. Textile school catalog, 1915-1916. nd to outside dutiesat other times. The hours of the evening school are so few that thestudents attention is necessarily confined to two or threesubjects; the studies are, therefore, largely elective, althoughearnest effort is made to group these electives in the mostprofitable manner. The students of the day school comefrom all parts of the world. Some of themhave had practical experience, and others come directly fromschools and colleges, the latter having been largely repre-sented in recent years. The advantages of a good prelim-inary education in enabli
. Textile school catalog, 1915-1916. nd to outside dutiesat other times. The hours of the evening school are so few that thestudents attention is necessarily confined to two or threesubjects; the studies are, therefore, largely elective, althoughearnest effort is made to group these electives in the mostprofitable manner. The students of the day school comefrom all parts of the world. Some of themhave had practical experience, and others come directly fromschools and colleges, the latter having been largely repre-sented in recent years. The advantages of a good prelim-inary education in enabling the possessor to obtain a quickerand better grasp of principles and to develop them to betterpurpose, are, of course, very great, but bright men who have had mill experience often make admirable students evenwithout the advantages of a high-school preparation. Thestudents of the evening classes are, as a rule, engaged insome form of textile work, either manufacturing or com-mercial. Many of them come from a considerable SPECIMENS OF TYPES OF WOOL AND WORSTED FABRICS MADE BY STUDENTS. Success ofGraduates The Philadelphia Textile School dem-onstrated the practical utility of technicaleducation in textiles on this continent, andthe steady growth of the Institution is due to nothing else,so much as to the success of its graduates. The broad andthorough educational policy steadfastly adhered to by those who shape the Schools character, has resulted in the gradua-tion of a body of young men who by reason of the breadthof their training have been enabled to enter all -fields of thework, and to-day they are well and favorably known in everytextile section of any importance. They are in the mill, thedye-house, the commission house, and the machine builders,and wherever found they are proving themselves capablemen and an honor to their alma mater. The School does not undertake to find positions for itsgraduates, but inquiries for bright, energetic, well-trainedmen, are cons
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