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down from father to son. In many
mining communities in this country
and abroad it was taken as a matter
of course that son should learn its
rudiments from his fathel-or at
least that he should follow the par
ent's footsteps into the mine as soon
as he was old enough, there to pick up
a practical knowledge of mining from
practical miners.
In the past, the plan has worked out
fairly well, but it has its limitations.
The father, obviously, cannot teach
what he has not learned, and there
are a great many details of modern
mining which were unknown to the
men who burrowed into the hills of
England, Scotland and Wales-the
men whose descendants are the back
bone of many American mining COM
munities today. If it were simply
matter of getting coal out OF the
earth. the tutelage of these oldtimers
would be enough. But nowadays it is
essential that the work be done speed
Nv. economically-and safely. Science,
invention and legislation have added
complications to the job, and the am
bilious man who seeks advancement IN
the mines today must be trained to
meet these new conditions.
For nearly ten years now framing
of this sort has been available to mem
bers Of Maryland's little mining col
onies located in the two western coun-
ties-Allegany and Garrett. Noca-
tional courses touching upon all the
essentials of mine practice are beng
provided under the combined auspices
of the Federal Government, the Mary
land Bureau of Mines, the UnNerS ~
of MARYLAND, the State Board OF Edu-
cation and the Allegany and Garrett
county School Boards. When the first
classes were started they were regard
ed in some quarters with conslderbIe
skepticism. Now with ten-yeaf rec
ord behind them they have won the
hearty support of educators, mine OPP
erators-and even the hard-bitten vet
eran miners themselves-many OF
whom, at the outset, were quite sure
that classroom work could teach them
nothing about getting she coal out OF
the ground.
The establishment Of these mine vo-
cational classes really grew out of a
practical necessity. Over in West Wiz
ginia where there are many more
mines and miners than in Maryland,
classes in mine engineering had been
established and were being conducted
by the State University. From Herp-
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being offered in that State. For some
time he was instructor in West Viz
ginia, but with the establishment of
the vocational work here he returned
to Maryland His assistant, Robert
d. Ewing, who has charge of the AL
legany county classes, was himself a
member of Maryland's first vocational
class. He was working in the mines
at the time and he had risen to the
position of foreman before he left
them to take his present job.
These practical men, according to
DR.. Rutledge, are able to get much
closer to their classes than could the
average graduate of a mining school,
most of whose training has been the
oretical. They do not shoot over the
heads of their classes and they are
able to win the confidence and coop
Grafton of the men because they have
an intimate knowledge and under
standing Of their problems. The night
classes include very little theoretical
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Three generations of men-the
grandfather, approaching 70, and the
grandson about 1S-sit side by side
in a public school classroom in the
little town of Midland, in Allegany
county. They listen intently for an
hour and half as a youthful instruc-
tor talks to them about coal-mining
practice in or another of its
phases, Then they pick up their note
books and go home. Next morning
the three generations put on their
working clothes, light up the carbide
lamps on their caps and set about
their days work in one of Western
Maryland's coal mines.
The three men afford d striking eX-
ample of the important change that
has taken place quite recently in the
mining industry. At one time coal
mining was a craft which was handed
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ers Ferry westward only the slender
thread of the Potomac River sepa-
rates Maryland from her neighbor,
and there is a fairly extensive move
ment of miners from one side of the
stream to the other. After West Viz
ginia classes had been running for a
while the Maryland authorities be-
gan to note that miners from that
State We're carrying off the honors in
examinations for assistant foremen,
foremen and fire boss. The Garrett
and Allegany county miners were los
ing out, as it were, on their home
grounds, for the West Virginians were
winning promotions over their heads.
The most active advocate of mining
classes in this State was DR.. John j.
Rutledge, chief engineer of the Mary
land Bureau of Mines. 1t was he who
started the movement and he carried
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ialized subjects-particularly in the
summer course-outside lecturers are
obtained. DR.. Rutledge and the two
inspectors Of the Bureau of Mines,
Frank 7. Powers and Clyde J. Rowe,
assist regularly in the conduct of the
summer class and on occasion experts
on various phases of mining practice
have been called in. But the bulk of
the work falls upon the shoulders of
the two regular instructors-the edu-
cational ''circuit riders" Of the coal
counties.
: : =
Maryland's mine vocational course
probably is unique in one respect; the
instructors are practical miners
young men who not so many years
years ago were working right along
side those who are now attending their
lectures. The senior instructor, in
charge Of the Garrett county classes,
is l. c. Hutson, native of Kitzmiller,
4 lit,le town on the Potomac. Mr.
Hutson worked in the mines near his
home before going across to West
Virginia to take the vocational courses
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training to appeal especially to young
men just starting work in the mines,
Most Of them have had better school
ing than their parents and they have
not had a chance TO become "set in
their ways" Yet an inspection Of any
of the classes will reveal that older
men, too, are being attracted by the
opportunity to better themselves. The
average age in all the classes is 81
but the extremes are Is and Il years
Quite a number of those who attend
are well beyond middle age, and while
