May
26, 1922 – A plea for Minneapolis business men to aid Dunwoody
Institute in securing work for its students while they are in training and
locating positions for them when they have completed their courses was made by
Dr. C. A. Prosser, director, before the Minneapolis Rotary Club at its meeting
in the institute this noon.
“I ask you to try out the two-boy plan of employment,” Dr. Prosser said. “We will send you two boys to do anything you want them to do from scrubbing to trained work. Employ one for one week and one for the next. By this alternate employment each boy will be able to earn sufficient to remain in Dunwoody and keep up his studies as well.”
Dr. Prosser declared that the purpose of the institution was “to take a man at any time and train him for anything.” He explained that the institution conducted day and night classes without interruption throughout the year and during the past 10 months its enrollment had been 4,322 men ranging in age from 16 years to 60 years.
“I ask you to try out the two-boy plan of employment,” Dr. Prosser said. “We will send you two boys to do anything you want them to do from scrubbing to trained work. Employ one for one week and one for the next. By this alternate employment each boy will be able to earn sufficient to remain in Dunwoody and keep up his studies as well.”
Dr. Prosser declared that the purpose of the institution was “to take a man at any time and train him for anything.” He explained that the institution conducted day and night classes without interruption throughout the year and during the past 10 months its enrollment had been 4,322 men ranging in age from 16 years to 60 years.
Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain May 26, 2018,
as long as acknowledgement included.
“It is an institution for poor, plucky, worthy, ambitious boys and men,” Dr. Prosser said. “The men who come here are the cream of the working class and are paying the price to make something of themselves. I know of only one boy in the institution, and he was the son of a baker, who had his way entirely paid.
The day work of the school was described by R. T. Craig, assistant director, and the evening and extension work by Reed Bass, assistant director.
The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Jobs Are Sought for Dunwoody Students. Minneapolis Business Men Are Urged By Dr. C. A. Prosser to Provide Work.”; May 27, 1922; p. 4.
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