Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-01
ELEMENTARY
ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
University Extension Division Aids
Unframed Workers in Plants
Using Electricity.

The development of practical work
with electricity during the past gen
GRAFTON has been marvellous. In all
parts of the country manufacturing
plants and traction companies have
been demanding the services Of men
who had a knowledge of the methods
which this mysterious force follows,
and the practical uses to which it may
be put.
So few men have been trained in
electrical engineering, however. thar
all these plants have found it npces-
sary to employ many men who were
not fully prepared and edUca ed for
their work. These young men, drifting
into the establishments from tie
smaller shops, from farms, ana from
the schools, have been handicap ed
by the lack of preparatory education
and training. and have not done the
service for themselves or for the 7
employers that was satisfactory and
desired. They have simply Il Il to
commence at the simplest mechanical
work and to follow it day by dag,
frequently until it became mon .tonou3
and irksome, without the hoe o.
promotion.
In order to aid young men oG h \
class, and to aid employers, the III
versity Extension Division Of dc r n
versity of Wisconsin, is instr iutin {
the Workmen in electricity IN Ni-c@l
sin by very practical neCl9d> s
course is based upon this tnoug l.
that if the fundamental Pr resse;
underlying manufacturing pTsccs G.:
are better understood, the work Of the
employees ceases to be d.uJSa =.
That the workman who follows the
daily routine intelligently be ones r.
educated man and is Of much .s.Uui. r
service to his employer ana 10 tie
state. as we'll as to himself ana 10 S
family.
In order to train the mechanic to
better work, the Correspondent Stud.
Department of the University EN5aE
sion Division, gives the worl-,NI:
course of study adapted to his needs
by correspondence. 1t gives I'm q
privilege of an occasional Ee-soa,}
interview and class room work with
his instructor so that he may be ia
spired to follow the course with iHtC"-
est, and aided to pursue it without
being discouraged by the Obstacles
which frequently delay the pr0greSf 8
of the student who is not trained to
technical study. In many cases the
work done in this course may be sup
planted by study at the University in
the shops and laboratories of the eli
gineering college. AS an Illustration
of the methods which are used, the
course in Magnetic and Electric Cir
cults may be taken. This deals with
the principles of magnetism and elo@-
tricIty The fundamental laws are
developed in their simplest form. The
course aims to give the student Il clear
conception of the physical prCpe t.es
of these subjects, a conception which
is essential in any study Of electrical
operations, or in the operation OF i,nT
electric machinery.
In this, as in all other courses. Drac-
teal problems are given to tx prime
pies effectively in mind. There are
thousands of young men in Wjsconsi"
whose earning capacity W01J no
greatly increased if they would tx
this course in connection witt tn.
daily work, giving to study hut on"
or two hours each day. The benefit
derived from this kind of work IS aD-
precated by many employers in the
state, and they are aiding the EXtcn-
sion Division in bringing the posi-
bilities Of this system of education to
the attention of their WOrkmen.