the three generations mentioned above
are exceptional there are other cases
of father and son attending the same
classes. Veterans of forty or fifty
years OF mining in Maryland and ir
the "Old Country" have attended the
courses regularly for the last four OF
five years and at the other extrrme
there are a number Of youngsters just
over l6-the age at which they may
begin work in the mines At CreIln.
which is west of Oakland, and just &
jump from Maryland's western ex-
tremity, set of triplets, just turne6
Is years of age. rivals the three ger
erations Of Homecoming for honors %
the most unusual family group en-
rolled in the vocational courses.
Some OF the skepticism which greet
cd the organization of the first classes
ten years ago was based upon the be-
lief that the miners, particularly he
older ones, would not respond with
any degree OF enthusiasm to such an
Innovation Those in charge Of the
work believe that the figures cited
above dispose Of that argument quite
effectively. There were other skep
ties who asserted that, even though
he courses might prove popular, they
would DO no good, they would no:
help the miner materially to better
himself. DR.. Rutledge, Mr.. HutsoN
and Nh. Ewing have kept 4 constant
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the fight TO the various governmental
agencies whose help would be needed.
The Bureau of Mines itself was only
a few years old at the time, and the
State had hardly accustomed itself
to the idea of doing anything further
for its miners. At last, however, Dr..
Rutledege was able to persuade the
proper authorities that vocational
classes were necessary and in the fall
of 1923 the first groups of students"
were assembled Roy Dimmett, direc-
tor Of vocational education, State De-
partment of Education, and Dean A.
n. Johnson, of the College Of Engi-
neering at the University of Mary
land, assisted in obtaining the neces-
sary funds. Mr.. Dimmitt's successor,
DR.. J. D. Blackwell, has cooperated
actively in the work. At the outset
the administration lent its influence
and approval Of the project.
1t was decided at the outset that it
would be impossible to establish the
classes at any single point; that it
would be impracticable even to select
a dozen places as permanent meeting
places, Maryland's mining localities
are scattered pretty we'll over the two
western counties. Most Of them are
small villages separated from their
neighbors by high mountain ridges or
connected by roads that are not al
ways in the best condition. Only Il few
are 50 close together that it is posi-
bic to ask miners from several to
gather at one point to attend a night
class.
The alteirltive-the establishment
of "circuits' was much more conven-
lent for the men and much harder for
the instructors. But that plan was
adopted. With only two instructors
available for the work, it was neces-
sary to limit the number of classes to
ten, five in Garrett county and five IN
Alegany In each of the two divis-
ions one class meets each night eX-
cept Saturday and Sunday. That
means that the instructor must appear
at a different town OF village five
nights out of each week in order to
carry on his classes. During the long
Western Maryland winter-and con-
sideling some Of the mountain roads
that must be traversed-that in itself
is something Of an accomplishment.
From year to year some of the
classes are moved from one location 10
another so that, in the course of sew
cral years, vocational training has
been brought to. OF within very
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instruction and the miners who attend
them have little use for theory. But
they are both willing and anxious to
add 10 their store of knowledge.
Some idea of the popularity of the
classes may be obtained by looking
over the enrolment and attendance
figures for the last ten years. In
1924, the total enrolment for the
night classes was 315, and the aver
age weekly attendance for the term
was 100. During the term which has
just closed 500 men were enrolled in
the ten classes and the average at
tendance was PAS. In the ten years
since they were started, the gross en-
rolment has been 3,OS2, but this figure
includes a number of Implications,
since quite a few men have taken the
course several times. The lectures
vary from year to year, so those who
enroll for more than one term do not
necessarily cover the same ground
twice. However, with these duplica-
tions eliminated the statistics shows
that 1893 individuals have received
instruction in the last ten years-a
number which represents more than
forty-seven per cent Of Maryland's to-
tai miner population of $500.
The summer classes, of course, are
smaller. They are held at only one
central pont-FrOstburg- Of
those who attend must arrange to
leave their work and their homes for
the duration of the season. For The
coal miner whose income in these
days is very low anyway, attendance
at the summer school usually involves
q considerable sacrifice, yet the aver
age for the last ten years has been
Is, and last year, in spite OF unfavor-
abel conditions, it reached 20.
Usually hose who attend the sum-
mcr course are men vino have attend
ed one or more terms of the night
classes and who are ambitious to
carry their studies further. Il Is not
easy for these men to rive up six
weeks of work in the mine-even
though under present conditions they
may be working only two to four days
a wcek-and il is even more Difficult;
for them to scrapc up the cash with
which to pay for their sp0rtatioa
to and from Frostburg and FOR their
room and meals while staying there
Yet somehow those who have the am
bition manage it. Some who attend
the classes live in ncighboring villages
and can commute: others living near
bv have arranged to work on the night
shift, in the mine while attending
classes during the day. Those VIII
live farther away have to save every
penny during the year in order to he
able to attend. and recently the in
stluctors came across the case of d
wife who. unknown to her husband,
had saved enough out of her meager
household funds to enable him to en-
roll in the course.
***
1t is not so difficult. of course. for
those who attend the classes in their
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CLASSROOM WORK HELPS
COAL WORKERS TO BETTER CONDITIONS

