The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-03
Tulsa Night School CiUes
Interesting Character Study

&c ia Monday night Al Central
high school Eight O'Clock, and
/ Hight biazos from The windows OF the
/ big building out into the dark etreat.
In the corridor near the main on
trance "A little group ~ people ~
clustered about deRk at which q
gifl is making out cards. Two boys
in khaKi are standing talking 90 one
of the high school faculty From
some distant room comes the faint
clatter Of many typcwritcre. a girl
in n red sweater. "A book under hcr
arm hurric- by
THIS is night school furec nights
, OF the week, whom the doors close
ON rulapH eNunergnt youth that ~
lmblhluR a. little learning ln tho
course of the flretiug of happy days
they open again "a little later To- an
other and SObcrer school Suburer,
because Of tho dynamic. ambitions
forcn that propels ita students out
into any kinds of weather, three
nights week 70 study something
IN order that they may attain scme-
thing o.se. II may bo "A better Job.
II may be moro money. II may he
nothing more than "A new hat, but
itR ambition that impeis them. In
some % or 80 classrooms are focused
the dreams and concentrated effort
or some five hundred people The
Tulsa night school ls little world
nll it's own a world Of opportunity
into which are merged clerk,
teacher, stenoRrapher mechanic.
alien, waitress, huu seville. bride-to-
bc--all ~ them wanting something
more th0n they have and wanting II
badly enough 10 work for 70.
on the basement iloor IS a class
In automotlye mechanics. There
were q men and eight women In
this class. Some of tho men were
boys not out Of their techs. the
women were evidently car owners
who were there 20 learn how to
undcrstand tho "innards' OF their
machines and set them right IL
! something went wrong. Sune of
the men were evidently mechanics
There we're wierdlooklng (to the
unlnitlsted layman) pieces OF ma
chinery used for illustration ns the
teacher talked, and a great deal OF
technical information regarding
bolts and nuts and other doubtless
necessary appurtenances OF hutomo-
bies.
From the presaroom n little fur
ther down the hall came the fa-
mlliar click of linotype machines,
! Because OF the limitation OF number
| OF machines, thero are but five mon
| In this class at one time. ON the
| top floor was the class in mechan-
ical drawing. This class Is full
| always Is fuli, according to John Or
man. principal OF the school EN-
ployed men from down town are
taking advantage OF this class TO
ftl hpfs Tho mi al In. nstg
From one room came tho click OF
hammer on rock. A class In geol-
ogy was working there. The cheer
ful hum OF sewing machines drew
the spectators TO another room.
| There was never a busler room than
this one, There wore several ia -
miliar faces that lifted as the door
| opened. Young matrons. some OF
them, taking advantage of the OPP
portunity to learn how to mako their
own clohtes. There were several
girls In tho class and one OF them
is filling her hope chest with the
things that she is learning to make
I at night school.
Fer girls and women who want
To learn how to make their own
hats. there is a class in home mill.
merry. For the girl who wants tS
make hats for a living. there Is q
ciass In trade millinery. The two
are distinctly separate. Tho second
| class Is taught by professional
woman from one OF the shops down.
| town.
II there were familiar faces In the
sewing class, there were many more
In the ypewriting classes. Young
students, some of them; young men
and women from stores and offices
others OF them, Some Of them
weren't employed at all. There wore
several teachers In the class There
were even few flappers. and one
OF them. typically bobbed and typ,
ically rouged, chewed gum earnestly