Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-07
WORKERS TAUGHT
BUSINESS SCIENCE
College Extension Course Ex-
,Iained at Banquet Of En-
pIoyment Problems Assn
COMPANY HEADS SPEAK

r,,,orr foremen may now get col
ostension course to teach them the
nN,sincinies of scientific business man =
pnn,ent and fit them for higher posi-
tons with their firms. ,-,.
'VTS TSo course is the latest development
~ oxpert factory management. IL was
Jo,ioed and put into successful opera
ae, ..an IN this city by the Philadelphia As
.,nvn;otion .,vH for the Discussion of Employ
st problems, an organization in
m,S Mich are associated some Of the biggest
snnlorers of labor in Philadelphia:
Thc association has just concluded its
srst seasons successful work in the
hoiIino of classes for foremen with n
dinner given last evening at the Hotel
Majestic, where 900 guests were pres
snt' including factory foremen and their
employers. e-o
At the dinner n prize OF 500 was
,warded to II. G. Ray. a foreman of the
Atlas Ball Co: for|an essay on The
Tolue and Defects of the Foremen' s
Raining Course" A prize Of $50 was
a,worded TO !. w. Macarthur, Of the
New York Shipbuilding Corporation :
one Of SIS to Frank Moore. of David
Imnton & Sons Co.. and $40 to James
Mellon, Of the American Engineer
Ing Co. .. - l.. d
y Rlydenburgh, Jr.. Of the Pennsyl-
renio Railroad, Paoli: W. w. North,
Tho Barrett Co.; W. s. Gibson. the
Rarrett Co, and J. B. Austin, OF the
=. r. r. at Paoli.
A. e. Chevalier Heads Association
The Philadelphia Association for the
Discussion of Employment Problems, OF
which A. Il. Chevalier, Of the Barrett
TO-. is president, and Albert Il. Hill.
NJ the Atlantic Refining Co.. vice
president, organized foremen's club
within the association last spring.
The club was formed to offer some
form Of education in management and
nersonnel administration, with special
rsfsrnnce to the forcman's daily job.
When classes we're ready to begin there
w,s n total enrolment Of about 700
foremen and forcwomcn, representing
forty-one industries.
The course consisted of twenty lec-
,ures with printed outlines for each
member OF the class, nine discussion
groups. each under a leader, and a
weekly training period for these dis
cussion leaders. Lectures and discus
slons we're held in the Central High
school. The average attendance at lee
lures was 334. In addition to the class
meetings, there were FIVE big meetings
10 which all foremen were invited, held
in the Stetson auditorium and ad-
dressed by speakers Of national prom
inence. The average attendance at these
meetings was about 1000.
Prof. J. II. Willis, of the University
Of Pennsylvania. secretary Of the as
sociation, was director of the course,
and Prof. w. c. Ash, director Of prac
tlcal arts, bureau Of education, was
adviser.
The instructors were I. r. Ander-
son, of the Dupont de Nemours Co.
4. ]. Churchill, executive secretary
Al the association: NJ. A. Cooper,
University of Pennsylvania: II. l..
Gardner. Dupont Co.; Simeon Won II.
lester, Girnrd College; X. II. Lans
hurgh, University of Pennsylvania
R. +. Perrott, Atwater Kent Co.
Ralph Il. Ray. p. r. II. Co., and
A. H, Williams, University of Penn
sylvania.
Lectures for Foremen
The lectures prepared for the fore
men were similar those given in the
Wharton School at the University OF
Pennsylvania. The titles we're: 'The
Development of Management in In
dustry" and the Personnel Move
ment in Management, by Prof. Will
Its; principles and Types of Indus
trial Organization and "The Foreman
as Leader" by Mr.. Lansburgh
Hiring Men," by Mr.. Ray; "Physi-
cal Working Conditions" j. NJ. vii.
liams, of Fayette II. Plumb, Inc.
Standards in Management" Fl. w
shelton, consultant in management
Motion Study" Frank Gilbreth, mo
lion study expert; production Con