July 1. 1916.] 



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laboratoi>, are explained. Many of the .stiuleiUs also spend their 

 summer vacations working in ditTcrcnt deparlniciits of the vari- 

 ous factories in the city. 



It is not the aim of the Municipal ruiversity of .\kron to 

 graduate experts on tlie chtinistry •<( ruMicr. Tlu- limit of time 



teaching of the funda- 

 student should be able 

 whether he be of the 



the fact that calls for 



allowed for the course permits only tlie 

 mentals. But w^ith this preparation the 

 to develop into a valuable rubber man. 

 laboratory, factory or sales force. 



The success of the course is shown b.\ 

 graduates are received from all parts of the United States, and 

 that these graduates have been uniformly successful in holding 

 the positions thus obtained. 



The course is in the direct charge of Professor William F. 

 2immerli. 



A similar institution is that of the Haywood Tire & Equipment 

 Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, manufacturer of tire repair apparatus. 

 In this school a ten days' course is given, covering personal, 

 practical instruction in the making of ev<ry kind of tire repair, 

 the rational use of the machinery, tools, etc. For those desirous 

 of securing this practical education, but who live at too great a 

 distance from the school, a correspondence course has been pro- 

 vided. A recent class included people from nine different states, 

 from Vermont on the north to North Carolina at the south, who 

 came to Indianapolis to secure instruction in what has been for 

 many of their predecessors a profitable, useful and steadily in- 

 creasing business. 



A more ambitious plan, perhaps, than either of the above, is 

 that of the Akron Tire Repair School which was incorporated 

 May 15 of this year, with a capitalization of $10,000. It occupies 

 a building 29 by 125 feet, two floors and a basement. The second 

 floor is used as a lecture room, the first floor for offices- and 

 equipment and teaching of actual repairs, and the basement for 

 stock and storage. 



The plan of this school is to obtain students through adver- 

 tising who will come to Akron and for two weeks be instructed 

 in the lecture room, where they will be shown by actual building 

 the construction of the tire. This will be accompanied by gen- 

 eral instruction regarding rubber, from its gathering and handling 

 to the processes it goes through to reach the completed tire. 

 Then will come instructions regarding the different troubles 

 that come to a tire whicli will be shown by actual samples. The 

 student is shown how to tear down and build up a tire for re- 

 pair. After this coiirse in the lecture room, the students will be 

 taken into the shop where they will do actual work under 

 trained teachers. 



The repair shop is equipped with the Akron-Williams outfits 

 made by the Williams Foundry & Machine Co., and will carry a 

 complete line of these outfits for repairing tires. This shop will 

 do the repair work on tires for a part of the 9.000 machines 

 which are operated in and around Akron. 



After the mechanical instruction has been completed, the busi- 

 ness end will be taken up and instruction given in the mer- 

 chandizing and financing ends of the business, the bookkeeping 

 and routine of records, etc., being fully taught. 



These schools are fitly situated in tire manufacturing centers. 

 Their progress will be watched, and if they prove profitable to 



SCHOOLS FOR TIRE REPAIRERS. 



HTHE business of repairing automobile tires, as many a car 

 *■ owner knows, is not one to be entrusted to any chance 

 •mechanic who happens to own an obsolete vulcanizitig ap- 

 paratus. In order that those to whom this work is entrusted 

 shall know their business more thoroughly, special schools of 

 instruction have been instituted and courses prescribed which 

 will fit these men to do such work in a proper and efficient 

 manner. 



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., .-Vkron, Ohio, has institute! 

 such a school where they teach men, free of charge, the art of 

 repairing tires imder practically the same conditions that are apt 

 to obtain In their own workshops. A complete practical course 

 is furnished. Beginning with fundamentals, every step in scien- 

 tific tire repairing is demonstrated by expert teachers, and actual 

 practice is given in the latest approved methods, so that when 

 these students have completed their course it is stated they will 

 be qualified to undertake any kind of repair job, from a puncture 

 to a re-tread. 



.\ picture of this tire repair school is shown herewith. At the 

 left in the picture a buffing wheel is in operation. Next is shown 

 the instructor demonstrating the use of a vulcanizer to an at- 

 tentive student. In the center of the picture is shown a student 

 placing the tire on the rim and, further to the right, another 

 measuring fabric for repairing the carcass; while in the rear are 

 to be seen other operations in tire repairing. 



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scholars and managers, it is more than likely that their example 

 will be followed, and similar schools instituted in other sections, 

 to provide for those who would find it inconvenient to travel so 

 far in order to get the principles and rudiments of this com- 

 paratively ne.v b.u very important industry. 



