Mr. Coey commenced as a small farmer boy himself, and he knows that the country boys are even more ambitious than those in the city, but they do not have the opportunities like the city boys. And because he knew that there were plenty of such young men all over the country, who would be able to fill just such positions, if they could but prepare themselves, and at the same time to supply the demand from his customers throughout the country for good honest young men he founded this School. [Illustration] A Word About our President Mr. C. A. Coey Mr. Coey has been prominently identified with the automobile business in Chicago from its inception, in fact, he is the pioneer automobile man of Chicago. He constructed the first building ever erected in America for an automobile garage, which is now standing at the corner of Cottage Grove Avenue and 53rd St., Chicago, Illinois. [Illustration: The first building erected for an Automobile Garage--built by C. A. Coey.] He placed the first taxicabs on the streets of Chicago and now owns the best in the city. [Illustration: The first taxicab seen in Chicago--C. A. Coey, owner.] He is one of the few who made a success of the automobile livery business, beginning with one car and increasing to fifty. Commencing with practically nothing, he built up not only the largest automobile livery business in the country, but also the largest automobile sales business in America. The companies bearing his name now maintain a large garage and salesroom. Mr. Coey is intimately connected with some of the foremost men of this country and is well known as an automobile manufacturer and dealer throughout the country, and a _DIPLOMA_ with his name signed to it is the best thing you can have when looking for any kind of employment in the automobile industry. He has secured more good paying positions for his students and friends than all other auto schools in America combined, because he is so well known. [Illustration: At the left--C. A. Coey, next to him--Charles Bonaparte, grandson of the late Napoleon the Great.] [Illustration: Ex-Vice-President Fairbanks, C. A. Coey, and Judge Hanecy.] [Illustration: C. A. Coey, at the left, and U. S. Senator "Pitchfork" Tillman.] [Illustration: William Hoppe, the world's champion billiardist, in the front seat with C. A. Coey at the wheel.] [Illustration: C. A. Coey at the wheel and Rube Waddell, the famous ball player, by his side.] [Illustration: Packy McFarland, Chicago's star boxer, in one of Mr. Coey's machines.] [Illustration: Charles J. Glidden in his rail riding automobile and C. A. Coey in the rear to the right.] Mr. Coey has won more twenty-four hour races than any other man living and holds the world's record for twenty-four hours for a one-man driver, covering 990 miles without a minute's rest. [Illustration: Start of the 24 hour race at Chicago--won by C. A. Coey.]