The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 23, 1910, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1910. BROAD; SCOPE OF PORTLAND'S .TRADES' S.CHOC : y M. C. A. Doinl a Re markable Work Vocational Training. rOCATJONAL training; only few y sn .X-LkA, :. - experiment, to us me aominani note In the educational field of tho future, according to many , , prominent authority. All at least concede that this branch of eduVatlon .Vjlias made marvelous progress and has , r won a permanent place for Itself. While tha publlo school system Is taking up "" vocational worlc to a certain extent, It' ; IB Knurmiijr rrcUKnizea llllt 111 JOUH( .Men's Christian Association la the plo-p-"' near .-which has made possible it pres- i ent stage of development. ? -. The hWoduction of the trades school ( . .. iu iuiu ii i ununa I. M. VJ. A. oc- . vu'iu ia boib biu,i f rum iniftii ur- . ginning that Idea haa grown until vo catlonal work now predominates In the , : .-educational department of the. organize-- P- tlon which la the largest school for ' boys and men In Oregon. Although the '. '. T.. M. C. A. Include in it curriculum' the uaual clentlfio and literary sub-' ..- Jecte. It i realised byhedtrectora V. It. .,...,. ii i mc io irBt uvciUIIIVBI ilea 111 pncf ' tlcal instruction for the roan who wish- ' to learn & vocation, or to Increase " hi efficiency in one already chosen, t Employed men and . boy, form the , large majority of the registration in . the Y, M. C. A. educational department.. . "Dy . classe for night worker and . night classes for day worker,'! la the ' ' , slogan. It la. the theory of the paso-,' . elation that groat good can be accom- . 'pushed by giving to men, who 'have aW ' ready taken un their life work an nn. . . portunlty to grow-In their profession, ' to do their work better; than they ha -t .," hitherto done It, to become capable of J filling , position ' of greater responsl-p . . blllty. . -. - ..; - ; . - certain rooms in Portland new Y. ;M. C. A. 'building 'cannot be dlstln . gulshed at night from section of a . . large rectory. , xne. machinery ana all appliances are Identical with those used , In actual 'production. The great differ ence, however, is that in the Y.' M. C . - A. shops onch man is given a full Op- .1 portunlty to learn every detail of the; vocation he haa taken up, to gain, the greatest efficiency that Is possible" un der competent Instructors. , Scope of Instruction. Among the subjects' that 'are! now : taught in the Y. M. C. A. are automobll Ing. ga engine work, electricity, elec ' ' trleal machinery, mining and assaying, - trades chemistry, plumbing, sheet metal, work, brick laying, carpentry, wood ' working1,, stair, building, framing, wire- leas telegraphy, commorclal telegraphy, show card writing, mechanical, archl- tectural and free hand drawing, and V wood turning. In each of these branch-..' es' complete course are' given and the ''. . equipment gives the beet, of facilities V for study. These mechanical appliances , represent an Investment of 110,000 and ' the-director are now planning tox-."; ' pend 2."00 adJltnal . to increase ' the , equipment. ' ' The practical nature of the shop clasa- T" as gi-en by the Y. M. C. A. is shown by the thoroughness with which each 'subject la gone Into.' In teaching au' tomoblllng, , f or instance, the asaocla- -tion does not atop with , teaching the 7 theory of jnotor .car. The student are taogrhrxo tis lti5lntrTcate part of a machine and are made familiar with every detell of it mechanism. 1 1n he brick laying shop there 1 room to lay - a full wall and the first lesson of the student ia to ,learn the 'process of biclc laying. . After he ha, mastered thia art, heat and pressure testa with varl , oua kinds of bricks, and similar subjects are taken up. -In the plumbing labora- tory sectional floors are installed in a high ceiling room. , the . arrangement ; . i ; : ljr r ' J f ye f 4 " fV jiMajaaajjaajMajjMasp.T I fmmmmm:i n. u,'!i&ZrZ&'mitn'mKm0ms."