A Radio Talk by Charles F. Kettering When the war came, our armed forces
and industry were faced with a colossal training problem. For this was
a technological war, involving thousands of different kinds of
intricate mechanisms, requiring a knowledge of their construction,
operation and maintenance. Our enemies had been instructing their
men in the construction and use of these devices for many years. We had
only months to do our job and we must do it better. For a long time, industry
had been working on special training methods, using the
cooperative system of education. As an example, we have a large
school, known as the General Motors Institute of Technology, where
the students work half time and go to school the other half. This
system was first used by Dean Herman Schneider in the Engineering
School of the University of Cincinnati years ago. Many schools are now
applying this system to all types of courses. |