Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-06-19
WOULD ENLIST
: AID FOR SCHOOL
WITH BANQUET
Board of Trade Proposes This
Means to Interest Local
Manufacturers.

A suggestion for monster banquet
of representatives of all the branches
of industry in Newark to enlist
manufacturers to aid and guide in
dustrial training in the schools was
made yesterday by Secretary James
NJ Reilly, of the Board of Trade, at
the meeting of the boards special
committee on vocational training and
industries. Mr.. Reilly proposed that
a thousand men be gathered together
at the banquet, to be held in the fall,
and that the special committee have
a report and resolutions ready. This,
he believed, would give the work the
necessary impetus.
The committee was appointed to
consider cooperation by local manu-
facturers In the industrial work of
the schools. 1t was evident at yes
terday5 meeting that as the men,
bers undertook the study of their
problem it's multiple aspects i'm
pressed them with the necessity for
the most careful and protracted con-
sideration. The only definite action
taken was a decision to ask the men,
bers of the committee on education
of the Board of Trade to meet with
them on Friday evening next and
discuss the proposition, learn the lines
along which the special committee is
considering working, and be asked to
cooperate.
Charles P. Taylor, OF the Board of
Education; Cephas /. Shirley, assist
ant city superintendent of schools;
Don s. Gates, chairman; Ulrich Eber-
hardt, secretary, and Mr.. Reilly, all
members of the committee, attended
\. INov &c,
Russell M Everett.
Opinion Differs on Part Time Plan.
Chairman Gates made number of
suggestions which were briefly dis
cussed. Among them was a part
time plan which was strongly sup
ported by Mr. Shirley, but which Mr..
Eberhardt said had failed of sue
eessful application in his own factory.
The plan calls for one-half day a
week of instruction for industrial ap-
prentices and older workers who wish
to broaden their knowledge of the
industry.
Another suggestion by Mr.. Gates
was that the manufacturers be In
terested in serving on advisory COM
mittees to the schools, SO the instruc-
tion can be thoroughly practical, as
well as theoretical. Mr.. Taylor spoke
of the difficulty of successful inter-
ference with the school curriculum
by such an outside committee.
Mr.. Shirley had prepared data
showing the industrial layout of the
city as compared with the school
population. It will be shown at the
meeting next Friday. One point of
information Is that 70 per cent, of the
pupils, including 27S on the waiting
list, of the boys Industrial school live
south of South Orange avenue and
west of High street. This was of
fered by Mr.. Taylor, who said that
today the army of industrial people
of the city live in that section.
Objects of Committee.
The official statement of the OBJ
iects of the committee, issued at the
time of it's formation, follows:
l. To enlist the interest and service
of the men conducting our industries
to assist the Board of Education in
bringing about a broader scheme of
vocation training toward which they
are bending their efforts.
q To enable the Industries of the
city as a result Of this cooperation
to receive from our schools boys and
girls better equipped for Industrial
pursuits.
secretary reilly TedQ ~ ietter from
a special committee of the Nationol
Foreign Trade Council, showing that
the latter organization is also inter-
ested in the work of the schools. w.
D. Simmons. chairman of the commit
tee, asked that the Newark Board of
Trade supply information on the fol-
lowing questions:
We are endeavoring to ascertain
from the houses successfully engaged
in foreign trade.
How far the present system of
commercial education meets the needs
of our developing export and import
trade?
What changes should be made to
make the system more helpful?