-v'-i i. mtv " " " 1 '" " "' " 1 " "' "" ' -' .. III? l- J till : - ' ' l f s ' III t ' Z . V ' t p ' ' f ' M - ,. - mV 'k -'i d manifests itself. .,..' -land from ail parts ' of; the state on that are introduced In their particular This condition is illustrated not alone Saturday n'lghta to hear addressas and Vocation.. . ? ' u ' ' ; : v ' by.the wireless course. , The automobile discuss subjecta of common' interest.' 'A' i To a certain Extent the.'Y. M, C. A had hardly established . itself in public home builders'' club isftlso oon to educational department draws the. men favor before classes , to teach auto- formed by the ,Y. M. C, A. -Somewhat ; who, .above allv other, need it Instruct mobillng had been formed in various Y. along the same line, too, la the Port- tlon, , Many, who come there are or- mwino- it nnsihi to- nlace an entire . M. .C A.'a throuKhout the couotrnd' taad Junior Poultry aBsoclatlOn which signers whose first instruction is in plumbing system 'just a . In a bouse, expert chauffeurs were being .sent out.. Is also conducted under the auspices of Knglish. Others are poorly paid-work-The aheet metal shops and others aim- The same thing has , been shown " still the association. . ; , ' . men wbo only need an opportunity to ' liar are equally' complete. In the'icom- more recently in aeronautic. Some r v . t .'. qualify them for, becoming more use- mercial telegraphy class, the ' Oregon time ago associations in the east began ; Teachers Practical Men. - ,ful and prosperous citizens. The Y..M.; Railroad & Navigation company's wire offering courses In thla subject, and In-:.-;,, AIVi 1,.0 ' ii u tw tt C- A. does not ask Its students to adapt is run directly Into the classroom, and atruction in building and operating fly- "vantage ciaimea . oy in x. themselves to It courses. Individual for wireless telegraphy a complete ey-'In machines promises to become a V. A- i that it free to. select ita instruction Is a big -feature. The aaso tem ,liaa been Installed,, the apparatus branch of some Importance. ' ' , faculty from men who are actively em- elation trie toimeet,the needs of each receiving and Bending messages to all The latest Idea to be empodled ih the ployed' in 1 the line ihatf they teach, individual who conies to it. ; m Paclflo coast wirelesa aUtlona. . w,.:, - T. M, C. A. educational, wieme la the Many of the instructoraras well as tu- . For the term ending last December This class in wireless illustrates the plan fop- cluba In which citizens Inter- dents, are employed during the day, but th enrollment of the Y. M, C. A. readiness with which-the YM.CTeatednr"a certain 1 lnr, shall coma-to- give their time free, or for a modest school was much larger than it had adopts Its curriculum to new conditions, gether for systematic study. The Port- consideration, to teaching Y. M. C A. ever been before. The total reached and drop out, the enrollment for' the In the United States the total attend Indeed one Of the advantages attributed land Apple Growers' association Is an claases at night. - The very fact that' was 742, while at the same time in 1908 present term shows an increase of 120. ance at Y. M. C. A. school la 47,000. It, . to the association ia that it la not bound outgrowth of thia ldea Thla organlta- these men see the practical side of the it waa 462. An encouraging feature is The registration for the present school is contended, however, ? byVSV M. C. A. by tradition and Is free to branch out,, tion. was formed by the YrM.-Cr Arand subjects that they teach gives tbem an that whereas It la usual for a portion year promises to go considerably over workers, that one of the greatest aerv-. In new lines as aoon as the necessity interested ;s orchardists come, to Port- opportunity to pick up any new tdeaa 6f!he atudehta1 to become discouraged 1000 icea of 'the association is in outlining - "., ! ' ; ' :. :. .. 