. Textile school catalog, 1915-1916. ; 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-tion as practical as possible without losingsight of the fundamental principles which it is the mainbusiness of all education to impart. The instruction consistsof lectures and class exercises, of individual investigation Instruction and experiment, and the actual production of a great varietyof textiles. These latter are brought out in commercial pro-portion
. Textile school catalog, 1915-1916. ; 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-tion as practical as possible without losingsight of the fundamental principles which it is the mainbusiness of all education to impart. The instruction consistsof lectures and class exercises, of individual investigation Instruction and experiment, and the actual production of a great varietyof textiles. These latter are brought out in commercial pro-portions according to the students ideas and in accordancewith specifications which he has himself planned in minutedetail, the constant endeavor being to encourage originalityand to direct research along profitable lines. The Institution possesses an extensiveequipment unsurpassed by that of anysimilar institution in the world. It consists of the latestmachinery for the manufacture of yarns, for weaving, finish- Facilities. ONE OF THE EXHIBITION ROOMS., SHOWING STUDENTS WORK. ing and dyeing. All of these machines are of commercialproportions, not mere working models, and they turn outwork such as is met with in the best markets of the day. Inaddition to this practical equipment the different departmentsare provided with the apparatus necessary for conductingscientific tests and examinations of fibres, yarns, fabrics,dyestuffs, oils, waters, etc., with a view to locating the causeof possible defects. The buildings in which the School ishoused are admirably suited to its purposes, affording lightin quantities sufficient for the finest work, the top floorsbeing skylighted throughout. The breadth of the Schools scope isthe factor to which is due the greatestmeasure 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 attention tothe particular fibre in which he is most interested, theR
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