The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
indianapolis Technical Institute Will
Be Open for Students in September
in
Plans of the for Trade nd
Diviso sto Have DeParm

will be for graduates OF high schools acad-
emies and colleges. and will be similar TO
the Boston, Armour and Lewis Technical
Institutes. The purpose of the trade depart
ments is to provide young men who have
a bent for mechanics the opportunity OF
acquiring a knowledge OF some trade That
hood"
"Win this system be anything like the
apprentice system in shops2'
mo, the apprentice system. under which
lads formerly learned a trade. is practi-
cally thing of the past. Conditions are
so changed that very few employers now
care TO assume the responsibility of teach
ing young men trade. Few realize how
difficult it has become for young men TO
obtain that careful and thorough training
which is essential if they are to become
mechanics of the highest skill
Mr.. Dickey was asked if there was any
particular system to be taught i'll this school
such as the "Auchmuty" system, which is
very popular in trade schools.
1T is not fully decided" he said, but
instruction adopted by the indianapolis
trade department will be that which you
have named. Under this system course
of instruction is arranged by which both
the practical and theoretical branches of
the trade are taught. manual trade
skill Is not only acquired, but the scientihc
principles that underlie the practical are
also taught. In the training OF young men
for the handicrafts the com bination of the
trade school and the workshop is best
suited to modern conditions: the schools
to use his tools, how to do the work and
the theory of the trade, and the workshop
TO give him experience facility and speed
How are the different courses of studies
outlined?"
For each trade taught at the school,"
said Mr.. Dickey, "a course of instruction is
prepared which outlines in detail what work
the student is required to go through and
the order in which the work is to be per-
formed
The first exercises given the student are
extremely simple, are they not?" was
asked.
YES, at first the student is put on work
that is very simple, but as skill and
workman-like use of the tools are acquired
he is advanced to tasks that are more diff
cult and complicated until he is made
familiar with the various branches OF the
trade"
A PRACTICAL INSTITUTION.
"Your aim, of course, is to make the
work as thoroughly practical possible?'
THE work given the students will be
thoroughly practical; there is no doubt of
that. The scientific instruction imparts
knowledge of the trade that is of the high
est value and is given by means of care
fully prepared lectures, manuals, diagrams
and experiments. Mechanics of high skill
and long experience, with adaptability to
teach, will be employed to act as instruc-
tors, and each student will receive indi-
vidual care and attention Careful ex-
PLANTATION will be made of every step of the
course and the instructors will be found
constantly among the students"
Mr. Dickey was asked If there was not
2 greater advantage in learning a trade
under the present trade school system than
under the old way of going into a shop as
ali apprentice to learn it.
"A comparison between the present day
method of learning a trade in a shop and
shows the advantage which the latter Of
| fers young men. In former times young
man employed simply to make himself
useful about the shop. and neither the
master the workmen had the time to
Sgive him the instructions he should have
received. What knowledge he obtained the
| lad himself acquired by observation, and
| as result of the neglect OF proper teach
| ing his progress was slow and he often
| gained a limited knowledge of the trade.
| In the coming technical school every en-
| deavor will be made to advance the student
| i'm the trade he is learning, and by reason
| of the care that is devoted to his instruc-
| ton, in very short time he understands
! how to use his tools and is capable of do
| ing work that makes him of value TO mis-
| employer"
lis there to be a night school connected
| with the institution"
at is planned" said Mr.. Dickey, ito
have both day and evening classes. The
| day classes, which, as they are open to
| the beginners as well as to those who are
working at a trade, will make it possible
| for young men who reside in distant To-
| calities to obtain the advantage of the
| school. The experience OF trade SCHOOLS is
| to the effect that the student can complete,
| by attendance upon day classes, course
of study in one-third the time which he
can by attendance upon evening classes
! What will be the requirements of a
| student entering this institution"
| THE only requirement of the student en-
| tering the trade department will be that
| of good moral character. an ability to read
| and write, and written statement of his
| purpose to be obedient TO the rules of the
| institution and diligent in acquiring the
| trade he is to learn.
Another thing that 1 want to impress
upon the people of Indianapolis, and espe-
| cially those who live near where the insti-
| tute is to be located concluded Mr..
Dckey, lis that we will have no dOrmi-
| tories and consequently the students will
| have to find places to sleep. AS many of
| the students will not have great amount
! of money it will be necessary for them to
| find boarding places that are reasonable
| as to price. We want every one who has
| room TO take some of these boys at as rea-
sonable a rate as possible and in this way
many people will have the opportunity TO
] help the institution in its work"