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August 1937 Popular Mechanics

August 1937 Popular Mechanics

[Table of Contents] Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early mechanics and electronics. See articles from Popular Mechanics, published continuously since 1902. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

This International Correspondence Schools ad in a 1937 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine made me laugh when I saw it, so I figured it was worth posting to see how you react to it. As a lifelong consumer of technical and do-it-yourself type magazines, I remember always seeing advertisements for at-home learning courses, as well as many campus-based training for fields that require hands-on work with engines, machinery, boats, trains, airplanes, etc. Local, state, and federal code books were not bursting at their bindings with rules and regulations on every aspect of business from initial registration to specific kinds of goods and services you were permitted to ply your trade toward, and for whom you might be willing to work. A man could fairly easily gain enough knowledge through self-study to start his own business and/or qualify for an apprenticeship with experienced operators - often without a large investment in equipment. Interestingly, there do not seem to be any courses offered in areas like diversity, equity, and inclusion, social engineering, gender studies, and other critical fields that contribute so mightily to the success of companies and nations. How did the U.S. manage to gain its enormous economic, technical, and military might without it?

See also National Radio Institute advertisement, December 1954 Radio News; Your Radio Training and the Defense Program, December 1940 | January 1941 National Radio News; Coyne Electrical School, June 1931 Radio-Craft; A Guide to Home Study Education in Electronics, September 1972 Popular Electronics, Cleveland Institute of Electronics, September 1967 Popular Electronics, National Radio Institute, RCA Institutes Home Training Ad.

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Posted October 6, 2023