Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
COMPANY TRAINS
AUTO MECHANICS
Franklin Concern Opens School to
Educate Employees for
Factory
WILL GIVE FOUR-YEAR COURSE
Graduates Expected to Become
Future Department Heads
of Plant

In order to provide thorough train
ing in practical mechanics, including
both text book and manual work, tne
H II. Franklin Manufacturing COM
pany, manufacturer. of automoplivs NJ
Syracuse, N. Y, has established what
it designates as technical GLASS; lor
which 1t provides a four-year course OF
instruction.
The work of this class is the latest
development of a school which the
company has for some time maintained
as a part of it's organization, deslgnat-
ing IL as the training division. Courses
previously maintained have been for
the instruction of automobile repair
men, chauffeurs and statesmen, for use
in the company's own business.
The company maintains that con-
tinued training of young men in me-
chanical and Industrial work Is some
thing which is bound to be perma-
nently productive of good, both In the
locality Immediately affected and In
the community at large. The technical
class provides for the admission or APP
plicants not only from Syracuse ana
its surrounding towns, but from dis
tant parts of the country as well. In
a statement explanatory of its aim In
the establishment of this technical
class the Franklin company says:
eve believe in developing the young
men OF today. That there has been a
lack of this developmnt this company
feels certain. With this in mind the
technical class in the training division
of the company has been established.
This branch of our work is under the
immediate charge of a competent IN
structor, who is graduate or the me-
chanical course of Purdue university.
students entering this course have
many advantages which were not pos
sible under the old-fashioned apprentice
system. where boy was turned loose
to the tender mercis of this or that
particular foreman. Under our plan
in addition to the regular work, which
is the regular work of manufacturing,
the student is given instruction under
competent supervision and manage
ment.
"He will be started on the simpler
A.K.++. ! ! ! = i 's's
the time the engine is stopped; what
work is done, and the number of per-
sons working on the car, tools used,
etc They must also keep an eye on
other cars and report each night their
observations. The referee may sus-
pend observers for violations of the
very strict rules which govern their
actions. Any entrant arrested for
speeding may be disqualified by the
referee. Ii a car is lnlreu d team may
be employed to pull it out, but the
time consumed together with other de-
tails must be reported by the OBJ
server.
At the conclusion of the tour in
Chicago the technical committee will
subject the cars to final outdoor
tests" in which tests will be made of
brakes, clutches, transmissions and
motors.
All the contestants start with a
clean score and any disseminating as
contestants before the tour ends will be
penalized 1000 points in addition to
other penalties incurred by them up to-
that time Three minutes leeway will
be given at all checking stations and
controls. Work done on a car by its
driver or passengers is penalized one
point per person per minute; if outsid-
ers are employed two points per min
ute for each worker. Where driver or
passengers make requirements the
penalty is two points per worker per
minute. IF outsiders are employed in
making requirements the penalty is
four points per worker per minute,