STEWART MACAUAY in The Baltimore Sum- Issue of June 25)
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From year to year some Of the
.lasses are moved from one location 10
another so that, in the course of sew
,ral years, vocational training has
Jeen brought to, OF within a very
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
$50 Attend
Meeting of
Federation
Professional Club Hears
President on Opening
Dinner Program.

Panel discussions at dinner pro-
grams Of indianapolis Business and
Professional Women's Club meeting
will encourage leadership training,
its main objective this year. accord
ing to Miss Louise r. Ford, presi-
dent. who addressed $50 members at
the first meeting Thursday night.
Miss Ford pointed out that leader
ship training is the second step in
the ten-year objective of the ma
tional federation.
Mrs. Pearl Cook, vice-president,
described the occupational institute
Of the biennial convention held at
Chicago in July. Officers, board
members and committee chairmen
were introduced by Miss Ford.
New members presented are Mes
danes Louise Bridges, Margaret
O'Connell. Mary L. Garner and
Misses Carrie McManus, Helen Nc
Cauley, Annabelle Williams, Maude
Kerr, Freda j. Wagner, Statia
O'Connell, Gladys Williams and
Mary A. Ward.
Mrs. Camille B. Fleig, contralto,
sang, accompanied by harp music.
A reception followed the meeting.
Miss Myrtle Munson. assisted by
Misses Mary Jane Wells, Emma Jane
Ross and Mrs. Mary A. Wells ar
ranged decorations of marigolds and
dahlias.
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You do if you're Peter Pan-and
what more exciting person could
you be on Halloween than the boy
who never grew up? Moreover, you
can make your costume in a jify,
without any help from mother, and
by spending just a few cents for
two or three yards of woodsy green
cambricl Or you might choose Sa-
teen in any of the autumn leaf
shades.
There are straight. short trousers,
kan o%verblouse and a girdle-each
piece easy to make. You don't have
to hem any of the edges-Peter
wasn't fussy about his clothes-and
the tattered edge is fun to cut. Any
bolt buckle of wood or bright metal
will do to finish the girdle. The
Peter Pan collar is simple to sew on.
Size u requires 3 yards 32-inch
material. See the new fashion book
for school and party frocks any
Junior can make easily and mex
pensively.
Pattern No. 5109 is designed for
sizes 8. 10. IL. IA. Is years.
copyright 1923. bv United Feature
Syndicate. me-
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Actress Illustrates New
Dance Taught Free on
Indiana Roof.