1 :,l'.vi.l',il';ii:r,i,,',1 "r.'V" v .' ... -- , ; ; -; v i TBL EG PAPTiy APPARATUS . new .departments that are later t.-ikea up toy the publio sohools and other In stitutions. In regard to this. Dr. E. E. ' Brown, United Statea commissioner of education, saya: " : , -, "The prftctlcai educational pioneer of the country la the Young Men's Chris- , tlan Association. Not bound down by tradition or by a system, if la free to find new waya .and means of helping 'men and boya according aa it discovers their educational needs. It blazes the -way and the great educational column behind, public evening achoola, move?) Into the - new country- the . association ha opened up." -;;.,? '-.; How completely 'the ; Portland Y. X C. A. la filling the local field lirvoca tlonal education waa ahown - recentl ' when-the Reed Institute trustee whli preparing a report on the' most llkei ' scope of that Institution called attenttoi to the fact that the Y. M. C. A. la nov meeting local needa for a trade school. , ; The New Theme. There was a quip on every UP About that lid k . Which proudly swept to fame yclept The Merry Wld. . We used to gape at each new ahap And dally. sure At hats askew that hid from view My lady a nair. But Fashion sweeps la dusty heaps The modea of spring. -And now we joque about the toque, The latest thing. . Philadelphia Bulletin. STRANGE NAMES THAT THEY-GIVE -US the proprietor of the Hotel Tennessee, fraction of the energy ued in running "Walter Thing Is a carpenter. James it. nnrt that th iIm of- this r fraction '.Third, not James the Third, is a watch-- 1 nrnnnrtinnal tn Ha extent of tem- Bv Mllea Overholt around A. Circle, he ia a policeman. There are mo're than two Morrows. .'man. B. Torch is a laborer. Frank nerntiir within whleh ' thA pnffln (HERE are In every city, of course. There "are Coals, Cobs, Coco. Coffee and There 1 a Nick C. J. Nick he Is the Trout is a policeman. He won't bite, works In a ateam ena-lne. for Instance. many proper name and , many Coffin. Mr. Coffin is a druggist. John old Nick That is, he la the oldest of Robert Twentyman la a machinist to the difference between the tempera firm names that, because they. Coin la a waiter, Geft that Coin. t Vitavthe Nick family ln"Portland. There la Isaac Upright Is a department "tore ture of the boiler ant that of the con are different' from1 the ordinary, . Colo Is a laborea, Oa Color Is a Cook. Nott and Notter, Nutt and Nutter. manager. Herman. Vineyard Is a cook, denser Now the Ntt 'n machine works cause the man with the common Then . there -Is Colt, Cover. Crow, Curl, .There is Oatea and Olaf Oso. W. D. Iiew Walker is a walker he carries let- h.ivV nm!t Jttiini tw name to amlle when he hear themj to Cypher. John, Cunning ia a Janitor. 'Regan ia" a harness maker. . tera. W. J. Wax Is a merchant and, of very close together so that Its high ef- smiie inwardly , anyway. Some men 'Catch Ut v , J p ? ; ; v - .. There are : several Parents, Parrotta course, Wax figures. There are a great ftctency is remarkable. vouldn't amile If -you loaned them Bessie Dancer la a hairdresser. How and Pennies; there is. Pick end Pickette. many Ways, There are many Weeks , ' . dollar and a quarter. .. foolish. . Lucy . Dark , is a wrapper. Tarll 'Popoff is a steward - at a' hos--and Bud Whittle Is a teameter. I.Winn . . There are lettera that coma, through Dauber is not a painter. There la . pitaL I Jacob Pressman presses clothes. Is a barber. Fred Wonder is . a cos- . lne rrice. the Portland ' postof flee with . names Darling-Dearlove, '.Dolls, Dollars, Dice, There" is a Pye and a Pyeatt; there Is turner, a real wonder. Andrew Wood is Its another cent on the price or miiK e an Diamond and Dove. Drake & 8 wan is Poor, Purse and Poorfarm.; a -wood worker. .J " .B"t, "' ,Jit p' T