The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05
Oklahoma Mine School
Training Many Veterans
To Be SkilledW Orkers

new students were enrolled nj tho
school, II OF which signed up for
academic work In The mining de.
partment. Mine surveying parties
are engaged In surveying numerous
m'ree OF the coal fields about tho
town and much interest is shown In
the work. Parties or grours Of atu-
dents taking such work nre ad-
mitted TO the mines after night while
there is no work OF pulling coal and
different duties are assigned to GER
tain squads of men who continue
the work OF making a complete sur
vey OF all AIR courses" and work
ings" throughout the mining prop
erty.
Several short courses IN coal min.
Ing are In progress at the school
and command the attent on OF many
OF the federal tra!nees. Such courses
are especially maintained for the
benefit OF the miners throughout
the. state who nro desirous OF pass
Ing the state mining examination
and securing papers with which the
law requires. Students taking work
In this department do not feel that
they care to put In as much time
as the regular four year mining
courses require and only take the
work With the expectation Of passing
the mining boards examination and
securing their respective credent !als
Storage Brttcry Work.
The storage battery course has AZ
enrolment OF about thirty-three
men at this time, all eager to fin.
ish tho work and get out into the
field for themselves. This work IL
as purely practical as can be made
Several at In
The men are given a storage bat
terry as It comes from tho auto
mobile; perhaps It is worn out and
much work Is TO be done in placing
1t In good condition. Each man has
certain work to do, some will make
casting plates by melting pure lead
and running II I'm TO a set of molds.
others are pasting plates that have
been cast with lamp black and red
oxide of lead. while another map be
engaged at casting terminals for the
battery and In assembling all neces-
sary parts which will be needed to
place the battery In readiness for
the charging solution. All the work
is progressive and In such a syste m
the students accomplish more ef-
flciency In. their methods than In
any other type OF instruction known.
The men are continually associated
with the instructor who guides them
in the most up-to-date manner that
a battery should properly be as
sembled and put together. The
school has turned out some splendid
battery mon who have made good
In the shops OF the state as battery
repairmen or who own shops
Glasses IN elementary subjects
have always been well attended, in
asmuch as tho largest majority OF
ex-service men require much train
ing along this line before entering on
other courses offered by the school,
This work consists OF simple arith-
metic, English. spelling penmanship
and public speaking. No work that
could be offered is as much ap-
prec.ated by the men OF these |
classes. So deeply are they interested |
at times that the teacher has DIFF
flculty In dlsmissing classes for the |
MONDAY lunch. This is especially |
shown when men who have reached |
the age OF 20 stand at the black
hoard and are engaged In "a discus
sion about problem which to them !