New Britain herald., 1925-03-25
SPEAKERS < GRADUATE AT "
Txenty-thrs Students Receive
 Diplomas at Banquet

The educational experiment by the Y. M. c. A. during the winter of l924-l925 was 80 successful that the association officials will recommend to the board of directors more ex- tensive program next year, according to General Secretary Clarence II. Barnes. Mir. Barnes last evening pre- sented diplomas 10 2S members of the public speaking. class, who have studied under the direction Of Pro- lessor John w. Wetzel of Trinity Theological seminary and Columbia university.
 The class started with 25 members r weeks ago, two or three have dropped out because of sickness or removal from the city and an equal number has been added. The group represents. according to speakers last evening, one of the most cosmo- politan classes the institution ever had. Vocationally 1t included a traffic manager, several bank employees, a newspaperman, plumber, several photographers, an accountant, paper hanger, a representative in the state legislature, shipping clerk, a lumber dealer, an electrician, one or two insurance men an architect, lawyer, a purchasing agent, a chief engineer, an employment manager n c rt p n { I Fa plies.
 The graduation exercises took the form of banquet at the Y. M. c. A. Gleason W. Parker, president of the class, acted as toastmaster. Enter tainment was furnished by Miss Anna Krawitz, who sang several solos accompanied by Miss Zoe La liar.
 Howard W. Preble, secretary of the class and assistant general sec- retary of the Y. M. c. A., paid a tribute to Professor Wetzel and an- nounced that 20 members of the class had made arrangements for five week post graduate course under the instruction of Professor Wetzel. The official course conclded last night.
 Congratulations to Professor Wet gel, Secretary Barnes and his as- sistant, MT. Preble, were extended by Walter R. Fletcher, chairman of the educational committee of the "Y." MT. Fletcher said this class and the class in salesmanship marked the most successful educa- tional experiment in the history Of the Y. M. c. A.
 There are 90,000 men in North America taking Y. NJ. C. A. educa- tional courses this year, according to MT. Barnes. He said the Y. NJ. c. A. in New Britain was pioneer in night school education and was the forerunner in this city of American ization work. He mentioned the names of several men now at the head of factories who received their start in Y. M. c. A. classes.
 He said the success of these two classes warranted his submitting an extended educational program for the consideration of the board of directors for next year. He said there were four men in the class who were boys In the boys depart ment when he was secretary Of that department.
 Professor Wetzel in thanking the men for their cooperation, said that with the exception of a class of min- isterS most of whom are working for their Ph. D's, at Columbia, this class has been the best and most harmonious he ever had. He thank ed the men for their expression of satisfaction in his efforts by asking him to continue the class for anoth- CT five weeks, and said it was the first time he had ever tried to teach class away from the larger educa- tiOnal centers. He told the men they would probably be like angels, Al ways up in the air, always harping on something and never having any thing to say" creating quite a lot of amusement as he pointed out that this was the reason a certain married man called his wife an angel. He said 400 men have graduated from this same course this spring.
 An invitation to a joint debate consisting of two teams from each town was accepted from the public speaking class of the Meriden Y. M. c. A. One debate will be held in New Britain some Tuesday evening. and another in Meriden on Thursday of the same week.
 Next Tuesday the men will speak on the question of future wars.
 The men who graduated last night are as follows:
 Elliott K. Burr, Joseph Caliendo, Ernest R. Dechant, Dan D. Calder one, Jarl A. Elmgren, William R. Fenn, Herman Fogelson, George V. Hamlin John J. Kimmel, Harry l.. kutcher, Roger J. Larson, Thomas s. Macauley, David B. Miller, George D. Murray, Gleason w. Parker, Loomis J, Thompson, Edward A. Mag, Thure A. Johnstone, Richard Hubert, Jr,, Frank B. Rau. Edward