Evening star., 1927-05-01
MAIL SCHOOL CODE
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tions upon which money will be re-
funded, or requiring other than the
return of text books furnished at the
request of the student within a mini
mum period of 80 days.
THE use of instruments or papers
Stimulating court documents in the col
lection of accounts.
Misrepresentation or eXaggeratioT
regarding the office, the building or
buildings occupied by the institution
and the equipment of same.
THE misuse of such pictures IS the
National Capitol, Uncle Sam, etc, or
the misuse of any title or statement
that would lead the reader to believe
that the institution or it's instructors
are, or have been, connected in any
way with the United States Govern.
ment
ITO advertise that an institution is
conducted, not for profit, when inter-
locking management exists with an
other corporation not so organized"
WashingtOnians Attend.
In addition to Mr. Nugent, the fol-
lowing Washington men attended the
meetings: Herbert f. Morgan, director
VI 4ilAOIIAfdtluu Ol AUG GiFn service
Commission, which recently launched
a campaign against misleading adj
vertising Of civil service schools, in
Guiding correspondence schools; A. j.
Luchs, the Washington School Of
Auto, Inc, Washington School of
Cartooning and Washington Show
Card School; j. e. Smith, National
Radio Institute, and Clifford Lewis.
the Lewis Hotel Training School and
Lewis Tea Room Institute.
Mr.. Nugent said that correspondence
schools now constitute an important
industry in this country, with
revenues last year of more than
$40 100000.
Yours is an important industry,
and you are rendering a valuable
service" he said, but the Federal
Trade Commission has been advised
that certain practices are unfair, both
to your competitors and to the public
interest. During the past year many
complaints have been filed with the
commission and / now call upon you
representatives to clean up the in.
dustry yourselves.
Complaints Are Suspended.
"The commission has placed these
complaints upon the suspense calen-
dar to give you a chance to eliminate
these unfair practices and the Gov
ernment will abide by whatever Is
arrived at in this conference and is
approved. by the commission. The
agreement you reach it to bet set In
writing in the form of resolution
to be presented to the commission.
The commission is desirous OF CO.
operating with you to rid the cor
respondence school industry of unfair
methods. We ask you to advise the
commission what you consider TO be
unfair practice. For any school fol-
lowing these unfair practices in the
future, If the commission Is advised,
there will be prosecution"
The conference went into executive
session to consider and examine the
complaints and prepare the code of
ethics. With the complaints were
shown many advertisements from
magazines in which the schools ad-
vertised for persons to take the
course on guarantee. An example
was given of trade school promis-
ing the student a job when he COM
pleted a 10-lesson course in bricklay-
ing. The complaint pointed out that
at the end of the lessons, which lasted
80 days and cost $40, the prospective
brieklayer was told he should study
10 days more and must pay S107 in
addition. Still failing to qualify, he
was told to "sign up for rs days
more and pay $54. AT the end of this
period. the complaint said, he was
told that being now a qualified brick
layer, he should find no difficulty in
obtaining a job.