Gene La Verne, dance creator and
teacher, illustrates the fifth step of
the Hollywood tango. His partner
is Carole Lombard, beautiful Para
mount star.
A description of the various steps,
which compose the new dance craze,
has been appearing in The Times
each day this week. Each night
from 1880 to $50 Times readers are
given free instructions under the
personal direction of La Verne on
the Indiana roof. All you have to
do is to clip this story and show
it to the roof doorman, who will
admit you free of charge.
A diagram, which analyses the
fifth step is also shown above, and
is performed as follows:
l. Step forward with the right
foot.
2. Swing left foot off floor, in a
half circle, turning the left foot to
the left, making a half turn. CAS-
you complete this movement, you
will be standing as in photograph
No. 2, only you are facing in the
opposite direction, with the left foot
forward instead of the right.)
3. Step back with the left foot,
raising arms high in the air, and
you are now standing as illustrated
in photograph that will be published
tomorrow.
Saturdays lesson will be the last
step and the final les on, illustrated
by La Verne and 1helma Todd,
Hal Roach M-G-M star, with COM
plete descriptions and diagrams.
The Indiana Roof is open for
dancing each Wednesday. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday night. Popu-
lar tango melodies are included in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
CHICAGO POISED
FOR OPENING OF
LEGION FARLEY
Mightiest Convention in
History of Order to
Start Next Week.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The might
est convention in American Legion
history will convene here next week
to act upon one of the most con-
sentative programs I'VE advanced
by its leaders.
The consensus of legion officials
already here is that the immediate
cash bonus payment issue will re-
celve short shrift on the conven-
ton floor. They expect the 100000
legionnaires to mass behind their
leaders program, now not widely
divergent from views of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Headquarters for the convention
are open. Already the advance
guard of the former soldiers, whose
total will be swelled by 100000 mem
bers of their families, friends and
other visitors, is in the Century Of
Progress city.
1000 Cars On Siding
With the natural housing capaci-
tees of Chicago expected to be far
exceeded, arrangements have been
made to lodge cores of hundreds
in 1000 Pullman cars on Sidings
and seven lake Michigan steamers.
In addition to the legion conven-
ton, the legion auxiliary, the o
ciety of forty and eight and society
of eight and forty will hold their
annual meetings simultaneously.
At odds with President Roosevelt
on widely divergent legislative pro-
grams at the time of his inaugura-
ton, but now more in sympathy
with his veterans program, legion
officials confidently expect the chief
executive to address them Monday,
official opening day of the conven-
ton.
The west side stadium, where
Roosevelt was nominated by the
Democratic national convention, is
in readiness for his appearance to
discuss Americas problems.
Parade to ParaIyze Traffic
On Tuesday the greatest parade
the nation has even seen will swing
down Michigan boulevard. Down
town traffic will be tied up for the
day. Marching sixteen abreast, the
1896 marchers with 500 bands
and drum corps, will require ten
and one-half hours to pass a given
point.
Due to the Century of Progress,
attracting hundreds of thousands of
visitors, officials expect that the ad-
ditional attraction will make the pa
rade probably the largest the legion
ever will have. To handle the
crowds, more than thousand po-
licemen and 500 deputy Sherifs, all
legion members, are being detailed
as military police.
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President Installed

