Evening star., 1939-05-07

Jersey, New YORK, NOrLn CarOuna,
South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Virginia, Wisconsin
and West Virginia. Other States are
making plans to be represented, and
around 5000 or 1000 visiting young
sters will participate in the annual
parade.
Safety demonstration in the edu-
cational field will not stop with the
patrol parade. Education, one Of the
three "E's" Of traf1c safety (educa-
ton, engineering and enforcement),
is being continued.
Preliminary to summer sessions In
more than 40 leading colleges and
universities for teachers desiring to
become proficient in youth training
in sound trafic and pedestrian prac-
tices, the A. A. A. announces Coop
Grafton in four regional institutes
for the training of college faculty
members. r..
The institutes will be held as fol-
lows: Duke University, Durham, N.
c., May 1-6; Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical College, Saltwater,
Okla, May 1920; the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, May
22-27, and the University of Califor-
MIA, Berkeley, Calf, June 12-17.
Modern advances in training
methods, such as dual control cars
for giving students at-the-wheel
training, will be featured at the
institutes" said Burton w. Marsh,
A. A. A. director of safety and traffic
engineering, "and will also give an
insight into the improved ways of
learning to drive. Dual control con-
sists Of an auxiliary clutch and
brake pedal enabling the instructor
to have full control of the automo-
bile while giving instruction to
learner. Thus any error on the part
of the learner can be prevented from
leading to mishap. In addition, the
training course will include series
of tests in driving skill. For exam
Pile, keeping the left wheels of the
car on painted line for distance
of ITS feet while moving forward or
in reverse. Sportsmanlike driving
will, of course, be the keynote of
the institute courses
Mr.. Marsh declared that the four
Institutes are primarily designed to
enable selected college faculty men,
bers to train high school teachers
in giving traffic safety education for
high school students. He stated
that the plans for the four insti-
tutes and more than 40 summer
sessions in colleges and universe
ties clearly indicate the rapid
growth of traffic safety education.
and approximately 1000 high school
teachers have already been trained
in new techniques for safe driving
and safe walking. The A. A. A. safe
ty director said that many educa-
tional institutions are not only Civ
ing special courses but are consid-
ering the introduction of courses in
traffic safety education as a part of
their regular curriculum.
The development of any new car
is of interest, especially if it is rad
ically different from predecessors.
A new automobile of this type is
just out, according to Consolidated
News Features, which summarizes
some of the important features.
Designed to average As to so miles
an hour on gallon of gasoline. the
much-discussed Crosley automobile
is before the public today. It's spon-
sor is Paul Crosley, jr.. manufac-
turer of radios and electric refrig-
orators.
The car makes its bow with a
two-cylinder, four r-cycle engine, air
cooled in fashion suggestive Of
airplane practice. In other words,
it is cooled by air pressure, with a
blower which is cast as an integral
patr Of the flywheel. The engineer
ing specifications include down.
draft carburetor of special design
and a generator driven of the
crankshaft in the front of the
engine.
The transmission carries the ira
ditional three speeds, forward and
reverse. AS an engineering innova-
ton development, the car features
direct drive to the rear axle with
out the use of universal joints. The
drive shaft is in one piece, running
from the transmission through the
torque tube to the axle.
The car borrows in more than one
respect from airplane ideas. For
instance, the four wheel brakes are
mechanical, cable operated, a
method established by airplane