LAWRENCE, KANSAS,

K.U. TO SUPERVISE
VOCATIONAL WORK

| Defense Courses in Machine
| Work and Airplane Weld-
| ing to Be Offered

| YOUNC MEN ELIGIBLE!
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An important addition to the na- |
tional defense program at the Uni-}
versity of Kansas was announced j
today by Chancellor Deane W.!
'Malott when he outlined a project |
of defense training courses for out;
of school youth. This new program |
is being set up by the United
States office of education under
the supervision of the Kansas
board for vocational education.

Young men eligible for this de-
fense training project which will
be financed by the federal gov-
ernment, must be between the ages
of eighteen and twenty-five. Sixty-:
five per cent of the quota to be
trained at the University must
come from non-urban localities,
that is from towns of 2500 and less
and from rural areas, and 35 per
cent may come from urban cen-
ters

 

 

" To Utilize Equipment

J. J. Jakosky, dean of the school
of engineering at the University,
pointed out that the University
had some of the finest instruments
and machine equipment in the mid-
, dle west, which is not being used
in the late afternoon and evenings.
It was felt that if this equipment
could be utilized for training young
men, not now in school, in prepara-
tions for jobs in the national de-
fense setup, the University could
offer the use of the facilities.
| The courses to_be offered under
'the direction of Prof. A. H. Sluss
| of the engineering faculty, director.
‘of engineering defense training at

U., and superintendent of Fow-
ler shops, which house the Univer-
-sity’s fine collection of precision
machines, will be entirely separate
from the University. Students in
this defense work will not be en-
i as students of the Univer-
sity.

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Sluss Is Experienced

“Sluss is a man of wide’ experi-.
‘ence and training in machine shop
practice and machine design,” said
Dean Jakosky today, “and the
youths taking advantage of train-
ing-in this program will have the
benefits of this wide experience,
supplemented by that of other
members of the engineering fac-
atv’

George Leet, of Pittsburg, is dis-
trict supervisor of the state board of
vocational education, and this proj-'
ect will be under his jurisdiction.
The initial program will train two
groups, one in maehine work, and:

the other in airplane welding. The
federal government will defray all
fees in connection with the courses,
including. tuitions and materials.
The young men must provide their
own living and travel expenses. In
the machine courses, trainees will:
be selected to acquire skill in the
j; operation of lathes, milling ma-
‘ehines, shapers, planers, precision
tool grinding, and in the operation
of turret lathes, automatic and hand
type screw machines, and produc-
“tion type of turret lathes. Airplane
welding will consist of training of
welding of sheet metal and tubular
‘airnlane structures, and experience |
will be given in both carbon steel |

and chrome molibdium steel. |

U:S. to Spend $15,000

The government will provide
$12,000 worth of special machines
for use in the machine shop, and
additions to the welding division
will approximate $3,000.
“The vocational training to be
given at the University,” said |
Dean J. J. Jakosky of the engi-|
neering school, “will be unique be-
cause of the high calibre of the in- |
structional staff and the enormous |
investment in shop equipment used
‘in the training program. It is|
doubtful if any other trade school |
in this vicinity has-equipment even |
remotely approaching the equip- |
ment available here.”
The committee in charge of the|
project includes Dr. J. J. Jakosky, |
chairman; Dr. J. H. Nelson, asso- |}
ciate dean of the college, Univer-
sity of Kansas; Dr. Lyle Powell,
Lawrence; Roger Williams, post-
master Lawrence; O. W. Malonev,
Journal-World, Lawrence; C. G.
Bayles, superintendent of buildings
,and grounds, K. U.; Prof..A. H.
| Sluss, and Neal Wherry, principal |
|of Lawrence high school.
Young men interested in enroll- |
ing in the training courses may Se- |
cure complete details by writing to |
the dean of the University of Kan-_
sas school of engineering.

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