The Irish standard., 1919-09-27
Twin City Barber Shop
Premier Institution of Its Kind in the
United States.

United States.
Among the many points in which
the city of Minneapolis may boast of
premiership is that of possessing the
best barber college in the United
States-the Twin City Barber Col
lege," conducted by Professor N. H.
Gelsdorf, at No. 2O4 Hennepin Ave.
in the very center of the Gateway
district. The college has been Wig
orous going concern for nine years
and during that period has turned out
upwards of five thousand men and
women graduates fully qualified to
open shops of their own or to accept
positions of the highest grade in es-
tablished places.
How the College Is Conducted.
The number of students actively
pursuing the course ranges from 40
up to Is, about one-fourth of whom
are girls and women, and these are
graded into Junior and Senior depart
ments, the former dealing with what
may be called the "A-B-C" of the trade
and the latter with the more advanced
features, such as shampooing, hair
dyeing, scalp treatment, steaming,
electrical vibratory massage and vio-
let ray treatment of the hair and skin.
The removal of facial and other blem-
ishes of the skin by means of the elec-
trio needle is also part of the in
struction in this course. In the Junior
Department the student is given
ample time to familiarize himself un-
der competent instructors with razor
honing and stropping, lathering, shaw
ing, and haircutting. The latest elec-
trical and hand clippers are provided
for haircutting. There is no lack of
subjects" to afford practice to the
students, as there are always plenty
of bearded customers waiting for the
call of next" Each of these Gus
toners takes numbered ticket as he
enters, and waits as in all we'll
ordered barber shops for his turn.
The Teacher Makes the School.
Long ago it was said that a log with
a student seated on one end and Mark
Hopkins, the celebrated teacher, on
the other would make University.
1t is the teacher after all that makes
the institution, and the personality of
Professor Gilsdorf has had much to
do with the popularity and success of
the college. It is said that poets are
born, not made, and the same is true
to some extent Of genuine teachers in
all lines of education. Professor Gils-
dorf had many years of training as a
public demonstrator of the tonsorial
art in many cities throughout the
United States before he established
his college. He possesses in remark
able degree the faculty Of placing him
self in the place of his students and
looking at their difficulties from their
own viewpoints. Then comes the sug-
gestion of the remedy, correction, or
improvement, often elected from the
student himself as his attention is
directed to the point. The keynote
of Prof. Gilsdorf's instruction may be
said to be his unlimited patience and
his genius in the presentation of the
details of the work in hand. He is
indefatigable in his efforts to impart
to his students the wonderful dexter
ity and skill that he himself has ac-
quired in his calling.
Satisfaction Of Students Guaranteed.
The result is that there is no dis
satisfaction. Among those who have
taken the college courses, which are
not restricted to any special number
of weeks or months, but may be taken