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Department will tell them something of the engineering methods in preparing designs for 

 the shop; our Pattern Shop man will talk on the construction of patterns, the relation of the 

 Pattern Shop to the Engineering Department and Foundry, and so on down to the Foundry, 

 Forge Shop, Machine Shop, Erecting Shop, Scheduling Department, Rate Setting Depart- 

 ment, etc., the object being to give the apprentice a comprehensive idea of what it means to 

 actually bring through a, piece of machinery in a large organization such as we have and 

 to do it in such a way as to keep the records straight and the operations coordinated to the 

 finish of the job and its final shipment from the works. All these men who lecture to the 

 apprentices are thoroughly acquainted with their departments and their relation to the whole 

 organization and are practical men in every way; consequently the boy gets what we want 

 most to give him : the practical end of the manufacturing business. 



Our apprentice work is divided into two general classes, the regular or trade apprentices 

 and the special or technical apprentices, the distinction being that the latter class must come 

 to us with a technical training. Their courses are naturally very dififerent from the trade 

 apprentices, but I understand Mr. Bailey's paper deals only with the latter class. 



Our company has instituted in recent years, as a memorial to the boys who left our ser- 

 vice during the war, five scholarships open to trade apprentices and shop men, which scholar- 

 ships call for training in any university or technical school properly selected, on the order sug- 

 gested in Mr. Bailey's paper. We pay a very great deal of attention to the training of young 

 men, both trade and technical apprentices, and thoroughly believe in the expenditure made 

 in doing so; in fact, it seems absolutely necessary to do so in order to replenish the supply 

 of men from year to year. 



The Chairman : — I will ask Mr. Bailey to close the discussion. 



Mr. C. F. Bailey: — Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, time and space do not permit of 

 replying to all of the many interesting points raised in this discussion. 



Mr. Peabody's point relative to the encouragement of the apprentices is very important. 



Mr. Spencer Miller's suggestion that consideration be given to the selection of candidates 

 for scholarships from nominations made by the apprentices is a very worthy one. 



The purpose of the scholarships, referred to by Professor Everett, might be summarized 

 as follows : 



To attract the more intelligent class of boys as apprentices; 



To develop the best efforts of each boy and to fix in his mind the fact that the company 

 believes in him and thus appeals to his sense of loyalty; 



To enable the boys to see the fine possibilities and the interesting opportunities in the 

 trades in which they are apprentices; 



To recruit continually a force of skilled and satisfied mechanics and from this force to 

 draw for quartermen, foremen and others. 



It is not contemplated that all of the technical stafif be brought in through the apprentice- 

 ship system. All large shipyards must rely to a great extent upon the technical schools for 

 such men, but at the same time an opportunity should be given the leaders in the apprentice 

 classes to also attain to such positions. 



Mr. Fernald's comment as to the bond between the workmen and the executives is one 

 of vital importance. 



We must all appreciate the point made by Professor Chapman as to the training of the 



