Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1926 — Page 25

MAY 27, 1926

WANTS COLLEGE MOTOR COURSES Ohio State University Professor’s Plan. Bu NEA Service COLUMBUS, 0., May 27.—John Younger, professor of industrial engineering at the Ohio State University. is urging colleges to include automobile courses in their scholastic programs. Prof. Younger believes that large automobile industries should encourage the college and the college students. A college-trained man who studied automotive engineering would be a good prospective executive for the large industries. The principle electriacl organizations are now going to the colleges for their men offering graduates good jobs with splendid opportunities. A similar policy should be adopted in the motor field, according to Prof. Younger.

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The highway commission of Wisconsin has approved a speed limit of forty miles an hour outside of city and villages, with a minimum of twenty-five miles. • • • More than $9,000,000 were spent last year for improvements on the .Lincoln Highway by the eleven States through which the continental motor route passes. * • * Because of the skidding hazard ©n the sharp turns and 6 to 8 per cent grades, five and one-half miles of the twenty-five mile road to be built along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park is to be permanently paved with concrete instead ©f light bituminous surface as originally planned. * • Tho State highway department of Virginia is planning a 500-mile road to be known as the "Virginia Historic Highway.” This highway will run from Washington through the many interesting spots of the State. * * * The National Park-to-Park Highway travels through eleven States, covering 6,000 miles. It takes tourists to America’s most interesting parks. • * The entrance fees to most of our

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national parks have been reduced by a recent Government ruling. • • • It is unsafe to drink water from mountain streams unless signs indicate that the water is pure. • • • Mountain clay roads become slippery after a heavy rain. Chains and heavy rope are precutions against skidding dangers. • * * Few motorists know that a modern automobile, in proportion to its weight, is three times as high-pow-ered as a .warship or a locomotive. • • * An unwatched camp fire may cause a forest fire that may endanger many lives and cost millions of dollars. * * * There are good roads in all of our national parks and hotels or permanent camps, or both, to provide tourists with accommodations during their visit. • * * The trip from Denver to the Rocky Mountain Park crosses the Continental Divide, reaches Grand Lake and crosses the Continental Divide again at Berthoud Pass. * • • In traversing the giant loop of the Park-to-Park Highway which links the National Parks, the tourist also

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posses through or near thirty of the national forests which offer a splendid short trip for motorist*. • • • The highly-colored gorge in Grand Canyon National Park is one mile deep and ten to twelve miles across. * • • Holbrook, Arizona, • is considered one of the gateways to the Painted

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Park-to-Park Highway, th* anelent village of Hawflcufe Is being uncovered by Dr. Hodges The road from Omaha t* Glacier Park 1* about 1,600 mile* long and passes through more than 100 towns. The motorlstß will average a town every forty-five minutes.