Miss Esther Webb was installed as
president of the Alpha Tau chapter,
Alpha Zeta Beta sorority at 7:45
Wednesday night at the Charm
house. Other officers are Mrs. Ralph
johnson, vice-president; Miss Eliza
beth Eichel, recording secretary;
Miss Pauline Workman, treasurer;
Mrs. Joe Niesse, corresponding sec
rotary; Miss Kathryn Grayvill,
chaplain; Mrs. Walter johnson,
guard; Miss Juanita Freeman, mar
shall; Miss Mildred Schubert, editor.
and Miss Helen Ragsdale, pledge
captain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
TOOTH BITES DENTIST
EyebalI Cut Slightly AS Piece Flies
During Extraction.

bV Jdfttn PTeSS
CLEVELAND, Tenn, Sept. 20
About the only news about a den
fist pulling teeth is bad news" for
the patient, but when the tooth flies
up and bites the dentist in the eye
then its news for everyone.
A piece of a tooth flew up and
hit DR.. Wayne L. McCully in the
eye, i~nf1icting a slight cut on his
eyeball, when he was attempting
to pull it for John Nee, of Copper
hill, Tenn, recently.
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war veteran. Surviving are four
daughters and two sons, Mrs. George
2. List, San Francisco; Mrs. j. l..
Larway>, Mrs. H. R. Carter and Mrs.
G. L. Marlatt, indianapolis; Alfred
Rottman. Greenfield. and George F.
Rottman, Indianapolis.
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each nights dance program. Ar
rangements also have been made
with Buddy Rogers, movie star, to
feature three tango numbers on his
program when he appears on the
roof with his California Cavaliers
for one night next Sunday.
(Copvright. 1888. by Gene LaVerne, News
,nnnnr Ennt1IraSl
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Travel Club to Meet

Mrs. w. E. King, 405 North De
Quincy street, will be hostess for
the meeting Of the Egyptian chap
ter, I. T. S. Clubs, Inc, at 1870 Tues
day. Mrs. j. P. Gilpin will have
charge of the program. which will
include q talk on Ireland by Mrs.
S. r. Artman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-29
FISH LEAP INTO BOATS
Washington Anglers Report SO and
I4-Pound Catches"

By JNiTtN FIfSS
LONGVIEW, Wash, Sept. 20
You don't need fshhooks to catch
salmon in these parts! Fred Gren-
don and two other fishermen re-
ported a hirty-eight-pound chinook
jumped into their boat after they
had fshed vainly for some hours.
c. E. Runyan vas finding the fish
ing in Lewis river poor when sud-
denly a fourteen-pound silver SAL
mon jumped ashore at his feet. He
retrieved it.
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PIGEONS BEATEN EASILY
IN RACE WITH PLANE
Birds Fly Only About One-Third
As Fast As Machine.

By United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The modern
passenger plane can fly nearly three
times as fast as the fastest hon.
ing pigeons revealed as a result OF
a race just staged between here and
Kansas City.
One of the United Air Lines new
type high-Speed multi-motored
mail-pasSenger transports cruised
III miles an hour-the pigeons, IS
miles an hour. The race was made
against rain and wind, which halted
neither the birds nor the plane
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Election Scheduled

Mothers Theodore Circle. Daugh-
tiers of Isabella. will hold a regular
meeting Tuesday night at the Cath
ole community house. 1910 North
Pennsylvania street. Officers will be
elected and an attendance prize will
be given each member attending.
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Homecoming Record Falls

Upton, Ind, Sept. pa crowd
of more than six hundred which
attended the annual homecoming
at Nevada shattered the attendance
record on the eleventh occasion of
this event. Among those attending
were many from indianapolis.
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GRo0MED FOR U. S. JOB

Alexandria Man Recommended by
Van Mugs for Revenue Office Post.
By Times Special
ALEXANDRIA, Ind. Sept. %
r. H. Malone, superintendent of the
Alexandria municipal water works,
has been recommended by Senator
Fred Van Nuys for appointment as
deputy internal revenue collector for
this district. Official confirmation Of
Mr.. Malone's appointment is ex-
pected from Washington in the next
few days.