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Show SCHOOL FOR MEN LIABLE TO SERVE I Denver Conducting an Op- portunity School Persons of AH Ages Admitted. DENVER. Colo., April 19 Education Educa-tion of men liable to military sen ice under the selective draft has been undertaken un-dertaken b' th" opportunity sehool conducted by the city of Denver. It is believed here that this Is the first school in the country to offer such a service i;h a total enrollment of 3.000 pupils in less than a year and I a half and with its wide sc ope of sub- I Jects taught, the institution Is conBid- ' ered out of the ordinary. Persons of all apes are admitted. A pupil may enter at any time, take any ' or all the subjects he wishes, devote I as much time as he can spare in j classes and choose the hour of clasi i for the BChool is open lrom S .10 ,n. m until 9 1" p m Its activities cover a wide ranee, from an employment bureau conducted conduct-ed by pupils to training In aviation by means of the school's o'wn airplane In all its industrial departments there i is a long altinc list of applicants fori training. In the automobile mechanic department 600 men have enrolled., many of them being in the next dratt. They are preparing to he more efficient effi-cient workers "over there." Women Pupils Sewing. The women pupils have devoted one' afternoon a week making baby clothe from partly worn out clothing. Already Al-ready S.000 garments have gone to France Belgium and Italy, It is a woman. Miss Emily Griffith, who is in charge of the school, althouch it was: made possible b City Superintendent of Schools Carlos M. Cole. Lieut William Robert Russell conducts con-ducts the larce classes in aviation and radio work for enlisted and drafted men. From this, class there are now j 125 men in wireless positions for the1 government. Stars In Service Flag. The school has 247 service stars in lis service flag for those who have entered military service and they cov- ' er many nationalities Many of these in fac t, are citizens (he school has I made through its citizenship class which has prepared 600 men to take out naturalization papers. This class recently sent $100 to the Red Cross. Twenty nationalities attend the school at present The school is democratic It provides pro-vides training for the energetic person per-son anxious to get ahead; the discouraged dis-couraged one trying to get into line acain the man who missed his schooling; the educated taking some special training to further fit them; the working boy and fre working girl who come at odd times and in fact all shades and degree of both rich and poor Often erant and mistress make hats at the same table. Among its results are the machinist machin-ist who doubled h:s wages after his drafting course; the young man who measured muslin for ten years until he hated his job and is now a bookkeeper book-keeper and happy the drifting boy who found himself in the class in railroad telegraphy and quit the poolrooms. |