The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-09-19
GREAT MIGHT SCHOOLS.
y. M. C. A. Planning a Great Work in
education OF members.

The Y. NJ. c. A.'sof the country ave
this month planning the opening Of
their evening schools. $40 Associa-
ttons enrolled 20, OOOmen last year. and
expect to make the number OF students
$1,000 this year. These men range
from fourteen years of age tosixty, and
eighty per cent ofthem are employed
during the day. Some 20 different
branches are taught, nearly half of
which are commercial. % per centof
the students are mechanics, % per
cent in the general trades, and % per
cent we're clerks. The classes in civics
and English branches enroll full Is per
cent OF foreign born young men.
Special courses are giyen, teaching the
English language and the principles of
American citizenship TO these earnest
men from other nations. Increased
emphasis is given to this department
by leading Associations this year.
Graduates from the law departments
of the Boston, Cincinnati and San
Francisco Associations stood among
the highest in the state bar examina-
lions in their states. San Francisco
and other Associations have made
classes in steam engineering leading
features. The Electrical club in
Chicago has nearly $1,000 worth Of the
latest demonstrating apparatus for
electrical study in its club rooms.
Students among the tiremen at Min
neapolis, where all the tiremen are
registered in the evening classes for
"First Aid to the Injured, resuscltat-
ed the assistant fire chief. who was
asphyxiated by Wood alcohol fumes at
recent lire, Glasses are being held
nv the Cleveland Association in the
great machine shops after working
hours, and in the Associations of Con-
necticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and other states, where manu-
featuring intereStsare large, classes in
industrial, science and commercial
subjects, are largely attended by the
shop employees Of all kinds. The fact
that 90 pei cent of the boys at fourteen
are out Of school and at work, Is lead
ing the Association to give special at
tentlon to worSng boys. Almost the
entire Western Euipn uIeSsen:ei 'uIee
in Omaha are enrolled in the \. M. z.
A. classes and gymnasiums. At Pitts
ton. Pa, mining classes are natural
features. Four of the students pass
ed the state examination for miners
foreman certificate, and two of them
ranked highest in the mining district.
Colorado, California, Idaho and other
Associations have various kinds of
classes in practical mining. Brockton,
Mass, conducts classes for men engag-
ed in the shoe trade.
The Civil Service courses in the AS
sociations Of Atlanta, Boston, New
York, Cambridge, Chicago, San Fran
cisco and other points have enabled
men 10 secure positions in the railway
mail, most office, netting them over
sl0. 900 per year, and Of So appointed
to the post office department from
New England alone, Ia Association
trained men. The man who took first
prize in the examinations was trained
In The Association classes. One-fourth
of the enrolment in the evening
classes OF the Association are studying
in industrial, scientific and technical
subjects. These men are largely en-.
ployed as apprentices, helpers, ma
chinists and wood and iron workers In
manufacturing and industrial plants.
The best instructors are provided.
The soldiers at Porto Rrico and Ma
Mia and other points are Studying I'M
der the direction OF the Association
for commissions in the army, and
many have passed and received their
badges Of honor. A large number OF
students have been prepared for col
lepe in the Association schools, and
enter this fall; but the bulk of the
work Is in the line Of supplementary
education, technical training, and tit
ting for the business Of earning live
lihood and advancement in the posi-.
tions in which the young men are oc-
cupied, The current number of "As-
/ ISOLATION Men," the international Y.
M. G. A, paper, devotes "a pages to a
review OF the Educational Depart
ment OF the Y. MIC. a. work.
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