Textile school catalog, 1909-1910 . Doak, Jr., & Co., Spencer & Co., Messrs. H. Becker & Co., Hartel, Mr. S. B. M. Fleisher, Messrs. GrundyBros. & Campion, Messrs. H. W. Butterworth & Sons, andMessrs. Stead & Miller. The School aims to make the instruc-ns rue ion ^j^^^ ^^ practical as possible without losing sight of the fundamental principles which it is the main busi-ness of all education to impart. The instruction consists of lectures and class exercises, of individual investigation andexperiment, and the actual production of a great variety oftextiles. These latt
Textile school catalog, 1909-1910 . Doak, Jr., & Co., Spencer & Co., Messrs. H. Becker & Co., Hartel, Mr. S. B. M. Fleisher, Messrs. GrundyBros. & Campion, Messrs. H. W. Butterworth & Sons, andMessrs. Stead & Miller. The School aims to make the instruc-ns rue ion ^j^^^ ^^ practical as possible without losing sight of the fundamental principles which it is the main busi-ness of all education to impart. The instruction consists of lectures and class exercises, of individual investigation andexperiment, and the actual production of a great variety oftextiles. These latter are brought out in commercial propor-tions according to the students ideas and in accordance withspecifications which he has himself planned in minute detail,the constant endeavor being to encourage originality andto direct research along profitable lines. The Institution possesses an extensiveFacilities equipment unsurpassed by that of any simi- lar institution in the world. It consists of the latest ma-. ONE OF THE EXHIBITION ROOMS, SHOWING STUDENTS* WORK. chinery for the manufacture of yarns, for weaving, finishingand dyeing. All of these machines are of commercial pro-portions, not mere working models, and they turn out worksuch as is met with in the best markets of the day. In addi-tion to this practical equipment the diflferent departmentsare provided with the apparatus necessary for conductingscientific tests and examination of fibres, yarns, fabrics, dye-stufi^s, oils, waters, etc., with a view to locating the cause ofpossible defects. The buildings in which the School ishoused, are admirably suited to its purposes, afifording light in quantities sufficient for the finest work, the top floorsbeing skyHghted throughout. The breadth of the Schools scope is^°^^ the factor to which is due the greatest measure of its success. Silk, cotton, wool and worsted arestudied exhaustively, and while some of the courses of studyare so arranged that a student may confine his attent
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