Church review . FROM CLASS IN FREEHAND DRAWING. store, some of these boys, now youngmen, realize the importance of an ed-ucation and are willing to study even-ings. Not only has the Institute reach-ed such young men, but it has also af-forded an opportunity to study sub-jects taught nowhere else in this before the question of manualtraining in the public schools was agi-tated, the buzzing of the saw and thetinkling of the anvil could be heard atHillyer Institute. The anvils continueto tinkle and the saws to buzz. Tenmen are in the forging class this sea-son and woodwork is so popular
Church review . FROM CLASS IN FREEHAND DRAWING. store, some of these boys, now youngmen, realize the importance of an ed-ucation and are willing to study even-ings. Not only has the Institute reach-ed such young men, but it has also af-forded an opportunity to study sub-jects taught nowhere else in this before the question of manualtraining in the public schools was agi-tated, the buzzing of the saw and thetinkling of the anvil could be heard atHillyer Institute. The anvils continueto tinkle and the saws to buzz. Tenmen are in the forging class this sea-son and woodwork is so popular withthe juniors that a second class was or-ganized which has also reached itslimit, leaving out more boys who wishto become members. Much good has been done by the In-stitute to young men who knew theirlack of proper training to fill theirpresent positions and to others whohave received promotion. While norash statements are made guarantee-ing positions to its students, the thor-. FROM CLASS IN CARPENTRY. ough instruction received has resultedin giving young men such positions. Many incidents could be given whereyoung men have received better wagesand more congenial employment. Dur-ing the past six years shop employeshave become office men, clerks havebecome bookkeepers or stenographers,machinists apprentices have becomedraftsmen, and they will all say thatit was due to the instruction receivedat Hillyer Institute. Not only are the young men of Hart-ford being benefitted by these eveningclasses, but others who come from sur-rounding towns. In one season asmany as 42 have come from the fol-lowing towns, viz.: South Glaston-bury, Glastonbury, Windsor Locks,Wethersfield, South Manchester, Man-chester, Thompsonville, New Britain,Windsor, Bristol, Collinsville, EastHartford, East Berlin, Unionville, EastWindsor Hill, Hopewell, Rocky Hill,Newington and Bloomfield. The Institute has received earnestcalls from young men for machineshop and other trade school facilities
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