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June 1, 1920.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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SPECIAL APPRENTICE CLASSES. 



There are special apprentice classes lor beginners in factory 

 work where skilled labor is essential. The apprentice machinists' 

 course is for three years, also that for an apprentice draftsman. 

 The former courses are so conducted that young boys may enter 

 the factory and receive a remunerative wage while they arc learn- 

 ing. They devote 36 hours a week to shop work and 10 hours 

 to classes, receiving pay for the full 46 hours. Every six months 

 a nominal increase is granted, the amount depending upon each 

 apprentice's ability to grasp details and advance in his machine 

 work. .\t the end of the three-year course, he is an expert ma- 

 chinist and is eligible for another three-year course in which 

 he can be trained as a foreman or factory mechanical executive. 



The special vocational course for foremen and factory execu- 

 tives covers a year of study and class work, while there is also 

 offered an 18 months' course for inspectors. There are at present 

 1.000 inspectors taking this course and over 2,500 taking the pro- 

 duction school course, while 350 shift foremen are specializing in 

 study to tit them for higher executive positions. Stenographic 

 and typi.st courses are offered also for girls, in addition to those 

 in the school of household arts, including classes in domestic 

 housekeeping and sewing. 



SPECIAL COURSES FOR MUTES. 



One of the interesting courses will be that for instruction in 

 the mute language. Over 700 deaf or silent men and women are 

 employed in factory and office work. They have their own 

 community activities, but are thrown into such constant contact 

 with those not deprived of speech and hearing, that many of the 

 latter desire to leam the silent language in order to converse 

 with them without resorting to the pad and pencil. This course 

 will be for speaking persons. There are also special courses 

 for the mute men and women. The most popular among these for 

 men is the mechanical drawing class. There are, all told, over 

 300 mutes enrolled in special classes designed for their benefit. 



THE DREAM OF VICE-PRESIDENT LITCHFIELD REALIZED. 



Perhaps no one man i.s more directly responsible for the estab- 

 lishment of the university than Paul \V. Litchfield, vice-president 

 and factory manager. He long has been the mainspring of all 

 recreational and educational activities, and Goodyear Hall, his 

 dream of several years ago, has finally materialized. Mr. Litch- 

 field is chairman of the Goodyear Board of Education, having 

 direct charge of the university's affairs. Harry Blythe, who is 

 manager of Goodyear Hall and the head of the university, is 

 30 years of age and a graduate of Mt. Union College, .Mliance, 

 Ohio. A. C. Horrocks is head of the factory school, while Coach 

 Ed Connor is head of physical education. Other members of the 

 faculty are : Dr. John A. Custer, who for many years occupied 

 the Chair of History at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, 

 and Professor W. A. Emery, formerly of Carnegie Institute of 

 Technology at Pittsburgh. Special language instructors also 

 have been engaged for classes in Spanish, Portuguese, and 

 other languages. 



GOODYEAR HALL AFFORDS COMPLETE UNIVERSITY 

 ACCOMMODATIONS. 



Goodyear Hall, which contains cuniplctc university accommo- 

 dations, including faculty office suites, 65 large class rooms, lecture 

 and assembly rooms, and several fully equipped laboratories, is 

 complete as to facilities and equipment for mental and physical 

 development, and recreation of the employes. 



The auditorium is of the acoustic shell style of architecture, 

 and will seat L686 people. The French Renaissance scheme of 

 interior decoration is used throughout, with an indirect lighting 

 system. Two mural paintings adorn the side walls : one of the 

 Bay of Xaples with Mt. Vesuvius in the distance, the other a 

 South .'\merican scene, picturing natives in the Amazon region 

 loading rubber for export. There are rest rooms for women, 

 smoking rooms for men, and check rooms. 



The stage has double aperture, serving, either separately or 

 simultaneously, the auditorium or the gymnasium. It is forty 

 feet wide and thirty-three feet deep with floor laid in sections 

 to permit its removal for installation of swiming tanks, ice skat- 

 ing rinks or other appurtenances for extraordinary acts. A 

 complete counter-weighting system is employed for shifting 

 scenery for either the auditorium or the gymnasium. The gym- 

 nasium with balcony and main floor has a seating capacity of 

 more than 5,000. The floor is of sufficient size to permit five 

 games of basket-ball to be played simultaneously. Below the 

 gymnasium are 5,500 locker rooms for men and 54 individual 

 shower baths. For women there are 200 lockers and 18 shower 

 baths in addition to community and lounge rooms and dormi- 

 tories. 



On the third floor of Goodyear Hall are legislative chambers 

 for the industrial legislators of the Goodyear Industrial Republic 

 House and Senate. They are patterned closely after the Senate 

 and House Chambers at Washington in respect to floor arrange- 

 ment, with spectators' galleries, anterooms and private offices. 



The cafeteria on the sixth floor is capable of accommodating 

 4,000 people an hour and is the largest in .4kron and one of the 

 largest in Ohio. Beside the three main entrances to Goodyear 

 Hall, entrance can also be gained through a tunnel leading from 

 the factory building, thus enabling employes to enter the building 

 and avoid inclement weather and street traffic. 



As for the university itself, its establishment has been con- 

 ducive to more harmonious relationship between capital and 

 labor in .Akron. The university constitutes a unique experiment 

 and one which is being watched by the entire world. It is prov- 

 ing remarkably successful so far, as indicated by the large en- 

 rollment, and should be copied extensively by other industrial 

 concerns in America. Its enrollment is steadily mounting and 

 has increased from 4,000 originally to nearly 6,000, while officials 

 of the university state that they expect an enrollment of nearly 

 8.000 by July first. 



INSPECTED SPARE TIRE LOCKS. 



The L'nderwriters' Laboratories, 207 East Ohio street, Chicago, 

 Illinois, and its branches, maintain a system of inspection at fac- 

 tories and labeling of products which have been exainined and 

 tested by the laboratory staff. .\ 

 list of recently inspected spare tire 

 locks follows : 



".\ble.". Able Manufacturing 

 Co., San Francisco, California. 

 Two types : one type consisting of 

 steel loop secured by combination 

 lock, another type consisting of case-hardened steel chain se- 

 cured by combination lock. Locks spare tire to rear springs or 

 to frame in such a manner that tire and spring or frame are both 

 encircled by device which is held together with a combination 

 lock. Loop or chain is secured to spring or frame to prevent 

 rattling or loss when not in use. Designed for use on all types 

 of automobiles in which it is possible to loop device around 

 frame or spring. 



"Bull Dog." The Automatic Equipment Co., submittor, St. 

 Louis, Missouri. Ordinance Tool Manufacturing Co., manu- 

 facturers, St. Louis, Missouri. Spare tire lock for use on all 

 automobiles equipped with a tire carrier of the internal rim type, 

 and in which tire carrier is not readily removable. 



"Universal." Johnson Automobile Lock Co., Chicago, Illi- 

 nois. For use on all types of automobiles in which tire carrier 

 is not readily removable. 



The best .\nviCE th.\t can be given- to the owner of a 

 Liberty Bond is this: Hold the bond you bought during the war; 

 it is as safe and sound as the United States Government itself. 

 Buy as many more at the present low rate as you can afford. 



