WORKING AGAINST ODDS 



CARL SIMPSON, Newark, Ohio, had only a little education 

 and was working 13 hours a day 7 days in a week, trying to 

 support his family when he enrolled for our Engine Running 

 Course. Although his own people thought that he was spend- 

 ing his time and money for nothing, he struggled on alone until 

 he obtained his diploma. He is now chief engineer at the 

 Municipal Water Works for the city of Newark at a salary of 

 $100 a month, nearly double what he received at the time of 

 enrolment. 



INCREASED HIS SALARY 100 PER CENT. 



C. W. SINGER was earning $12 a week when he subscribed for 

 pur Advanced Engine Running Course. He is now super- 

 intendent of the Optimo Mining Company's mines at Linden, 

 Wis., having 35 men at work for him, and earning $25 a week. ' 



HAD NO EDUCATION 



JOHN G. SCHAFNITZKY, 206 State St., Hudson, N. Y., had 

 never seen the inside of an American school house, and had 

 only been to a German school for 3 years. After picking up a 

 little English from his younger sisters, who were sent to school, 

 he became ambitious to learn and enrolled for our Engine 

 Running Course. At that time he was earning $1.30 for 12 

 hours' work. He is now master mechanic for the James 

 Stewart Construction Company at a salary of $25 a week 

 straight time. 



NOW SUPERINTENDENT 



M. C. REYNOLDS, Box 48, Carey, Ohio, was working as a 

 fireman in a small pumping station, earning $35 a month when 

 he telephoned our Representative to come to the works to 

 enroll him for the Engine Running Course. Today he is 

 superintendent of the electric lighting and water works plant 

 of Carey, Ohio, making three times his former salary. 



SALARY NEARLY DOUBLED 



Forced to leave school at an early age to go to work in the 

 mines, JOHN PARKS, 319 Highland Ave., Lexington, Mo., 

 found himself at the age of IS with a knowledge of only simple 



Eroblems in addition. While working as a fireman, he enrolled 

 ar the Engine Running Course. He is now engineer at a 

 salary 90 per cent, greater than he received at the time of his 

 enrolment. 



HIS COURSE WORTH $50 A MONTH MORE TO HIM 



MAYNARD JOSEPH, Collinsville, 111., was earning $50 a month 

 as a fireman when he took out our Engine Running Course. 

 This enabled him to pass the state examination and to obtain 

 a first-grade certificate of competency as a hoisting engineer. 

 He now has charge of the plant of the Donk Brothers Coal 

 Company, a plant having a capacity of 3,000 tons of coal a 

 day, and his salary has increased $50 a month. 



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