I branded-on them that would make ordinary chicken - quail, but the hard- the name, of a clothing firm. , Drinker Frank Qullity, -cleans quilta and car ened clerks , go right ahead with the & Russell deal In wood. Joseph Drlnkall pets. There 1 a.. Racer, and a Racette. distribution and never think how odd it la ' a clerk; William Driver ia a driver. There is Read, Ready, Reader; there ia ; would be to support a name that is -:dif;' ,;:,And "there "Mi a "Nosha-Dyer.;.v' p,'".r'-Kedd and Reddy, J. Cah you Reed-French . ferent from their own. , There are few John Each la- a .sausage maker, Ed- they sell pianos. vMrs. Rice ia. cook, of us but are satisfied wlth "our own ward Egge Is a driver for a basket fac There j la Rider and Riggs, who is a" names. Smith wouldn't be Jones for tory. , There Is John Ek and Ole Ella. : writer, so Jie makes .vehicles of thought, anything and Bllleirdorfer aneera at the. Fill & Tipple conduct " a restaurant. ' 1 BInt here, the author of this great name of Cjocyskoy. There are a few: p..j '.. m, . ninnn, work?, would like i to correct a flagrant case where a man changes hia name restaurant Fortune Ma a Pullman wrong;,' Whenever you aee the name of And there la Frank Yett. The- Human T Engi me AGE OF BAD PENMANSHIP Bv Mrs. John A. Logan. shipto enable them to exiJroaa thera- T IS to be hoped that in the many -elvea legibly with the pen. ohan. that Vr. haino- made. In the I notice with much pleasure that Mrs. management of the achoola of the Ella Young superintendent of the country, penmanship will be includ- achoola of Chicago) has called special ed in the subjects that are to re- attention to thla defect in the currlcu- cclve especial attention and in which lum of the publlo achoola. there Is to be reformation. Girla" educated' in convents usually " If one would compare the penman- write much better than those educated ship of the graduates of the colleges of in boarding schools, because of the-fact the present day with that of persons that the sisters are very painstaking iu who" never graduated from any school In everything they do, .and no pupil re the days of , old, they would find the eelves commendation who 19 careless In greatest possible difference. her handwriting. , , ' Persons of the present day write President Roosevelt, in asking a party Or to make us mad if they'd only add without any attempt at legible chlrog- to submit a matter to 'him In writing. A cent-as well to our wage. And a ceni on thla and a cent on that. To be paid by you and by me To be paid by you and by me, my mail, But it oughtn t to mane us rage raphy, and the recipients of communi- emphasized the fact that he wished it cations written with a pen use much to.be typewritten, as he had no time t time and patience" to decipher them, waste on deciphering illegible penman- HE human organism Is a machine It's only a cent on a pound of meat, - pf very high efficiency, accord- "n a iow xrom ine iiour Hinewrai. There now no attempt at form in ship. It would be a good thing if mor ing to the latest . researches on And a Jer clothes we ve got 10 nandwrtUn of the majority of per-' persona were as frank I as President sons. . Roosevelt. , I do not mean that it Is necessary There was a time when social corre- for the pupils and students of this era spondence was written' altogether wim the action of food, made at the And a centon all that we eat. University of 8heffreld, Eng- Oh, they haven't forgot a thing, my man. u..a a fv nrettv aood substantial rta- "rle.cour"e- . ?s . be avmalUhU.rk :- Profeaaor" Macdonald.' and at From .vour ehoes and your coat to eon for It. -. - ' Lorn "leld William Fix. Robert Foot the1 city. 