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'WEONKSDA-Y. FEBRUARY t>
THE
THE NUMBERS OF
j BATTALION.
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The i»e\i number of The Battalion
trill be imuevl by the "'rethman class,
and- in ail probability the Sophomore
and Junior classes tv I! issue special
numbers later on. h»*e numbers
are not to be regarded as expressions
of mere class rivalry. The prinfiple
reason for having then is to lead more
students to write for o sr publications.
If The Battalion intf'The 1 .or>g
Horn are to be kept running; any.
writers -must constantly develop, so
that the two public at ^ s will always
be provided* with men who under
stand and can do the necessary work.
Nearly every one is williug enough
to criticise the publicikions, but too
few are willing to Jry to intpioTW
either one. It is our wiA that mon-
students hereafter interest themselves
in the literary side at College endeav
ors, and we hope that fhe- class num
bers will bring forth several new
writers.
MISS KIDD AT COLLEGE.
In another column ge print an aif
tkrie on Mrs* Mary Carson Kkid.
who is fd sing at College next SaUirt*
day night. iThe reside its of Col leg r
Station are very fortuhate in Iwing
able to hbar such a ntged singer; ang
A. Ac M. is very fortunate in pussesst-
.ing such an entesprisln|; organixatioa
as the C>lee Cluby ' wfw se . efiorts ate
bringing Miss Kidd yi-ollege.
ers of music and all others should show
their appreciation by attending the'rei-
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THE K. K. |>A MCE.
-K. K’sQaye Firat DaaoeMf Session Last
Saferday
1 The K. K. Dancing Club gave
their first dance of th< session Inst
Saturday night at the Shirley.
This id the only social affair, other
than the Thankggiviaj; '‘hop" that
the cadets have been allowed to
give on the campus atsd it was en
joyed to the fullest < >xteot by all
those who attended. The dining
room of the Shirley was very neat
ly decorated for the occasion and
the excellent music rendered by
Cadet O’Connor at the piano made
the eighteen dances on the program
i^o enjoyable that the shakers of the
light fantastic toe ware ready to
begilf the dance anew when the
sweet refrains of Hkxfie, Sweet
Home broke the uc-ws that the
pleasant evening mast come to an
end. i
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iJThose present were the members
of the club and (Misses Adams.
McDougald. Hudson, hfclnnis,
Conway, SafMbw Winnie Thomas,
Bmily Thomas, Herndon, Garth,
Bittle, Sadie Cavitt and Taylor of
Bryan and Mias Lorraine Reynolds
of Franklin. The Chaperones
were Mrs, Spence, Mrs. Wier, Mrs.
Bennett, Mrs. Hfbbs. and Mrs. De
W«*ss. [ ' !i I ' i
Extracts I
Erase Letters Fraai E. E. Qrsd-
«a»«s, Pittsberg. Pa. li j
A* to your quesdeds concerning
We*.tinghouse and the- 'Apprentice
C ouese, why of course I would sd
vise four coming here. Never h%v
ing seen the workings of the G. E.
course. I can not, of course, compare
very thoroughly for you. HoW-
there are some reasons which I
should hsve some influence in
muing the choice. |}- : i •
In; the first place, the G. E. course,
as 1 understand it, is mainly test,
while the W. K. At M. course com
poses work throughout the entile
shops. Of course, a man can not in
two years cover the entire shop, but
to a Certain extent he can pick the
vahob* things he most wants. There
is no Jimit to the scope of work of
fered by this course, foe ‘it includes
everything from' wrapping insulation
on wjre up to the Construction and
testing of a giant turl»o-getWu*or, dr
locominive. 'The test wurfc is sup
posed to consume from fix to rufi
months of your course, and hf one ap
plies himself ro business', ht- can I earn
most pf the work during that rime,
and it is riot necessary that he spend
a year and a half or two hfeUrs to do
this sapie work.
Ag^fo the Klertnc Cluti,' it is it
compsehertsive organization, compris
ing within its purposes the further-
mem of both tbe social and intellect*-
ual parts of a man.
'The Club owns a pretty good li
brary of bsund volumes and a large
number of periodicals both of daily
newspapers and magazines, technical
or literary’- The Club helps the ap
prentices to become acquainted with
each other; and offers some Very good
entertainments tnroughput the year,
We are treated to lectures by engi-i
neers frorq the works, and regular
sections are organized for the study of
certain lines of electrical apparatus.
The engineers who address these sec
tion meetings enlighten us on the
good and tyad points of the various
pieces of apparatus made by this and
other companies. >.
Whether or not the p. J-.. offeni
any sach s(de issue as this club, it is
in itself no‘small item in theidevelop-
ment erf m^n for the company.
I can’t say anything detrimental to
the G. K. folks, but i know tint the
W. K. A: M. C'p. is O.j. K., About
one out of fwenty oT the apb^mices'
finishes the
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)UST:
ss course as
out. Such; is rhe demand fpr
men that the company offers
tnents to n»ost of them tci
regular work along some of ifs
lines lief ore their time is out.
I am working on test yet,
now my. work is confined to t^e work
ing up of the results takeri'pn/test and
the plddting of the curve* therefrom..
I have been doing this perrkular
work since Nov. 16, ’06. I suppose
that 1 shall be in this office rill April 1.
* *t u »t close. Best regards.
mapped
trainedC
induces
take up
many
«o A. At M.
Your sincere friend,
Jos. W. Ramsey.
