Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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As early as 1902 the question of a trade school was agitated in Indianapolis. As a result, on March 27, 1903, the The Arsenal Grounds were purchased from the govern- . ment for S15l,0O0. This amount was raised by popu- VOC3,t10Ha,l lar subscription. The proposed trade school opened in September, 1903, and offered courses in pharmacy, decorative painting, lithography, electric Wiring, and, later, applied sciences. This undertaking did not prove to be a financial success. The school was, therefore, gradually discontinued from 1909 to 1912, and the applied sciences were removed to Winona Lake. Thus the Winona Institute established the types of schools for practical education now carried on in the Vocational department, which is aided and in part supported by the state and Federal funds in accordance with the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. Shops The vocational schools now include some of the largest and most fully equipped shops in the state. Here 1,680 pupils receive the practical training of their choosing. The courses include four-period vo- cational and two-period pre-vocational classes, one- period classes in related subjects, and one period in mechanical drawing. All vocational pupils are Woodworking Shop In the Foundry required to take mechanical drawing. Then there are two two-period pre-vocational courses in building crafts and metal crafts. The vocational division is subdivided into five departments: Building Crafts, Metal Crafts, Auto Shop, Electrical Shop, and Mechanical Drawing. The Building Crafts department includes six different shops: carpentry, cement, plumbing, wood and metal finishing, cabinet-making shops, and the mill room. Enrolled in this department are four hundred eighty-six pupils. The carpentry shop trains pupils in the funda- mental processes of constructing wood frame build- ings. Practical experience is provided through the erection of a small-sized house in their shop room. Other projects are dog kennels and full-sized play houses. In the cement shop the pupils are taught how to mix cement for the desired strengths. Here they make bird baths, flower stands, and stepping stones. 1 Examples of their handiwork on the campus are side- walks, cement fountains, and stepping stones. In the plumbing shop the pupil follows the i plumbing trade in as practical a way as possible. The 15 'THE ARSENAL CANNON

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P The Commercial Department 14 THE. ' ARSEN AL CANNON L In Bookkeeping I the pupils learn the funda- mentals of bookkeeping, and hon' to keep a very sini- ple set of books. In Bookkeeping II the pupils learn to handle a more complicated set ol books, also, the ivlx-vs and wherefores of partnerships. In Bookkeep- ing III they study corporations, in Bookkeeping IV, cost estimating, introducing thc voucher system of bookkeeping. By the time the pupil has completed the courses in all four semesters, hc should be equipped to go out as a bookkecper for almost any business. In Salcsmanship I the pupil studies the prin- ciples of salesmanship and selling at retail. During the second semester he studies outside selling or two phases of more advanced selling, specialty selling and selling at wholesale. Business Organization, a two-semester course, is a study in applied economics. It covers some of the fundamental economic principles of business. A study is made of different forms of businesses, such as partnerships, single proprietorships, and corpora- tions , the conditions that cause changes in business 5 stocks and bonds, laws of contracts, insurance, and some of the different banking systems. An Office Practice Class In a Bookkeeping Class The Commercial department was formed in 1914. During its entire first year only seventy-five pupils were enrolled. New it has three thousand live hundred iifty-one pupils, with classes in stenography, typing, bookkeeping, oiiice practice, filing, machine calculating, business prac- tice, salesmanship, and business organization. In Oflice Practice classes, the pupils receive ac- tual office training, and come to knovv and to be known by the various department heads. In Office Practice II the pupil is really a part ot a small, com- pact otlice-an office carrying on the work of a small city-Tech. Stenography IIVS, a special group, is made up of pupils who have made a high record in Stcnography III. Every year the department holds a contest in stenography and typewriting. The tivo best pupils from each class are chosen to enter. A letter is dic- tated, the pupils .making the most nearly correct transcriptions being the winners. The pupils in typ- ing copy from printed material for a specified length of time, the length determined by the grade olf typing. The ones having the highest per cent of speed and accuracy are the winners.

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P 4 'The 'Voeadonal Shops 16 THE ARSENAL CANNON first courses present the ,llllllllilllllllljfill details ol' plumbing and gradually advance to the proper layout ol' plumhing in the modern house. The wood and metal finishing shop leac-hes the pupils to mix and apply paint on new wood and metal. Pupils are also taught to retinish old furni- ture Hllfl to use the paint spray. The inill room pupils turnish the other shops ol' the department with lumber cut to specified measure- ments. This involves accurate knowledge on the part ol' the Workers of hon' to manage the up-to-date mill room machinery. Many line specimens ot cahinets and furniture are made in the c-ahinet shop. Much ol' the otiice fur- niture, such as hook-cases, eahinets, counters, and desks which are now in use i11 Tech came from this department. The more advanced pupils i11 this course make many custom-built cabinets. The Metal Trades department is composed ol' the pattern making shop, l3Olllllll'.V, machine, sheet metal, and Forge shops. The pattern shop constructs patterns for differ- ent articles, such as anvils, gears, machine parts, and many other useful things. Auto Shop p Pattern Making Shop The pupils in the foundry carry out the plans of the finished patterns. They set the molds, melt tl1e iron, and pour tl1e melted i1'on into the molds, tl111s making the article desired. These are mostly raw castings. l'upils in tl1e machine shop take tl1e raw castings made hy the foundry and shape, mill, drill, and other- wise finish them. Projects of this shop are the mak- ing of small tools, machine repairs, and general maintenance. lll tl1e sheet metal shop classes are taught the tuiulaniental processes of soldering and making use- ful articles from tin, galvanized iron, and other metals. Such things as ti11 cups, cake cutters, tin boxes, extensions for chimneys, and the like are made. The torge shop teaches pupils the art of heating metals to tl1e proper temperature for shaping, weld- ing, and heat treating into any form desired. The products are chains, c-hisels, screw drivers, ice picks, tire sets, and other practical articles. The two-year vocational course ill automobile construction and repair olters an opportunity to those pupils preparing theniselres for the automobile -. .. .