(Signed) Robt. L. Wilson,
Assistant General Superintendent.
NORTON GRINDING COMPANY
Below is a list of men from the Norton Co., Worcester, taking a summer course in the Worcester Trade School to qualify in an eight weeks’ course as all round machine hands. Five other factories are sending similar groups of employees. Their wages will soon be from 30 per cent. to 100 per cent. more than ever before, which indicates in a measure their increased service in the war emergency.
Could anything indicate better than this group in training for all round machine hands, and the statement of their previous experience which follows, the necessity of bringing men like them into our factories, first giving them an intensive training which develops their latent abilities?
| Name | Age | Previous education | Previous occupation | Former wage |
| A. B. | 24 | Grammar School | Carpenter | Not stated |
| E. R. | 32 | Grammar School | Laborer | $18 per week |
| C. M. | 30 | High School, 1 year | Musician, 9 years | $22 or $20 week |
| C. J. | 24 | Grammar School | Elastic Dept. | 35½c per hour and piece work |
| O. L. | 18 | Trade School, 4 years | Student | |
| I. K. | 24 | High School, 1½ years | Scraper hand | 45c per hour |
| C. D. | 20 | High School, 3 years | Grocery clerk | $2.75 per day |
| T. J. | 44 | Grammar School | Painter | 34c per hour |
| A. S. | 27 | High School, 4 years | Adjusting glasses in optician’s office | 5 yrs. at $18 week |
| 9 mos. at $25 week | ||||
| D. S. | 20 | High School, 1 year | Assembling, machine shop | 34c per hour |
| M. O’B. | 42 | Grammar School | Brushmaker for 33 yrs. | $4 per day |
| C. K. | 32 | High School, 2 years | Assembling, machine shop | 35c per hour |
| O. G. | 19 | Not given | Grading | 35c per hour |
| S. G. | 31 | Norwich Univ. graduate | Civil engineer, in business for himself | |
| M. W. | 17 | High School, 1 year | Turret lathe operator, 2 years | 27½c per hour |
| Trade School, 1 year | ||||
| J. S. | 21 | Primary School | Moulder, 1 year | $3.50 per day |
| L. B. | 20 | High School, did not graduate | Grocery clerk | Not stated |
| M. H. | 18 | High School | Student | |
| M. T. | 33 | Primary School | 35c per hour | |
| A. S. | 38 | Grammar School | Scene shifter in Poli’s Theater | $21 per week |
| I. G. | 19 | Grammar School, 2 years | Student | |
| H. M. | 20 | Not given | Carrying boxes, Logan, Swift & Brigham | 30c per hour |
Vertical Milling—two weeks in school. Previous experience, plumber and punch press operator. Norton.
Sharpening Milling Cutter on Norton Tool Grinder—seven weeks in school. Previous experience, two years boiler factory and teamster. Norton.
