Show gy gyp p schools rise T to offer training for defense jobs MINNEA minneapolis FOLIS Rac racket keV trade schools are spring springing ingup ing up all over theU the united states to take advantage of the anxiety of young pen men I 1 to secure quick training lor for defense jobs like most rackets the gyp job training school is flourishing on a wave of popular enthusiasm for or something legitimate and Is muscling in among the many legitimate schools for trade and vocational tri training ining the job of separating the good schools from the bad is complicated for the ambitious young job seeker by the tact fact that some new trade schools are entirely legitimate and have beeri been established due to the fact that many older schools are already crowded to capacity an and d have long waiting lists high pressure salesmen tor for the gyp schools have already filched e hed the savings and secured the con tract signatures of thousands of ambitious young job seekers by guaranteeing an jobs with the big airplane plants and other defense production Indu industries a and by representing that their schools have deals with such companies to supply them with trained employees according to a report by the northwestern national life insurance company I 1 the situation has become so bad that major aircraft companies have be been en flooded with inquiries and complaints regarding guaranteed placements promised by such salesmen several california companies have issued warning bulletins to the effect that they had authorized thorf zed no such agreements understandings der or guarantees chambers of commerce in various defense industry centers are issuing warnings on the subject the report emphasizes that the two principal faults of the racket trade school are to oversell the opportunity port unity in hi the first place to under train in the second place the report suggests simple tests which any youth can apply to the school he is considering before he pays any maney money down or signs an app application li cation blank hi he should demanda demand a list of recent graduates of the school schol he should get to in touch with s several everal such graduates either by personal contact or by letter better and ask them the following three simple questions 1 was the course satisfactory 2 did it help you to secure a job 3 has it helped you win advancement to in your job or if you have been employed only a short time do you feel that it is likely to help you win advancement c ement I 1 in the case ot of a newly established school the prospective student should enlist the help ot of some older friend to investigate the financial cespon responsibility S ot of the sponsors the completeness ot of the equipment and the previous connections of thelan the instructors tors public school authorities can usually give helpful information about a local private school and the report emphasizes that a legitimate school will welcome investigation the report also warns warns that a i certain proportion of young men due to individual tastes mental characteristics te and personality type could not be fitted to td hold a job in a mechanical or technical trade therefore the legitimate trade schools invariably examine the qualifications of the 1 applicant 1313 cant and refuse to accept those who they feel cannot be successfully trained the gyp school exercises no such selection selection but accepts any applicant who can rai raise sethe abe amount odthe of the down payment |