Mass Jan. 20, ’07
Lynn,
Gear 'Woods:
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1 meant no write you a letter of ad
vice concerning • your apprenticeship
plans before 1 received your card. 1
never did intend to try-to influence
you or anybody else to come to Lynn,
because if you were disappointed you
would have me partially to blame. 1
would advise you to incline your ear
to Mr. Kidd and be persuaded to go
to Schenectady, because it is bigger
in every sense than Lynn or Pitts
burg. j
Of course it depends en what you
Want as to where you shouldgn. You
can get a pretty good idea of West
mghouse from the
arrange-
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ys tl
test. This may be the best
•sent, 1 don’t know. 1
At Lynn you put in all of your
time testing and there are very few
tests where they hold you longer than
• necessary for your own good. I
understand that the same is true at
Schenectady and there are advantages
there that you do not find here. In
these works what good you get out of
the course you must dig out for your-
•alf. 1 have recently become quite
friendly with a young engineer on
Auto Motors, from Schenec. He
has returned to Schenec., now. Was
over here to help get out a new line
of motors. 1 ran mow all the test for
him, by the way. | learned from
this man *—Hannah-more about Sche-
tham from any one else. He
here seeeia to be a difference in
Spirit over there. There is^ general
broad miridedoess that voudon’t find
here. They have great engineering
talent over thene. Besides this you
get to test large apparatus W> that you
become familiar with it. They don’t
•take larger than a.25 hp. motor here
and practically no generators. No
alternators at all. ITere afe some
advantages at Lynn over'* Sche*b<t.
atvd you can get transferred from
there here much easier dhao from
Lynn to Schenoc.l it seems.
I he pay n some better at Schewec.
But existence is more interesting and
pleasant at Lynn. ’ 1 take if that
these are minor considerations.
I0O not get the idea that I’m preju
diced against West mghouse. On the
contrary 1 am not. We test West
ing ho use apparatus now and then,
and 1 have occasion to see the good
and haJ points or 1 might say the
better -and worse points compared to
thg G. K. apparatus.
Kxtracts from letter from (ileason
at Pittsburg to Penner at Lyhn. Mass.
tt have a slick thing with the Jour
nal as far as work goes, but J am as
gubd as off the course us long,
as am in this work. Old Cholly
ed a black Horae on me and ' I
have to stay here a while. '
I wa* fortunate enough not to put
instruments on the bum when I
vi a* over in the S. House font month*,
eveh though I was using them all the
rime, 1 knocked a fewj needles
croks-eyed, hqr fbev can he straighten
ed fcnd new cnlififafidp run with little
Wouldn't that ThanksgivM;> game
rraf^ ymi though.* I ivas stife wq had
their scagP-thtis »ear atid we bad Cug-
gy a-legraph as soon as r|e game
was over.
I can,
fact* o
I shall he iflncTso tell you what . I
cafF^about the course here as far as
and wqulcl like to hear a few
of the (t. R. course from -one
whoj »* there. -I'hey have a schedule
mapped put for ids, but hgrdly ever
follow it. We get about four or five
and even six months of office work
aoch} as korkipg up drawings for
plants, switchboards, then there
.sales department, correspond
ence department, which gives some
. choice of variety in the work. Though
whea put in an office, you must serve
all your time b» that one They
doncare if they never take Jrou out
of ani office, for they can get more
oat at you there. My work in the
Standard House counts as office.
T hen there is six months erf Dyna
mo Test which l know little about,
hut “Hong” says h was mostly a
hunkies job with him when he was
there. There I think-you can get to
run nests on mbat of the different
types of importance they make hem.
The Other time you may spend moat
anywhere. Generally you get six
months on the road in construction
u ( work. Then in between they give
-1 you two months in winding or switch
board work, issembling or 'any part
CLetter from Gleason to Penner.) of the sbep you aak for.
You can get good work there I sup^'i The three main heads at tearing,
pofce, but you can aee that only about office, and construction are followed
one-fourth of your rime is jpent on more eloeely than any, but even here
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them are changes sotnt-times
sometimes otherwisd. We
work. I guess, such as repain
not so much test. Downron
in about an equal amount
work and test, but says if
kicks for more test he wrill give
General Elec, course an it.
I almost wish 1 ceuld get
era I Electric test after I get
here. I got a good line of
the Standard House on tra
and meters, but no arr lamp
What are you going to
Have a good rime bat don’t
tnrous. j Good Night
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t to some friend interested in *
He will appreciate it !
vyone on The Battalion staff.
Manager.
Young Lady (owner of
state)—So far as the eye can
rhe land belongs to me.
Admirer (respectfully^ r hejp
are not short-sighted.-*—Vien
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Ladylike Or sentry.
I. A straight line is the shortest dis
tance between two mtIThtery openiNgs
II. A straight line determined by'
two bargain tables is considered as
prolonged both ways until the stoire
close*. j, \ ,
III. A broken line is 4 •er r**' of
successive straight lines made by a
woman alighting from a street cat.
IV. . A mixed line is a line com
posing the reception committee of. a
club’s presidential candi^na. I
V. A plain figure ia one all points
of which have been neglected bv the
dressmaker.
VI. Figures of the seme! shape
don’t always have the same style.
VII. Figure* of the same size
never consider themselves dquivaignt.
VIH. _Women equal tq the same
thing are not always equal to aOch
other.*—NeNie Parker Jom-s in the
Chicago Recdrd-Herald.
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