-~ir ft- Tie Westlagtewee A^reattce Cmmrwc. It b the intention of the writer ro Rive someth i OK of the apprentice course that the Weating house Elec tric and Manufacturing Company of fer* to college graduates, for publica tion ie The Battalion. It may be of interest to some of the students of electricity who contemplate taking an apprentice course in some large com pany when they have finished at A. fc M and of meane passing interest to Others. Prof. Brown could give all the information any one desired on the work here and the advisability of one pursuing this kind of prepara tion. but it occurred to me that the couney as it is seen by an apprentice himself, might not be out of order. That is to say, by one who is living on $37 per. Then there is the dis tinction we Texans have of being the first delegation from A: &: M. and Texas also, a distinction which we bear with some little pride, which prompted this writing in a way per- Ifjtys^R»: 3 jIHHHpri .f ; f'l'he difference that the VVeating- house course for apprentices has from that of the Cfeneral Electric and must others, and one that b emphasised by the company as being superior in many respects, is the large amount of shop work they inquire of a man.'j Their theory is that the best way to become familiar with "Westinghouse apparatus, is to go into the shrop* and actually help build it. The appren tice if given ovet to an experienced workman to serve as a helper. And I rrfi which the Westinghouse It may he well to mention here that the regular men are well acquainted with die best way to build a machine, though they hardly ever know the reason why sech and auch a thing .dene. Thbw though, is no hindrance to the apprentice as long as he learns the correct Science of building ap- paratas.'for the theory will come him then through a little study. If there was a division of the course rtiade, it might be uemething as follows: (I) Eight to tgn months ^ df shop vubrV;^ (2) six months of 'office; (3) eight to ten months of test, and (4> possibly a f«jw months • of Construction work on the- road Ygt the above divtsioiis are not ngid- ly : jfollowed by the'forman of the ap prentices, Mr. Lfewnton, because the apprentice himself may wish to spec- iali/c, to a certain extent^ in some one branch of electrical engineering, and also on account of various and Sundry reasons that come up at times. The shop work generally and in projier order comes firstT for this should he taken liefore the rest in or der that fome knowledge may lie had of the machine or piece of apparatus under tesa. This makes the testing of more value. ITie shop cannot all be covered in the lime alloted co such work, of course, bet tberg is time to euite a good deal of experience in Chipping jnd filing, wiring up motors, assembling machine*, switchboard building. Winding, aimarure winding. : liMptforuier assembling and w«irk on the elei trie l g* Tucker IVERY STABLE Stable on Main Str« r*eUJ. INOUTS. THE ONLY; RUBBER IRRIAGE IN BRYAN. one, and barely know that the be needed. As heretofore, the meet is to be between the classes and not between the companies, as was Nglked of earlier in the season. A pack is to be constructed at the athletic field, and while not yet fully decided upon, it is almost sure to he of cinders We have a large number of cadets that have good stuff in them, and tho council is gqjng to give them every opportunity to develop it. A. J. Neff, *03, who besides dis- I tinguishing himself op the '02 team, did stunts with the weights at the ^ spring meet, is going to do the coach ing along that line. He is going to grve the weight throwers a talk in a few days and get them started in the way they should go. Prof. Puryear has been elected fac ulty manager of football for the com ing season. Prpf. Euryear is a husi- tler and we fee! sure that he will not pnly give us a good schedule, but Will also keep us out of the debt. He has a letter from Louisiana relative our team that should make Us all d. Some correspondence relative games for next fall has been re ived, but it is yet too early to an nounce anything definite, j As retiring manager. Prof. Potts Wishes to thank the team and the corps for the hearty support they have given Kim during the past two rs. He appreciates that it was ue to this support that it was possi ble to secure the athletic field, to lear up the deficit, and to place o»r iruuices on such a firm basis that we .may now have better schedules and T-HE,... IE H. JAMES acting Druggist TRY AN, TEXAS ■ .kii flair I !■ Stationery, |Pipes, Tobacco ‘oilet Articles * of all mghouse Company manufactur- has been an excellent manager, uch and such apparatus^ ITj .1 " ' - ~ ~ ' here are several points of raiiior interest concerning the work that year Idue yet keep out of debt. Prof.. mi (Jit be mentioned if there was space, but a few may be aB that is necessary to acquaint one with the system used in the works.' [The ap prentice, while he is in the shop, works on a check, ithar is he is 'paid fur tjust the number of hours his c|e*k is on the board. The first year the apprentice receives 16 cents per hour and the second year he re ceives 18 cents. The regular hours Mti week amounts lo 54. Overtime iM paid at the rate i>f time and one-t half. While in the office the -pay ie $37' a month the mst year and $42 the second year, j regardless of th* number of days tye works, that is^ Potts We regret that he was unable io take the management for another year, but we feel that in Prof. Puryear we have man who will look after our interests as if they were his own. i holidays are not counted out. jli A few words may be said of Wilf kinsburg as a place to live. Most the Voung men stay here because is the best part of the City to live an^l also because the Electric Club has j^ hold here. It is the cleanest section of the city, yet that is- not saying any b6oinuchfor .it. Jliere are no sa loons and because of its many Churches and the absence of (saloons it is called “The Holy City/’ Ibete is to be started here this month a n«t- atoriuin and gymnasium building to com: $80,000. With 15,00© \ounc died residing in the borough of W11- kinsburg, including Westinghouse men and employees of the Pen yania railroad, it is thought this . Live Stock Exyerifneatg at College. In addition to the experiment just, started at College in testing the feeding value of Kaffir com and Milo Maize for cattle, the experiment station running a check expes-iment of the same kind at Clarendon, Texas. T. M. Redded, who was prominent ,as a student of animal husbandry here last year, has the work in charge. Prof. Marshal, co-operating with Dr. Frapps, anil also direct an. ex periment at college for determining thu digestible nutrients of Milo Maize and Kaffir corn. This is a very im portant work, as there are onlv two similar experiments on record, and the reported results, of them are . so widely different as to render them very indefinite. Texas wffi endeavor to make known the facta. Three yearling steers, with Cadet John H McLeod in charge, will be used in the experiment- 4 House insjl- It is desirable that matter iatt nd- ed for publication iR The Battalion be received an soon as- possible Matter can be received as late as Tuesday morning, but if handed in on Sunday or Monday the editor can give more consideration to it. i ; — -4 DO Uniform CAST make th k| Cleanini DOS J. M.C NKED AJMEW PAIR OE ©users or Uniforms HARLIE e Tailor o$t yo|l t -oir*a few DAYS- notice. resting and Repairing AI4K> HIH ftt’BCIACTTKS. •( NORTH ofOATH RIGHT tH ATX ■ : ELL BRYAN, TEX! 11 1 ' ri Give yotfr order for CLASS Rtftplii CLASS PINS And alfrepair work to 1. ■? CALDWELL ?weler \ All kinds of Jewelry of all kin eel line of China che* and Alarm Clocks at th4 lowsnt prides. Hand- Pain tad China, Cat Glass, and tbs fln- ryan-j) ] M Drugs ^-DEALERS IN ttionery Cigars Tobacco 1 Spftding’s Athletic Goods i Huyler’; landies. Perfumes Etc. 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