'That.nievlAiBenl t ;d.'wie',l vyV Mlddleton. Cn;. ceDtySggaav vou' wi.n Mhity-. to waste time, acquiring a penmanship pen, but as the typewriter, became But anyway, here are a few names, ,m I1 ceive and thenewspapers are'keenlng , ProfessoraAtwater and BenedicU .gStdenown to steel engraving, bu It i cer- more popular it la no longer conslUeml the owner of which are residents of wolf FoV i, inni dealer Something back whn fthat name Vap- Th, ."' that an unusually , large 1My T8SUO onwce , tainly desirable that what is written discourteous to send communications to Portland Just plain, every day names: " 1 " a, U,.' ''.-.. pears in its columns. 'Bewares - s PPWtlon of the chemical energy con- But every cent they add, my man, on records at least, should be of auch a friend written on a typewriter. Thin In the A'a there is Mary Apple and JSPJ il?unr, olow s,.a There is O. Roller.'but-HI la out of "ta,,"d in our -food la transformed with- Is a-cent they've got to pay a character that anyone could read it may or may not.be a good thing, but It Mary -:Arrow and Gyhm Alley. There i"T k" ''!. f V?"'"""" -.": the city. There Is David Roloff and " tne body into the mechanical energy wnen a nau we can, io meir greeu nu readl,y. , . , . certainly prevents many mistakes uoln are two Author in the city, a lot of "TV r" "S: . nJ ft ; HI . -AalHeooMy.- Row ,.r. L"Tf".V''' .""r ' And that time will come some day. nry Uawia nnl. iiaA n . nnaniilotlla Win- mtLfltk if t ' t h A SB tTI t tm ft. 1 1 11 M f I I' ' . i V,,.,, a ,v- . . . . . h.r. 4. r r "U"" xvuuncy. . rvuses ,n . - , , ' " "-"r ... AM. that time will come some dav. """" ' '7 "V ------- Ana.Di men . tnn . Thern are. not 12 nlenfltfnl.V - -.fr." , ... . engine uluizes uduuc x a per cant 01 me ASA1 Z.i .k- . utat on for h Is bad wrltina. and It nate y encourages tne oisuse or tne pf-n ApoBtlea; only one and his front name- 'SSJi' run r.', Uood ana , uowan , fharlcs Sale sella real' estate." Alfred .heat 'energy in lta furnace. Explosion man, . would seem that many persrfna are try-' The changing of the Spencerlan at U ia Mike.. William Ankle la a teamster. "y. . . ,5- . , ' , ; ' Salem lives hero and' George Salmon Is motors do better, v, A gas or , gasoline Today-when you're sore oppressed, injc to copy his hieroglyphics. ' whiclv of penmanship to the vertical tyl.ti' Amona- the manV nhmea beginning A' ad lajln the rug- buslnesa, tmployed 'bv a man named Fisher, engine turn Into useful work about 20 "Will be youra when due and it a up to conveyed various meanings, according writing has not been an improvement 1 with B -are- Bark, Ball, Barb, Barber. eorga Hata a Jr- Jher ls There ia Sflnd- and Sandstone: there in Pr cent of the energy - possessed by you To collect It with interest! . New York World. to the dispositions of those who under penmanship. Vertical writing it n i took to read what he wrote. . ungraceful and unattractive and 1 v v The- story is told that a discharged to be compared to the Spencerlan. am. - employe, to whom. Mr. Greely gave a of penmanship, which It la to be hoi - letter in which he expressed his con- will be reinstate in all of the eiihiM demnation of the character of the em- of the country, , Penmanship waa formr-Tly uuvi" Egyptian Names. From the London Chronicle. Cairo, in Illinois, la the best known ploye antt Ws general worthlessneas, - Bard and Barnickles. There ia a Basket Arthur Soekatx. Arthur has a (food . wonting auDstaoce. xne human at the poor farm; there is Mary Beers, w"Uam..' 'H"r5! ' there ls i8tfelu eye. John Sharp clerks for Mr. lowie. bodyrdoes atlll better.-vtilizlng about Beans, Bear and Beardi there Is Bill Hel1 and Noble O. Herring.. . O.'i Shaw Is manager for Wells. Fargo & 21 pec cent of the energy that la put Berry. Jim Blbel,- Orange .Beerbower ' aww ana luaur, amoix ana . co. -Edward Shears ia a conductor, x. ""' l' -lnu lne ""Ciency or tne nu- ' and J. Bigger. ..There la Mlkel Blk and Knotty.' . Emanuel Kraut Is book- h. Short is a grocer. - Charles Silence man machine, despite the fact that Ita . . .ii . . r,AAn.A. i- M - keener, and Marv TAtnh .dnesA't attend i. - I v.. mentftl . funptfnna ..Bra almm, 'rrMH,,- JltUn Dirt. . Ol.in JUtuujuci ,a c .vwu- r '. - 7 : " . o c . . ltw . v , .UUIIIJ Y it, uiueia LIICIO . - v..... u- 7 - uii,jro oiiu 1MB . ,1,11.. i,ui,iii,a.itvB. 4 1 1 1 1 l ! 