Salary Quadrupled 



When I enrolled with the I. C. S. for the 

 Stationary Engineers' Course, I was a machin- 

 ist earning $13 a week. When a boy at school 

 I could see no need of an education, and quit 

 as soon as the law allowed, having learned very 

 little while I did attend school. For a few 

 years I was satisfied, and then I began to wish 

 that I had something better, but soon found out 

 that I was not qualified for advancement, as 

 I had wasted my time in school. I then got 

 out the old arithmetic, but could not get any 

 satisfaction out of it, so I threw it up and de- 

 cided that I was a hopeless case. Some time 

 afterward, one of my shop mates told me that 

 he had taken out the Stationary Engineers' 

 Course with the I. C. S. and invited me to his 

 home to see his books. I then enrol. ed, and, 

 although I have not made any very wonderful 

 strides, I have gained steadily until on May 1, 

 1910, I was appointed chief engineer of the 

 Springfield Street Railway Power Station at a 

 salary four times what I earned in the iron 

 works. My enrolment with the Schools was 

 the best move I ever made. 



\V. C. TRACY. 

 791 Main St.. Springfield, Mass. 



