TUCK SCHOOL DEMONSTRATIONS MEET WITH SUCCESS
An innovation in the work of the Tuck School which has met with great success this year is a series of office appliance demonstrations. The exhibitions of equipment have been made possible through the co-operation of the National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers, and serve a dual purpose : that of acquainting the individuals in the first and second year Tuck School courses with the latest developments in the form of mechanical devices for assisting in the more efficient conduct of office routine, and of affording the makers of these machines some exceedingly valuable publicity.
Arrangements looking forward to the institution' of these demonstrations grew out of a conversation between Dean Gray and Mr. C. K. Woodbridge when the latter was in Hanover last winter. Mr. Woodbridge is Sales Manager for the Dictaphone, and is President of the National Association of Office Appliance Manufacturers. He took the proposition up with the members of his association at their convention in Dayton, Ohio, last May, where the idea immediately met with a favorable reception Twenty members of the association signified their intention of co-operating with the Tuck School
Th exhibitors have gone to the extent of shipping equipment worth several thousands of dollars to Hanover for the instruction of the members of the School. In every case, the equipment has been explained by a special salesman or official of the company. The School, on its part, has fitted up a room on the first floor to serve as an office appliance laboratory, and as most ,of the equipment has been left in Hanover for a period of a month or more, plenty of time. was available in which the students could familiarize themselves with the operation of the various machines. Mr. A. M. Cate, a member of the Tuck School faculty, has devoted an hour a day to the explanation of the uses of the equipment, and local business men as well as students have been welcome.
The first demonstration took place November 2, when Mr. J. D. Haughey, District Manager for the Monroe Calculating Machine Company, explained the Monroe. Additional exhibitions followed in rapid succession, as follows : Nov. 9, Mr. C. E. Graves, Library Bureau; Nov. 16, Mr. D. A. Householder, Baker-Vawter Co.; Nov. 22, Mr. Driscoll, Burroughs Adding Machine Co.; Nov. 29, Mr. F. W. Wheeler, District Manager, Sundstrand Adding Machine Co.; Dec. 1, Mr. H. G. Wells, Sales Manager, Barrett Adding Machine Co.; Dec. 6, Mr. G. L. Rogers, District Manager, Wales Adding Machine Co.; Dec. 14, Mr. Edward Kiley, Felt & Tarrant Co. (The Comptometer) ; Dec. 20-22, The Tabulating Machine Co. (demonstrated at Boston, Mass.) ; Jan. 9, Mr. W. L. Todd, Vice-President, The Todd Protectograph Co. Several of the demonstrators- have accompanied their talks with motion pictures, which have made the explanation especially effective.
In the months to come, the following firms are expected to send representatives to Hanover: Brown-Howland Co.; L. C. Smith & Bros.; Mail-o-meter Co.; Remington Typewriter Co.; Yawman & Erbe; Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder; Dayton Moneyweight Scale Co.; Elliot Fisher Co. (bookkeeping machines); Ditto, Inc.; and The Dictaphone.
