Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-06
START NIGHT SCHOOL
FOR RAILROAD MEN
Will Give Ambitious Opportunity
to Improve Selves and Bet
ter Their Conditions

The educational booster meeting
held at the p. r. r. Y. M. &. A. this
city last evening was big success.
The instituting Of the night school In
connection with Y. NJ. c. A. work In
this city is new. but the enthusiasm
demonstrated by the seventy-fve or
more young men and men present
last evening indicates In strongest
terms that the movement Is finding
favor with the various railroad en-
ployes and their sons in this vicinity.
The meeting was opened by =. II.
Mendenhall, chairman OF the educa-
tional committee, who introduced TO
the audience W. B. McCaleb, superin-
tendent Of the Philadelphia DIVISION
Pennsylvania railroad, and chairman
of the advisory committee OF the +.
'R. r. Y. M. c. A. Mr.. McCaleb spoke
briefly and to the point, stating that
in his experience in railroad work he
has come in contact with many men
who would have been better off with
more education. and particularly
along those lines which 1t is the pur-
pose of the educational department. to
Introduce. He stated that this was
the first time he had ever attended
meeting of this character in the Y. M.
c. A. at Harrisburg. but that he hoped
the movement would be success,
and that to that end 1t would have
his hearty support, as we'll as that, IN
directly, of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
Professor w. 8. Steele, principal of
the Central High School, was next in
troduced. He spoke very entertain
ingly of the work at the institution
of which he is the head, and while,
as he said, the work there differs In
many respects from the work about
e. Il In, QdnNafj0nAl
partment of the Y. M. G. A, neverthe-
less the term education is all toward
the same end and means the same to
ALL for a classical education and a
commercial education all tend to the
same purpose.-training.
George v. Lands, State secretary
of p. r. r. Y. M. G. A. educational
work. was the next speaker. He said
that in a short time the work of the
Harrisburg branch would be equal TO
that which has been founded in other
cities. He said that to be successful
to-day it is absolutely imperative that
one know as much as is possible for
him to obtain, for the increasing pos
sibilities make this necessary. he
called the attention Of the audience
to the fact that but a few years ago
the wide awake men of the day who
talked the subject of railroads and
telegraphy were lduSHeQ dt hiiu yet
to-day, he stated, these are common
factors in our civilization.
Plan OF the School
The plan of the school, as eX-
planned by the chairman, is to hold
sessions from 1880 to 9 p. m. on Mon
day, Wednesday and Fridays of each
week in class rooms provided at the
association building for that purpose.
The subjects to be taught will include
stenography, typewriting, English.
spelling, letter writing, commercial
and mechanical arithmetic, and the
uses and operation of office mechan-
ical devices such as adding and cal
culating machines, mimeograph and
so on. This entire course will be given
to members of the association for a
very small fee to nonmembers for a
slightly larger fee.
Personal instruction will be given
so that a student may advance as
quickly as his ability permits. The
enrolment will not only be confined
entirely to- those who are eligible to
membership in the P. r. r. Y. M. c.
A, but also to those holding tickets