, 1907-03-15
HELPED BY
RAILROAD
HIGH SCHOOL INDUS
TRIAL DEPARTMENT EQUIP
PED BY PENNSYLVANIA. /
Railroad and school Cooperating In
Furnishinn -First-ciass Technical
Education 70 the Young Men, Com
panyi Hoping to Get Return In
Trained Apprentices

Pe"y u0Psn0 " W. Nee~'" :"
Trained Apprentices.
The following from the Iron Age of
New York of the 7th OF March was
called to the attention of The Repub-
lican by Appointment citizen CT this
city, who suggested that the action OF
the Pennsylvania road In the matter of
the Altoona high school could be taken
up by the Union Pacific in the college
mechanical engineering at the uni
versity Of Wyoming. The college is
already fairly well equipped. and the
idea of this citizen is that by adding
to its effectiveness there would be a
greater incentive to the young men OF
the state to C practically for
nothing a splendid technical education.
The article is well worth the perusal
Of the father of every boy in the state
as well as consideration by railroad
officials: 4
Help from a Railroad. q
A new development in Industrial ed
ucation is being tried out in the Al
toona high school at Altoona, Pa. The
Industrial department of the school
has received equipment as a gift from
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
that places 1t in this respect on a par
with the foremost technical school in
the United States and far in advance
of many Of them.
A Four-Year Course.
A f~our-year course is planned, which
will afford in a public school opportun-
tiles for training that have been open
heretofore only to students of the tech
meal schools. The railroad expects
to secure from the high school candi-
dates for its shops who will enter them
on a footing between that Of the reg
ular and special apprentices. The city
of Altoona secures a splendidly equip
ped Industrial school, perfectly adapt
ed to the needs Of a population, the
fourth of which is employed in rail-
road shops, yards and Offices.
.ss Old Teacher az Director.
A. 3. HARRISON, director of the high
school department of industrial arts,
began his work in Altoona after a long
training as student and teacher In the
Massachusetts, institution of technol
ogy, Western Reserve, Berea and other
American schools. supplemented by
q knowledge of the best industrial
schools of Sweden, Germany and Eng
land. His first manual training school
in Altoona vas a small basement room.
Now Mr.. Karlson has under his charge
an industrial school, the several Dc.
partments of which occupy the largest
part of a city block.
aa Drawing to Be Feature.
A thorough training In mechanical
drawing Is to be carried out along
with the shop work through the four
year course, which includes bench
work in wood or joine-y, wood turn.
ing, pattern making. foundry practice,
forging. chipping, filing and machine
shop practice with power tools.
The actual equipment of this rail.
road high school" is perhaps the best
evidence Of the advanced ideas it rep
resents in industrial training, aside
from the railroads cooperation with
the public school authorities. The
following list includes only the main
features of the equipment of each de-
partment:
Some Of the Equipment.
Drawing room: twenty-five 36x48
inch utility adjustable drawing tables.
FIVE combination 37x5O inch drawing
electric blue printing machine.
wringer and an ample supply Of all
necessary drawing instruments.
Bench Woodworking room: Twenty
benches, s feet by "a inches.
with standard tail vises and EN-
cabinet makers vises, complete
OutuI VI SAidii IOOlo AooC W oeohACyS
Buck and Disston; one Oliver wood
trimmer, three s. r. & L. inter ma
~ sets OF carving tools and
many special ones.
Glue and finishing room: Besides
the usual equipment of clamps, ETC.,
this room has IL anvil vises for light
in connection with wood.
work.
Well Filled Mill Room.
Mill room: One IA inch Whitney
planer, Oliver universal saw
bench, Beach patent scroll saw, Oliver
hand planer and joiner, Victor Is inch
BY 10 feet patternmakers' lathe. and
oliver Star brazing lamp and forge.
Pattern shop: Eighteen Oliver IL
nch swing speed lathes to turn "a inch
centers, eight double benches
With special vises. oliver wood trim :
ner with all attachments. motor driven
and small tools. including
needed by a irst-class pat
ern shop.
Foundry: One 32x36 inch natural
lraft brass furnace. Millett patent core