The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-12
Yale Students Will Study Conditions In Local Institutions

Local Institutions ed from Professor Geseu of Yale ir regard to the bringing of classes for instruction in Health and Welfare work to Bridgeport. Herbert Stack president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been in communica- t1on with Professor Gesell and he has indicated in a letter to MT. Stack his intention of bringing classes, now undergoing instruction at Yale to learn how the work is carried on in Br1dgeports public health institu- tions- The classes brought here will inspect the clinics and the work car rfed on by the health departent. It is thought probable that the students will come here at the beginning of the new term in February
 The members of the chamber are greatly delighted over the fact that they have thus far succeeded in get ting classes here from at least one university and efforts will now be made to bring classes here from the technical schools in New England and New York.
 The first endeavor was made to bring classes of technical scholars to study industrial operations of the va rious factories in Bridgeport.
 The Junior Chamber of Commerce is young organization but extremely active The committee appointed was instructed to get in touch with heads of nearby universities and urge them to send their technical classes here and study at first hand the work done by the various factories of the city.
 It is very rare occasion when student groups come to Bridgeport to study the technical end of manu- featuring here and the Junior Cham Der believes that the universities and colleges are failing to take advantage Rf hn Y-iTa fieI6 fr,,-f T tion in this city.
 Students studying health and wei fare subjects will be taken to the Welfare building and there see how the work of the department is car ried on. They will be shown the or ganization of the department, how the patients are listed and how they are treated. They will be shown the x-ray department and instructed in the use of the inStrUment after hay ing the theory eXpounded to them.
 The work of the clinics and the emergency hospital will be shown the students as well the Englewood Isolation hospital and the Hillside Home. The students will be taught and shown how the work is carried on, the organization and everything pertaining to the work. Examtna> tions will probably be held and the students tested in the knowledge that they may have obtained in the tour of the factory or health department.
 Many examples could be given showing how students studying vari- ous technical subjects as well as health and welfare subjects could benefit by coming to Bridgeport. Stu dents at Annapolis could benefit greatly by visit to the Lake Torpedo plant Here they would be shown the submarine in all it's stages of con struct.On. They would start the trip by visiting the drafting room and see ing how the submarine was planned. Next they would watch or assist in nf of undersea boat, and so on with every stage of the construction of the boat In this way they would learn more about they construction of a subma- rine than they could ever learn by listening to lectures on the cOnStruc- 1ion of a submarine.
 Students studying electricity could gain much more valuable information that they could hardly get elsewhere by d visit to and a study of the plant of the General Electric company Here they would learn how an cleo tric motor was constructed, how the motor was wound and al the prac- tical knowledge that goes with the building of a motor.
 Another industry that would inter est musical students and aid them greatly is the plant of Cornwall and Patterson where pianos and organs are made. To be real student of music one should know the construc> ton of the instrument that one plays Musical students after making study of music and it's great masters should be brought to Bridgeport and be taken through the factory and in structed in every phase of the build ing of the piano or organ.
 The committee appointed Is getting in touch with plant executives to se- cure their cooperation in the effort to bring student groups to Bridge port.
 Invitations will also be extended to the heads of departments of sanitary and civil engineering of the educa- tionaI institutions to bring their classes to inspect the ctty's garbage and sewage disposal plants.
 Besides gettin" le practical 1nfor- nation, the students that come here to watch the manufacturing processes and study the health and sanitation mechanism will spread the fame of the city.
 In other manufacturing cities 1t is 1 & matter of history that students who | have visited and studied the indus | tries have made permanent connec- l tions. In this way many good men that the same thing will happen in Bridgeport.
 Plant mana gers have greatly as | sisted the members and the heads of the health department have assured | them of their cooperation in the | movement
 The committee appointed to bring | the student groups hero consists of: { John C Calhoun, chairman; J. L. 1 Chrfste Carl Brandt, $. B. Swanson, | William w. Clark, John Wheeler, R. | J. LoCkhart and Arthur Hatch.