New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1923, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923, OPENING OF OUR NEW AND ENLARGED TIRE SERVICE AN SALES DEPARTMENT ST Saturday, September 8th With Hundreds of Feet More Floor Space and Many Additional Facilities for,the Prompt Serving of Our Customers, We Are Now Able to Promise You More Prompt and Efficient SERVICE Than Ever Before ) " DON'T FORGET THE DATE PLAN TO ATTEND Comncident with the opfning of our enlarged quarters, we announce that we have secured the exclusive sales agency in New Britain for the famous Converse Compression Tread Cord Tires, We feel sure you will find much to commend in our efforts to please you and we propose to make this a gala event in local merchandising history. With this idea in mind, we have arranged a program of interest- ing and instructive features for your entertainment. To our customers, whose loyal patronage made this enlargement necessary, we are truly grateful, and we take this opportunity to extend a coudial invitation to come in and afford us an opportunity to thank you ‘ in person on this—our Opening Day. - lllllHiiHm:.‘ ) NEW BRITA = DEALER New England’s Famous Tire This is the tire that has established records of 12,000, 15,000, 18,000 miles and over un- der the most severe road tests ! A tire that has brought joy to thousands of motorists be- of Interest to Motorists cause of its exceptional ruggedness—Safety— freedom from “trouble”—and real economy in performance. Our complete stock of all wanted sizes enables us to give you “just what you b 0 e ’;‘,,"B,flt;:;“"_.bm:: want” in tires—immediately. Come in and let us tell you more about Converse Tires—Now ! More Mileage From Tires:—and other interesting 3 19 O W LANVRIN H A R R Y AL E X an official of one of the leading automotive or- ganizations of the country. Talks will be given at ARCH STREET NEW BRITAIN, CONN. “Where Every Transaction Means Mutual Satisfaction.” v CONVERSE CORD TIRES C ()'II})I'(\\.“'( i T Why We Choose Converse “mressior Tires For Qur Leader Extra Feature For Opening Day! Interesting and Instructive % TALKS ON SUBJECTS Converse Tires are the product of one of the oldest and most reputable rubber manufacturers in the country. Their faith in the performance of their tires is evidenced by the most liberal of Service guar- antees. g 12,000—15,000--18,000 miles and over—are not unusual records for Converse Tires, The famous Converse Compression Thread utilizes the power of compressed rubber to fight wear and punctures, You can count on greater safety—more mile- age and a gratifying freedom for tire troubles of every description. 10:30—2:00—4:00 6:00 and 8:00 P. M, Don’t fail to hear them. You will get en- joyment and profit from every word ! eral types of cars, these to be placed | the shop and about the city, in the auto department so that the Paul I" Clark is in charge of the boys can learn the mechanism of var- | pattern department. Patterns are lous motors. The equipment for this| made ‘in the shop on order and for department has not yet arrived, but is| castings required by the machine de- expected next week. partment. The boys are also given a New Trade School Has ‘Modern Facilities For Training Boys tThf ;arpfntry dcpa;lmenlt ;mfld?o“. \l\'hoorl;?.ugl:;ccudldfr,st\:“d)l("g o;xfojqu“dn.’ * in this city and is now getting ready|quired in this Lne. to begin work on building No.'24. A| The drafting instrustors are Peter 2 H circuits. - mtit“tlon Trains Hand as One of the big ideas of the institu-| great deal of their time is spent out| w, Bauer, Arthur E. Mahan and Wal- Well as Mind, Making Youth Fit to Serve Self and World. The completion of the new trade school, one uf the finest of its kind in the state, marks another step in the educational progress of New Britain. The new building is located o Bouth Main street opposite the inter: section of Whiting street, and com pletes the trinity of New Britain's High schools, for High school it s, as the boys who enter it receive a com- bination of high school training to- gether with practical shop work. It is designed to meet the needs of bhoys of high school age who want an edu- cation, but who do not desire to en- ter the professions. The boys can take any subject in either the com- mercial or the academic high school should they desire to do so. Herman 8. Hall, director of the school, says: "Ior its size New Brit- ain has the most complete gecondary educational plant in the country.” There are but nine such schools in the state, They are located in Meri- den, Bridgeport, Stamford, Danbury, New Haven, Torrington, Putnam, Bouth Manchester and New Britain, Any city can have a trade school if one is desired. The city must stand the expense of a building, heat, light and janitor service, the state, in turn paying for equipment, operating ex- penses and also the salaries of in- structors. The first trade school in New Brit- ain was established in 1010 and was located on Whiting street near the freight depot. Later it was moved to the ground floor of the new