1 a stress. There ls a Book and a Bookery. acnooi.. mere is a- arge, , oui no is a policeman on ' the-- force- who Is ousiy jn action -ana tnat quantities of of the many united Jstatea towns namea was taken by the discharged party and to indicate the character of the wilt Margaret Boss la a nurse.' Then there . Larger, There Is a Laugh and a Laugh- 8 mall his front "nam la Albert! There energy ere usedrup within the pody to after the Egyptian city. There are at presented to a firm, whose members. It would, fiunforturtate It that hvm in Boacoe. Everybody knows Boscoe heau. There isLawpaugh, Legge and aro a couple" of Smiths in. the city at operate the internal, organ, ls nearly least 18 of them." Egyptian place names, being unable to read Mr. Greely'a letter, ard should be applied at the in - "''lie eata 'em " alive." There are but .Luck There la Mary Limerick, Wll- least. ; Thiro ia Tilly Smallbone and-twice as great as that ot a "steam en-for aome reason, have appealed strongly were 'told by , the applicant that it was time, as surely it would signify two Boys a doctor and a lawyer. Ham Little and William Littler.. There' John Smoke, " Jacob Spring Is a lock- glne and a little higher than that of an ,to American town namers. We find 18 a ' letter of Indorsement fronv Mr. Irregular characters. There' Is a Brewer, a Bridge, a Bone l Look and a Looker,-A. earl Lott, amith a. Spring - locksmith, ' s you Intertial combustion engine, i This,-too, Alexandrias also; Memphis seorea 11 or -fireely. ' Thia being . accepted as true. Naturally it is more Import-ii.t ! and a Bunch. - ' - ' v' t . Lord, Love and Lucky., n -., V4 , . might aay. Alfred" Stone ia diamond -Is j a ; normal performance, V which !ls .more; Tebes 2 (though one or both, of he was given employment at a larger, what Is written tyiioulil be wrt' Tlu?re ' are many Cakes, Camp . and Eidwtn 4 Maker, ia a. dentist, Joseph aetter. Frank Straight la-a watcliman. greatly exceeded in special cases: Ati course, miirht be In honor of the Boeor salary than, ho had , received from Mr. writing. Independent or - the ( ! Canhons several Carpentera.whO ajrcMaul'-la-a-iiarpentfir. There. l-Mar jrK Swan.& Finch, have-a bird of - a bust- athlete... according to Professor At- ytian Tebes); Nile 3. and Egypt Itself 7. Greely. . ' ; p : v.M . . , phy: nwi t(ieli kh, It Ih i h v 1 ' carpentera. lve Car ia a laborer. There Sleek and Emma Meeker. ' Suer Mike ls ness-agenta for the Standard Oil com- water'a experlmenta, may have an effl- Roset,ta and Sua score one apletse. Ahdv .The'use of stenography "and typewrit golden thought Into iiih),:' 1.. !'. Casebeer. Casteel, Cave, ChestnuL A laborer and Kitty Mewcs Is 'a1 do- pany.-.. " -a ..' ' , claney as - high as 28 per f cent What there, is one Khedive, though, curiously ; ln haa naturally made, a very areat "hieroglyphics, as. the for.; .r rhifk and ChllL ' Christ Is a laborer. Vneatlc tof course. . All kitties are do- There- are Taft.- galore1, in the . oity.-this meana we 'may realise when we enough, not a single "'Pharoah. Moses; Ufference lnr'this matter., but it should thouaht ia lost in an, . att- riw i t' Thara la . a. ' Christmas." a 'Church, a Jneaiie: also some cats.' Noor Moham- Bernhard . Tank Is tankman at Wcin-" recollect that'ino heat enaine. even If . however, haa two lakes, a bayou and a be the biiHtnesa of educators to insiat out the mt-anin of ih cliai-4ii t Clapper and a Ciuo. xou can t .. get ined la a peaaier. Max mook ia a cierK vnara a Drewery. . nenry iannesee-. is laeany periec.can utilise, more than mountain group. . . upon persons acquiring saiii in penman- posea 10 un numirnirt.