Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 31

TYPOTHETANLAUDS CARTER'S POLICIES Editorial Explains Orders of An Printer George H. Carter for his “deep and sincere interest” in apprenticeship contained in the current is- school to marry before , which has just resulted in the ng of five apprentices, has the subject of misinterpretation and unnecessary comment in the local , the déclared. The | Same applies, it was said, to the order forbidding the youths to enroll in any or medical achool while receiving enticeship training. e apprenticeship school was es- tablished by Mr. Carter for just ome purpose, and that was to necessary schooling to train journey- men for the various mechanical de- ments of the Government ting ce,” the Typothetan said. “‘Under such authority granted by Congress for the establishment of this school, only 200 apprentices for the 24 branches of the trade can be in training at any one time. Under this limitation the school can graduate only about 50 jour- neymen a year, or about one-fifth of the total number usually required. The burden of training the balance of the Journeymen necessarily has been borne to a large extent by the commercml printing industry of Washington, Training Cost Estimated. 4 “Contrary to newspaper statements, »when an apprentice is appointed to the 1, his services “l’l! nut‘ utilized or; productive work. Well equipped school rooms under competent instructors haye been provided for the aj tices h‘:‘le new addition to the G. P. O., and 1t is estimated that it costs the UM-} ernment about $5,000 to train an ap- prentice. | “If the public printer denied the stu- | dents the right to supplement the edu- cation which they receive at the school with other study, there would be cause for criticism, but, on the contrary, the public printer has not only encouraged scademic study, but in many instances bas insisted upon it. ere has been enrolled in | guages, accounting and other subjects , Which will be of benefit to them in the eraft. It is obvious, however, that when an apprentice selects a professional of study in either law or medi- hie. e does 3o with the Intention of | making that profession his life work if | * possible. Assumes Obligation. “The compensation for apprentices H 8¢ the G. P. O. has purposely been set &t more than the established rate in the commercial industry to enable ap- | tices from other States to take the | and live in a reasonable man- ner in wholesome surroundings. When the students accepts the appointment and avails himself of the training pro- | vided at governmental expense, he as- sumes the obligation of fitting himself for the work intended. When the ap- prentice accepts the appointment merely a8 a means of securing the neceszary money to obtain education fo fit him { for some other work or profession, such as law or medicine, he obtains the | money under false pretenses. At the same time, because of the limitation on the number of apprentices which can be trained, he is depriving some other mfiut does want to make_the graphic his life work of the opportunity for such training. “So far as marriage is concerned, it is obviously impossible for an appren- tice to support a family on the compen- sation which he receives, even though | it is more than the established com- mercial rate. Sorpe of the apprentices have learned this'to their sorrow after : n one Or more years of institutions. schools marriage is not per- mitted before graduation nor is the student permitted to take a program of study not in keeping with his training. “The yubllc printer is to be com- mended for the deep and sincere inter- | est which he has taken in apprentice- | ship training and it is to be hoped that Congress will eventually give him the suthority necessary to enabie him to train all of the journeymen necessary for additions and replacements in the mechanical personnel of the G. P. 0.” $20,000 Gift for l.n;mry. UTICA. N. Y., December 9 (#).—A g: of $20,000 to the Presbyterian Theo- | ical Seminary. Chicago, is contained sin the will of Melancthon W. Stryker, former president of Hamilton Coilege, , Clinton, N. Y. who died in Rome a few months ago. 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