Vocation- al High school which was erected several years later. This school was rapidly outgrown, there being about 850 boys enrolled and a large wait- ing list anxious to enter. The capacity of the new school s about 600 The school is in operation the year *round. The boys get their vacations, totalling about a month in all. Tt ia arranged so that the school can keep running through the summer, a few boys being given vacations at a time Boys Transfer Machinery At the pregent time the school is complete. The boys did the work of stripping the machinery in the old building and setting it up in the new bullding. Members of the drafting classes made layouts of the depart. | ments, with the locations of machin ehy shown and when it came time for the machinery to be set up, all they had to do was to follow the hine prints. The school has the largest blue print machine in the city Another ecommendable thing done by the boys of the electrical depart- ment was the wiring of the entire bullding. Everything was set into place by the pupils, the high tension underground service, transformer, sub station, power and light distribu- tion' In the building. fire alarms, in ercommunicating telephones. the slectric clock system and the program tion is the combination of the school and the factory; the facts and the real job. All the Instructors are tradesmen of proved ability and they are given a teachers’ training course each year which fits them to teach. The teachers for the New Britain school are drawn from this group. The relations between the pupils and the instructors are like those be- [twoen foreman and workmen, The boys get practical experience :by working on products for custom- rs. This. method of training helps to reduce taxes, as a percentage of the :money received for the work is given ito the state so that it may help to de- {ray expenses. The boys are certified on a definite number of successful hours of pro- gress. By means of the clock system it is abcertained just how much time is put in by each apprentice and no credit is given for lost time. The instruction is individual and one fea- ture of it is that the boy is allowed to progress as fast as he is able. He is not held back or forced ahead. His progress depends entirely upon him- self, The fact that a great deal of the | work is production work is another spur for the boys, as they realize that 'vhpy are doing something worth while. Outline of Program. Mr. Hall estimated that there is about $125,000 worth of machinery in the school, besides $75,000 worth of | other equipment. The course of study most highly recommended is the A" course. This is for graduates of a Junior High school or ninth grade and includes 4,800 hours of successful progress in trade and related work and an ad- ditional 600 hours of mathematics, science and English, entitling the pu- pil to a state apprenticeship certificate and an high school diploma. Thera are five other courses offered in the school, the regular trade &chool course, the continuation course, the part time High school, the evening and the High school cooperative. Tu- Ition is free and enrollment may be made at any time during the year, The trades taught are classified un- | der several heads. Under machine | trades come general machine work, | tool making and die making. Under | masonry are brick laying‘ plastering |and conerete work. Electrical work includes motor and generator repair-| |ing, maintenance work, switchboard inataliation, storage battery repairing |and house wiring. Drafting takes in| | machine drawing, machine, tool and| jig design and architectural drafting.! | mant are Frederick J. Friend, Ed |Tn the printing line there is compo- sition, job press work, automatic job | | press work, cylinder press work, pa- | per cutting and stone work and fm-| { position. Building construction, cab- inet work and.mill work are included in the carpentry department Auto Repairing Taught. A new line of study that has been added to the courses this year is an-! | tomobile repairing and anto-electrical | | work. The department is under the| | direction of A. Hull, a well known| New Brifain young man, who is] versed i the mechanism of automo | biles. 1t is planned to purchase sev- of the school on various jobs, the ma-|ter 1. Schober. This department «f- sons having a like schedule, about the only time that they work inside be- ing during stormy weather. Hence the masonry department is not a large cne. Upon entering the new building the office will be seen on the left, and the notice of the visitor will immediately; be called to the thin partitions which separates the rooms. 