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Show FORD PUNNING OT COLLEGE Technical institute for Detroit Is Latest Plan of Well Known Wizard Henry Pord has announced his in-j I tent Ion td open a technical college in Detroit. It Will be known a- the , Koi'd Institute of Technology, and ,t curriculum will embrace thoie sua jet ts which lead to degi es in rtiecbab-Ical. rtiecbab-Ical. electrical and chemical engineering. engin-eering. Outstanding is Mr. ford's d ehlion to grant moU'lary scholarship to all students; freshmen will receive scholarships of approximately - a week. Bates for advanced students have r.ot jet been announced. Like all ford ventures, the Ford institute in-stitute presents its own deviation from customary systems. The school yeai is divided Into two pails, half of the time being spent in class lecture rooms and laboratories, and half in th si OPS I doing the actual work under actual p working conditions. Tins regimen t-v so divided that the students' work alternates al-ternates every two mrkv The reason for this class-to-shop and shop-to-class method is giv en ir. ; ' the school announcement , "The Kortl Institute of Technology proposes tot give thai education which s life, di- if riea uy purpose, in oruer 111:11 uivie need be no "period of adjustment' af-j tr graduation. Theoretical woik is supplemented by experience in prac-, tlce, and contact with actual cemdl-J lions in 1 if . Jommercial slandarils relative to methods and cost of manu- facture, shoj organization, accuracy, production am! unu- .are --t ressi-il " "The laboratory at the dlaposul ot i students," rontinues the Ford .m- , nouncetnent, "includes the Highland Park plant at ICiver RogUC, a rail-road, rail-road, a mine, :v lumber camp, and i many subsidiary operations. Every phase of onglrieerlng covered, ioi by a meagre oquipmeut for dimon- Btratton, and experiment i pu but by millions of dollars" worth 01 machinery and apparatus all the latest word In scientifii development. ' Although the Kurd Technical institute insti-tute was announced but a short time ago. more thun IpOO applications have already been receive. Every state ' In the union has had its applicant; .' and many letters have come from Canada. |