Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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 ' ' m ' % % k for a just and fair rate of remuneration. It is the duty of the Employment Department to see that the student gives fair value in services to his employer and an accurate check is kept on students work which is taken into consid- eration in determining the progress being made in his technical work. The co-operative earn-while-you-learn system is distinct from the ap- prenticeship system, and the features of indenture have been studiously avoided. While the apprentice virtually pays for the privilege of learning a trade by accepting extremely low wages, under the co-operative system employees are paid a rate commensurate with the services they are per- forming. This is. of course, considerably higher than if the students were not simultaneously pursuing a course of study along the same line at which they are employed. The amount of money students get for part time employment varies, of course, with the individual. For the past year the average has been from $140 to $75 per month for half time. This, it must be remembered, includes a large number of unskilled laborers, and also quite a number of younger boys whose rate of compensation is governed by the state indus- trial laws. There are no able-bodied, full-grown men, however, who are earning less than $50 a month for half time employment under this system, and there are a great many men who are earning $75 a month and upwards. They have attained this rate by experience in some particular job, and advancement in their studies. These attainments, however, arc not out of the reach of the average student who comes to the School of Engineering of Milwaukee if he will be earnest and intensive in his work, and willing to make the necessary sacrifices for success. C. H. Ferguson, Manager Employment Dept. Page Four Hundred Fifty

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