'The building is made up largely of these partitions, with the exception of fire walls sep- arating the carpenter shop and the auto repair shop from the rest of the building. Mr. Hall stated that the partitions are all steel and portable, and that in a few hours all of them can be removed, leaving a clear floor space, This will be a great help as various departments feel need of ex- pansion or reorganization, he sald. The installation of steel partitions is a new feature in building work. On the ground floor with the of- fice are the lecture room, where some of the apprentices receive practical in- struction, the carpenter shop, the lav- atories and wash room, the masonry department and the auto repair ghop. Ascending to the second and third floors one will see the recreation room, the drafting departments, the machine room, electrical shop, print- ing shop and the class rooms, head- quarters of the general education de- partment, No Waste Floor Space, One noticeable feature of the school is the almost complete utiliza- tion of floor space for departments and class rooms. There are practical- ly no corridors. Mr. Hall said that this is a good feature of the new school, doing away with so much of the waste space taken up in many schools by large corridors. The build- ing is fireproof, the stairways being of the new fireproof type also. There is an abundance of light and ventlid- tion. The school ,has no cellar, Every- thing is above ground. Ac the ma- chine shop is on the second floor, there is a cement incline from the ground to the second floor. This is used as a driveway for trucks wish- ing to deliver machinery and other articles to the second floor depart- ments ¢ Members of Faculty, Tn charge ®f the machine depart- ward M. Beals and Robin A. Vreden berg. In this department the® boy works on actual production jobs and becomes a skilled mechanie, proceed- ing from the roughest to the finest work step by step. Tool and die making can be elected during the lat- ter part of the course by students showing special aptitude Roy W. Adams and Olin W. Eddy are in charge of the general educa- tion department. Here the boys are given instruction in mathematics, science and English, necessary for the work John J. McFarlane and William ¥ Wilson instruct the Hoys in electrical work. Theory and pracfice are com fers instruction for boys taking up drafting as a trade and also instructs machine, electrical, pattern, carpen- try and masonry apprentices, who are required to take drafting in connec- tion with their trade work. Going on to the printing depart- ment with its cylinder press and job presses, besides type cases and other equipment for the printers’ trade, it is learned that the department willvac- commodate 25 compositors and 15 | pressmen. This department is in charge of I. B. Watson. The High school class books and other kinds of printing for the .three High schools | are done here, | The masons do most of their work out of doors ony various buildings about the city, and their instructor, Thomas Rutherford, is always on the job with them, giving them real trade experience. The school also accommodates ap- prentices from several of the city's factories, who are sent for one or two | half days each week for mathematics, drafting and electrical theory. | In speaking of accommodations, | Mr. Hall sald thaf the school will| probably be able to accommodate | nearly all the boys that enroll, for the first time in five years. He stated | that graduates of the trade school | should rise rapidly after ‘they have secured industrial positions, as they| are High school graduates trained for | industrial work. It all depends on the | hoy himself, though, stated the direc- tor. If he has any hackbone, there is ro reason in the world why he should not get dhead, Athletic Record. Good. | The school does not confine fitself| exclusively to work, as 18 evidenced by the record made by the baseball and basketball teams. Last year these teams won the northern gection championships, and this year the baseball team came through with the state championship of the trade| schools Athletic and social activi ties are promoted by a well organized student association. | Max J. Unkelbach of this eity was | the architect for the bufldihg, which | Mr. Hall characterizes as a “wonder- | ful piece of work.,” Immich & Co of Meriden built the structure under the supervision of John Rownes of this city. Everyone put a lot of| time, thought and work into the| &chool with the resnlt that the New| Britain institution is one of the finest €. It was chiefly through the efforts| of the late E. Clayton Goodwin, then| chairman of the building commission, that the school was built. Mr. Good- | win was cohstantly in favor of such | a school which wonld accommodata | as many as desired to enter. Mr.| Hall stated yesterday that this policy will be earried out. In a short time the three bufldings | will be connected by a wide concrete | walk, s0 that students can go to and from buildings easily, taking studies in either of the thrée buildings bined here, as in the other depart ments. Commercial jobs are taken in New Britain has a trade school to be proud of. Delightfully Different are these “Eastern Hats” gether with exquisite workman- ship feature these popularly | | ! Novelty of style and fabric to- ! | priced ‘exclusive hats. 53 $5 $7.50 Eastern Millinery Co. 133 MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN Largest Showing of New Fall Hats in the City