ENGINEERING SCHOOL TO OPEN IN WROCLAW

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 371
• Publication Date: May 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAII COIIFIOEn~IRL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT 50X1-HUM
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Sociological - Education, training
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Wroclaw; Olsztyn
DATE
PUBLISHED 16 Jan - 1 Feb 1950
LANGUAGE
THIS OOCUAEHT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT EO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ENGINEERING SCHOOL TO OPEN IN WROCLAW
OVER 700 APPLY FOR ADMISSION -- Slowo Polskie, No 32, 1 Feb 50
With the expansion of industry under the Six-Year Plan, the demand for spe-
cialists, technicians, and other type engineers runs into thousands. Since
polytechnicums alone cannot supply the demand for trained personnel, the Evening
School of Engineering will be opened in Wroclaw. Four to five-hour lectures will
be, given at the evening classes. Those who have completed a technical lyceum,
have had at least 2 years'-technical experience, and at present are employed at a
technical job, are eligible for classes.
The 3-year curriculum of the evening school is equivalent to the first 3
years of study (Class I degree) at a polytecbnicum and the students get a theo-
retical knowledge of their job. Lectures will be held in the NOT building lo-
cated on Swierczewskiego Street; laboratory work will be done at the Wroclaw
Polytechnic*) Students will have no home work. A diploma from this school
means that;the holder has had the same vocational training as at a polytechnicum.
Qualified students after completing this course may. continue further studies
(Class II degree) at the polytechnicums (4th and 5th year) for a master's degree.
Specializatidn begins in-the third year of training and students are assured
of a thorough knowledge of the technical subject they have chosen. The curriculum
is under four faculties.
The Faculty of Mechanics is divided into the following departments: construc-
tion, energetics and kinetics, and repair shops.-
The Faculty of Electricity consists of operation, construction, radiotechnol-
ogy, and teletechnology departments.
The Faculty of Construction has civil engineering and architectural depart-
The Faculty of chemistry includes ceramics, coal, and food and fermentation
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Eugeniusz Kuczynski, professor at the Wroclaw Polytechnicum, is the rector
of the Evening School of Engineering and prominent specialists are lecturers.
The academic year opens 1 March. Even before the announcement of official en-
rollment, over 700 members of technical societies applied for admission.
GIVES COURSE IN WORK SAFETY PRECAUTIONS -- Slowo Polskie, No 29, 29 Jan 50
The Main Electrotechnical Institute in Wroclaw was the first to organize a
2-day course in safety precautions for electrical installations. Two hundred
and fifty delegates from all parts of Poland attended the course. Among them
were 30 engineers, 7 doctors, 120 technicians, 50 officials of BHP (Work Safety
and Hygienic Precautions), and workers from Wroclaw, Krakow, Katowice, Lublin,
Olsztyn, and Szczecin wojewodztwos. The course covered safety precautions and
first aid. Professors from the Polytechnicum, Wroclaw University, and the Medi-
cal Academy were lecturers.
Professor Skowronski, dean of the Electric Faculty of the Polytechnicum,
explained the variable resistance of the human body to electric current. This
resistance, under certain conditions such as dampness, drops and even a low-
voltage current becomes dangerous. Professor Doctor Popielski, vice-rector of
the Medical Academy, stated that if shock does not kill the person immediately,
it may impair the heart activity or the nerve center of the respiratory system,
causing death through suffocation.
Professor Kurdziel discussed the technical side of the electrical equip-
ment. In the USSR the limit of tolerance is 12 volts. In Poland it has been
42 volts; now it is 24 volts. A worker now most receive a written order for
each high-tension electric job so that in case of an accident, responsibility
may be ascertained.
Engineer Centkiewicz explained a new method of using a stream of water in
putting out an electrical equipment fire without shutting off the current.
OFFERS COURSES FOR MOUNTAIN RESCUE WORKERS -- Slowo Polskie, No 21, 21 Jan 50
In the near future, a 3-day course for mountain rescue workers, organized
by PTT (Polish Tatry Society), will be held in Jelenia Gora. The purpose of
this course is to train local workers of the FWP, soldiers of the Border Guard
and members of the MO (Citizens' Militia) in giving aid to the injured or lost
tourists in the mountains. Managers of PTT's mountain shelters, who are experi-
enced mountain guides, will be the lecturers. Over 40 candidates applied for
the course.
PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED FROM ONE CENTRAL POINT -- Zycie Olsztynskie, No 16,
16 Jan 50
Ruch State Enterprise for Colportage, created by the law of 28 December
1949, has started functioning. E. Herbst is the general manager.
Ruch's responsibility will be the distribution of all ppblications. Up to
now, each publishing house handled its own circulation, entailing a large number
of clerical and shipping personnel.
RSW Prasa and the Czytelnik Publishing Cooperative already belong to Ruch.
During February, the remaining publishing houses will be included.
The Ministry of Posts and Telegraph, which has jurisdiction over Ruch, will
increase the number of rural mail carriers and will equip them with automobiles
to help Ruch carry out its tasks.
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