York None OF them receives less than
30 month. and many receive S75, and Mr.
nster holds out the prospect that their salaries
~ he Increased az their proficiency increases
The business Of the establishment is a great
'achnc. The whole United States is plotted
NJ into districts over which there are siperin,
'ndcnts Each superintendent has under him
number OF assistant superintendent, and
'ur solicitor,collsctors who go about drum
ling up students in certain towns or efomps
towns or parts OF cities. and collecting fulton
'es. Sometimes student making his payments
n the installment plan will become discouraged
7 lazy after two or three months and allow his
ayments To- remain unpaid The solicitor. col
ctOT Immediately Calla unnn hir, and 49,. |