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(1) the studies needed and specially planned for men in Beverly trades are not offered elsewhere;

(2) the school is in the best position to know what ought to be taught and how because it selects its teachers from men in the trades taught;

(3) the Order establishing the school places evening trade instruction in the hands of the school;

(4) the standing of the school is a guarantee of the quality of the instruction.

The courses taught in the school would be treated as Unit Topics, that is, instruction would be giving in a special topic of a series without regard to the rest of the series so that a student could take only what he needed, provided his preparation was satisfactory. For example: Machinist's Mathematics Series covers such topics as Figuring Tapers, Simple Indexing, Differential Indexing, Screw Threads, Finding Cutter for Special Gears. Each topic is taken up at a predetermined date so a student wishing to study Differential Indexing, for instance, could take it on its date and stop when through. The number of students we may serve in this way is vastly more than by the older method of requiring an entire course.

As to instructors: with our own force to draw on and a number of other well qualified men in the city or within easy reach, the problem would not be difficult.
The expenses of the classes would not be much more than involved in the cost of instruction but in this case as in the day school the State shares part of the cost.
I trust that this plan may commend itself to you and may result in action.

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM P. TAYLOR, Director.


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