| August 1937 Popular Mechanics |
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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
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