
PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT. 
HOW IT IS DONE. 
T have often wondered how the Interna- 
tional Correspondence school, of Scran- 
ton, Pa., carried on its work and have 
lately taken measures to find out. Here 
is a brief outline of the method: 
These schools were established in 1891, 
have a capital of $1,500,000 and over 100,- 
o00 students and graduates. ‘There are 
over 50 courses in mechanical, steam elec- 
trical and civil engineering; architecture; 
plumbing; chemistry; metal work; Eng- 
lish branches; bookkeeping and _ peda- 
gogy. 
Regular text-books are not suitable for 
teaching by mail and in place of them 
these people use instruction and question 
papers and drawing plates prepared by 
their own writers. 
These papers have been prepared by 
educated engineers of practical experi- 
ence, on the assumption that each stu- 
dent enrolled has no education beyond 
the ability to read and write English, and 
that his time for studying is limited. The 
principles taught are explained in the 
most concise manner and in the plaineést 
language. Each course begins with the 
most elementary subject and progresses 
by easy steps to the end. Each student 
~ is a class by himself and his progress de- 
pends entirely on the time he devotes to 
study. If, through press of work, he can- 
not find time during a certain period for 
study, he can lay his lessons aside, and 
take them up when able to do so. He is 
given special. personal assistance by the 
instructors whenever he fails to thor- 
oughly understand a principle, rule or for- 
mula. When a student enrolls he is sent 
the first “2 instruction and question pa- 
pers of his course. After studying the 
instruction paper he writes out the an- 
swers to the questions and sends them to 
the schools for examination and correc- 
tion and begins to study the second pa- 
per. Ii his first lesson earns a passing 
mark (90 per cent or higher) the third 
instruction and question papers are sent 
him with his corrected lesson. If he fails 
to receive a passing mark of at least 90 
per cent he is required to drop the ad- 
vanced lesson and study the first. He is 
that he has successfully completed the 
study of the subjects in the course and 
has satisfied them of his proficiency there- 
in. These diplomas do not carry with 
them degrees. 

The Gundlach Optical Company affords 
another striking illustration of what ju- 
dicious advertising and management will 
do. 
Five years ago when I visited this com- 
‘pany’s works in Rochester they occupied 
not allowed to advance from one paper to ° 
another unless he thoroughly understands 
the first. Special blanks are furnished 
him on which to ask questions on any 
principle, rule or formula, which he may 
not thoroughly understand. These re- 
quests are answered in the plainest pos- 
sible manner by return mail. On comple- 
tion of the course and passing an exam- 
ination the student is granted a diploma 
signed by the instructors and certifying 
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a small building on the rear end of a resi- 
dence lot and employed perhaps 25 men. 
A month ago I called there. again and 
found a brick building, 4 stories high, 
covering 2 of the ordinary residence lots, 
with a total floor space of 40,000 square 
feet. I was shown through the building 
from cellar to garret and was astonished 
at every turn at the marvelous complete- 
ness and adequacy of the machinery in 
every department. Five years ago the 
company was making nothing but micro- 
scopes and photographic lenses, and only 
a small line of these. Now it makes an 
immense line of both and one of the 
most complete lines of cameras turned 
out of any factory in this country. Fur- 
thermore every part of each of these ar- 
ticles is made under this one roof, ex- 
cept possibly the bulbs and hose used on 
the camera shutters. Every piece of ma- 
chinery and every tool used in this fac- 
tory is of the best quality that can be 
made at any price. 
The company employs about 250 men 
and every one of tem is made as com- 
fortable at his work as is possible for him 
to be. Lighting, ventilation and sanitary 
conditions have been looked after as care- 
fully in this great factory as they are in 
any residence or hotel in the country. 
I should hesitate to state the number of 
cameras turned out of this factory every 
working day in the year, lest some people 
who think they know might doubt my 
word. : 
The Gundlach people have been liberal 
advertisers in RECREATION almost since 
its first issue, and for this reason I feel 
a personal pride in the wonderful growth 
of their business. I also feel a personal 
pride in the high character of the work 
turned out by these people. 
The Korona line of cameras isnow as 
fine a line and as perfectly equipped in 
every way as any produced in the world 
and a conclusive proof of this is found in 
the fact that this company is exporting 
thousands of cameras, lenses and shutters 
to Europe every year. Mr. H. H. Tur- 
ner, the founder and president of the com- 
pany, may well feel proud of his success. 
