NOW OWNS A CONCRETE FACTORY 



Not being able to afford a college education, CHAS. F. GULP, 

 New Rockford, N. Dak., enrolled with the I. C. S. for the 

 Complete Architectural Course, paying for it with the first 

 money he earned after becoming of age. At the time, his 

 wages as a carpenter were only $1.25 a day. He is now a 

 prosperous contractor and builder, being also the owner of a 

 factory for the making of cement products. He attributes 

 his success very largely to his work with the I. C. S. 



CARPENTER TO $10-A-DAY DRAFTSMAN 



ELMER B. CUTTS, Hinckley, 111., was working for his father 

 as carpenter, earning 17$ cents an hour at hard labor, when 

 he took up a course of study in the I. C. S. The knowledge 

 gained from the Course as placed him in the position of chief 

 draftsman for the Robert Cutts Construction Company. He 

 prepares plans for various dwellings, hotels, churches, and 

 public buildings, earning $10 a day. 



NOW SUPERINTENDENT 



FRANK FREE, Greenfield, Ohio, was a common carpenter 

 employed some eight months a year at $2.70 a day, when he 

 enrolled for the Complete Architectural Course, and after- 

 ward tor the Concrete Engineering Course. He is now super- 

 intendent of construction for Samuel Hannaford & Sons, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, engaged on reinforced concrete and other 

 construction. His aslary is $1,500 a year. 



NOW AN ARCHITECT 



EDWARD THAL, 702 Ohio Building, Toledo, Ohio, was earn- 

 ing $18 a week as a paper hanger and painter when he enrolled 

 with the Schools for the Complete Architectural Course. He 

 is now an architect and engineer, making a specialty of rein- 

 forced concrete, with an income several hundred per cent, 

 larger than when he enrolled. 



NOW IS STRUCTURAL DRAFTSMAN 



C. B. GILBERT, care Philadelphia Engineering Company, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., prior to becoming a student in the I. C. S. 

 Structural Engineering Course was general utility man in 

 a shoe factory, with little or no chance to rise. Before he 

 had completed his I. C. S. Course he secured a position as 

 structural draftsman with the Niles-Bement-Pond Company. 

 His prospects are bright and his income is greater. 



CARPENTER TO CONTRACTOR 



FRANK J. BERDEL, 333 Columbus Ave., Canton, Ohio, 

 writes: "I enrolled for the Building Contractors' Course 

 three years ago while employed as a carpenter, receiving 

 $2.50 a day for 10 hours' work. After studying evenings for 

 one year I started contracting. Though but 25 years old my 

 income is $12 a day." 



