. American engineer and railroad journal . ere made in the class room and othersby apprentices especially detailed for drawing room duty. Special Instances of Good Work in the Shop. (These are a few of many jobs which indicate the class of-cork which is open to the apprentices, as well as the fact thatthey are taking advantage of their opportunities.) West Albany Slices.—A first year apprentice, with only two weeksexperience, bored twelve eccentrics in thirteen hours, and five eccentricstraps in seven and a half hours. A second year apprentice, with helper, set the valves on an engine inseven
. American engineer and railroad journal . ere made in the class room and othersby apprentices especially detailed for drawing room duty. Special Instances of Good Work in the Shop. (These are a few of many jobs which indicate the class of-cork which is open to the apprentices, as well as the fact thatthey are taking advantage of their opportunities.) West Albany Slices.—A first year apprentice, with only two weeksexperience, bored twelve eccentrics in thirteen hours, and five eccentricstraps in seven and a half hours. A second year apprentice, with helper, set the valves on an engine inseven hours. Set valves on two other engines in good time. A second year apprentice, with helper, lined up two sets of guides andcoupled up pistons, all in fix hours. Boy had three months experiencein this work. A third year apprentice in charge of the rod _iob, repaired thirty-twomain rods, ten pairs front end brasses, and eighteen pairs back end also made two sets of front end brasses. All of this work was done inMhree we< MEMBERS PRESENT AT APPRENTICE INSTRUCTOR? CONFERENCE. Top row, reading from left: G. Kuch, Sr., H. J. Cooley, F. Hanley, H. S. Rauch, A. \V. Martin, M. T. Xichols, and (Can. Pac. Ry.). Middle row, reading from left: G. Kuch, Jr., F. Nelson, L. T. Johnson, F. W. Thomas(.Santa Fe), C. W. Cross, Henry Gardner, C. P. Wilkinson, C. A. Towsley, and H. R. Martinson. Bottomrow, reading from left: R. M. Brown, W. J. Greilich, F. Deyot, Jr., C. T. Phelan, A. L. Devine, V. J. Burry and J. R. Radcliffe. is a steady gain in the boys ability to read blue prints and draw-ings. This faculty is strongly marked during the third andfourth years. Boys can read ordinary shop prints at the and ofthe first year. Debating clubs give the boys an opportunity to write and talkon mechanical subjects. Speaking in public makes and developsinitiative. The ability to do this is traceable to the class-roominstruction. Club socials and picnics bind boys to their fel
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