[Illustration: Vertical Milling—two weeks in school. Previous
experience, plumber and punch press operator. Norton.]
[Illustration: Sharpening Milling Cutter on Norton Tool Grinder—seven
weeks in school. Previous experience, two years boiler factory and
teamster. Norton.]
[Illustration: MACHINISTS’ CLASS, NORTON COMPANIES, AT WORCESTER
TRADE SCHOOL, SUMMER OF 1918.]
[Illustration: MACHINISTS’ CLASS, NORTON COMPANIES, AT WORCESTER
TRADE SCHOOL, SUMMER OF 1918.
Taking an eight-weeks’ course of intensive training fitting them to
take places in a general machine shop. This course carries them much
farther than machine operators.]
[Illustration: FEMALE EMPLOYEES AT NORTON COMPANY, WORCESTER, MASS.,
JULY, 1918, IN KHAKI UNIFORM.]
[Illustration: Grinding on Brown & Sharpe universal machine; 5 weeks
in school; previous experience, designer in corset shop (Norton).]
[Illustration: Operating Warner & Swasey turret lathe; no previous
experience in machine shop; 8 weeks in school and now earns 45 cents
per hour p. w. (Norton).]
[Illustration: Learning bench work; one of these men in school 6
weeks; previous to coming here owned a butcher shop (Norton).]