New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
E0erybody Goes 10 School,
An One Who Desires Special Anything Can Find
p School or Tee o. in New York.

I Of the Russian system Here and there amonS
the larger cities of the country little instruction
schools" sprang up, and few years later the
ST Louis Manual Training School was in exist
ence Baltimore Chicago Philadelphia and the
other large cities of the country followed the
example The first of the instruction schools
was established in Boston.
MEDICAL SCHOOLS
The medical schools of this city are known
far and wide. Some Of them have an interna-
tional reputation. There are few professions
which stand higher to- day than the medical pro-
/ fession and the young man desirous of advan2-
/ ing himself has excellent opportunities here
| Many of the old World countries send their stu
| dents to New York The Oldest medical Instl-
tuition in the city is the College of Physicians
land Surgeons connected with Columbia Cniver-
sity. The Eclectic School, in East 14th street
the New York Homeopathic Medical College
the New York Medical College and Hospital for
Women and the Cornell University Medical
School are other institutions Of repute. In all
Of the larger institutions there are elaborately
equipped chemical and physiological laborat"
rics with seating capacity Of from five to nine
hundred persons. In these schools the students
are required attend two clinical lectures daily
At Bellevue Hospital from seven 10 ten thousand
cases are treated every year. Students are not
only invited 20 attend special treatments, bUi
required To do 50. Candidates for permission 20
practise medicine must have taken at least two
fun courses and have spent three years under (.
Icompetent medical instructor.
SCHOOLS FOR NURSES.
The profession Of nurse is akin to that If
physician and surgeon. It is one Of the few
professions which appeal largely to women In
these DAYS q trained nurse, prudent and tactfuI.
commands q good salary The road 10 proi-
cheney i'm this profession however. is NOT an easy
one but 1T the same time II is not dIsCouTagia--
Trained nurses command So a week and up
ward To furnish the demand there are nurner-
Gus schools throughout the city. New York
State had last year 4025 student nurses, moro
than anv other state in the Union, OF the
larger schools these may be mentioned: Bellevue
Hospital New York city Training School, for
Nurses. Rcth-IsraeI Hospital German Hospital,
New Yo,t POST Graduate and st. LUkes hos
pitfalls.
During the period OF probation many If the
institutions encourage the nurse by allowances.
beginning at $6 q month this allowance in
creases gradually 20 SO, SO and $l5 a month
The course usually covers three years, but
studous young woman can reduce the time by
hard work. though she is not encouraged 10
do So outside of the public hospitals there are
several prirat, institutions which impart
knowledge At this profession
SCHOOLS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
There are many opportunities for young men
and women TO get pleasant occupation in some
Of the city departments through the Civil Ser
vice examinations. The training school for fire.
men is conducted by the Fire Department. and
is maintained at Fire Headquarters. in Easj
6Tth street There the young man who has sat
isfed the civil Service Commissioners that he
is mentally and physically equipped for the work
is given practical instruction in fighting the
flames The course of instruction Includes
climbing a building by means Of a Is or Il foot
ladder. coupling and uncoupling hose firing the
lire over the top Of q building. learning the four
simple ways Of kncttinE rope and the of
every tool and hit Of mechanism used by the
department.
| About four hundred men are put through this
school every year The course covers two
months. during which the young fire fighter is
given a bit Of practical knowledge. He is sent
out night calls.
SCHOOLS FOR CHAUFFEURS.
The introduction OF the automobile has devel-
oped a new occupation-that Of chauffeur. The
demand for good chaufeurs is increasing every
day. In and about the city there numerous
schools of instruction. in which garages
where the student gets a practical knowledge
while studying the mechanism. To become an
efficient chauffeur costs about $100 OF course.
no man becomes efficient in this occupation who
has not been mentally equipped 10 grasp the
workings Of a machine. 1t is a science TO con
duct a machine properly, and the man who mas
a level head as well as a thorough knowledge
Of the mechanism is in demand.
DANCING SCHOOLS.
| As long as the world lasts dancing Will always
be a favorite pastme of both the young and the
old. There is scarcely a the world around,
barbarian or civilized that does not dance. Here