The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-03

dent Is also required to make record.
of his exercises, by recting into tho
machine. These records are thei
mailed to the schools and the students
errors in pronunciation and infection
are found and corrected. The results
obtained by this system are really mar
velous, doubtless due to the genera
scheme of the course and to the system
of recitation on phonograph records
Thus Edisons invention. hitherto re.
garded as an interesting scientific toy
makes 1t perfectly practicable to teach
foreign language by mail
Six Railway Instruction Cars.
One of the oldest and most interest
| ing departments of the schools work is
| the instruction of railway employees in
| the management of locomotives and
air brake and train apparatus. In ad-
dition to the regular training by mail,
Istereopticon lectures and air brake dem
onstrations are conducted in six pri-
vate air brake instruction cars. Each
of these cars is fitted with steam
boiler. an air pump and ii full air brake
equipment for siX-coach passenger
II ain. The leading railroad companies
of the country haul these cars around
at their own expense in order to encOur-
age their employees to increase their
real efficiency through the schools in
struction. The institution is now con-
Quoting railway instruction on over
sixty leading roads. among them being
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa F'e,
the Canadian Pacific, the Chicago and
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Delaware and Hudson, the Delaware,
Lackawanna ard Western, the Erie
and the Union Pacific.
Students Helped to Get Positions.
One difficulty always met with by am
bilious workers is that of finding posi-
tions in which they can use their ex-
perience and knowledge. This diff
Guilty is overcome by the International
Correspondence Schools. When a stu
dent masters the fundamental prin-
ciples of the trade or profession in
which he proposes to succeed, he is
placed on the "eligible list" of the stu
dents aid department. This depart
ment airanges with large employers of
skilled labor to supply them with the
names of students desiring positions
Progressive employers are glad of this
opportunity to obtain the services of
men ambitious enough to devote their
spare time to the requirement of
noney-earnng knowledge. Although
there Is always a plentiful supply of
ordinary cheap labor, there Is hardly a
business house or manufacturing con-
Germ in the country that is not handi-
capped by the lack of men capable of
filling responsible positions. AS the
schools training is intended to fit men
for just such positions, employers all
over the country are heartily co-operat-
ing with The Scranton people in in
creasinG the efficiency of the American
workingman Thus any student of av-
erage ability is declared to be practi-
cally certain of advancement to a good
position long before he completes his
course. Students with no previous
practical experience in the class of
work for which they are being trained
are preferred by employers, for posi-
tons of minor responsibility, over those
having experience alone without tech
nical training. OF coSrse, if ii were
no; for this fact the average college
graduate would have great difficulty
In getting position. Experience is
cheap and within the reach of all.
Trained brains are scarce, and come
high.
Among the prominent concerns that
avail themselves of the services of the
schools in securing employees are the
General Electric Company, the West
nghouse Electric and Manufacturing
company, the Westinghouse Machine
company, the Elgin National Watch |
company, the Pond Machine Tool Com |
pany, Bement Miles & Co., the Amer- !
san Road Machine Company, the |
pennsylvania Railroad, the New York |
central Railroad, William Cramp & |
sons ship and Engine Building Com |
oany, and the Baldwin Locomotive |
Works.
A Few Astonishing Figures.
In ten years over 100000 men and
women have enrolled in the Interna-
ional Correspondence Schools. To |
AIRY ON the work of writing and illus
rating and printing the special text
looks, to examine and correct the stu
lents' work and to operate the various
BUSINESS departments requires a force
Il over 1000 men and women. Enroll ]