Putnam patriot., 1922-11-17
OUTLINES NEW PLAN
 OF TEXTILE COURSE

Director Ellis of Trade School
 Tells of Local Mill Coop
 eration
 Students May Augment Classroom
 Studies By Work In Factories ] Director II H Ellis of the State Trade school. Putnam. gave an ad- dress before the directors of Che ] Chamber Of Commerce at their lunch con Monday noon at the Putnam Inn. Mir. Ellis outlined the plan that is be- ing developed. whereby students in the textile department of the school will be able. through cooperation of tmlll executives in this vicinity, to aug ment their education and training in textiles by working in the mill under actual manufacturing conditions and in this way obtain the invaluable ex- iperienee of applying their classroom instruction right in the mili.
 Plan Endorsed By Chamber
 The scheme appealed to the Cham Der directors and they were convinced that if the plan could be placed in op- eFation, it's benefits would be mani. fold-as the case is in Fall River. New Bedford and Philadelphia and other cities where are located textile schools and where the students are permitted te work in mills, giving them praeti- cal, actual mill experience along with their classroom theory.
 Mir. Ellis spoke in part as follows;
 "A very small boy looks forward to the time when he will be a man. Practically every man looks backward to the time when he was q boy \ boys desire is possible of qualification with the passing ef time, but the man can never revert to the days of hoyhood. There IS one thing. however. that he can do. and that is take a definite in terest and q helpful attitude in all matters pertaining to the welfare of youth.
 ''There is no sphere where a praez tieal application of this assistance works out better than in the eduea- tional field We have q definite re- sponsihility to the youth of the town and the state They are hlest with vision and We should give them the benefit and counsel of our experience ] to make that vision possible Of mater ialization
 Educate Youth Away From Job
 For the past 5o years or more we have been tending to educate our boys away from the job, in institutions of learning, the idea being to secure an education to get around the necessity of working as against the vocational idea of more definite training for greater service
 There is something which we have been working ea for the last year oH mora but ID ta the present time meet ing with very little success This l felt Was largely due to the fact that any such program is more than the ability af any individual to accom- plish This particular feature Is the textile cooperative course as 1t is car ried on in the towns of Fall River and New Bedford. their plan being to take on ae mill employees n stated number of textile apprentices. These appreu- tiees are required tn spend certain time in each particular progress of the mill work The theory in connection with the work and all academic sub iects. such as calculations and design ing. are taken up at the school, the general policy being about 50.5o proposition. These courses are very attractive and the mills have great many applications II is from these apprentices that the mills draw their ovefseers. assistant superintendents, fixers and seeend-hands. and there is no reason why the mills in Putnam should not iuaugurate some such sys- tenn and permit the boys in Putnam tu benefit by being promoted to vaean- eies as they occur Al the present time the policy is to get out-of-tow men for practically all mill executive positions.
 Splendid Equipment Available
 ''The people of Putnam ought to feel and make the greatest possible use of the facilities that the school provides, and it is the job of all those connected with the school to do this to the ut most. We are expressly employed 70 serve the community in which the in- stitution has been placed.
 "The high school cooperative course and its broad, general training, not only prepares the boy for definite life work but gives him the general