Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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i ' y 'W HUT , l '1 X ,. :t4:3: . .j' lull.,-ul Y ' N -sg ' - ' ' l '!!L!!!b'- 5-1 .. F' .- -. '5:5??f5:!EaE215Q? ' '.- . 3535455 JI. 1 fra! Q Q, 7g1,j 23.1523-Zu.. ' ,i--ff: J: I--9. Ihr, ...,.,. ,.., - '--ri-:1 2-fi-.-...r:..--Q-.:..1' -,' I 5 , ,.--g,.........,-g-.-.,..,.4 '.,-..' .-.',w, - .sg ..4-0. . . e.. .'..' ,',-.Z -:..- .: a .,. ' :' I work in the engine room of the ship and there I 'm constantly in contact with machinery of all kinds. The main job is to keep things running smoothly, and as most of the work is done while we are under way, it 's a pretty tough assignment sometimes. We rip pumps and machines apart and put them together--then hope they work. I'm just kidding there as we all know what we're doing or else we wouldn't be doing it. We also have a lathe. Only a few of us are allowed to use the lathe, as it is a very valuable piece of machinery and we can't take any chances. I've made use of many things I learned in school. I guess the main thing is the knowledge of machinery and mechanics. What I learned in Forge, Foundry, Sheet Metal, Machine Shop, and so forth, all comes in very handy. Next comes Mathematics. That is very important in every- thing you do and I only wish I knew more of it. Then Physics and Chemistry are also handy. In other words no matter what you take up can be used. Well I guess that's all I can say except that the Navy is 4.0 , which means swell -- 10075. I'm glad I'm in it, and I wouldn't trade with any one. Sincerely, V214 Vnaacimn October 21, U.S.S. Biddle. INFANTRY MAN PARADES BEFORE NOTABLES Army Avoids Shirkers Dear Mr. Perry: Do I recall anything about Tech? Well you can bet your last nickel I do. I'll never forget 16

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acknowledging receipt of the letter because I wanted to inform you at the same time how I made out on the entrance exams. Well, I passed. The mental was the hardest to get by. Sixty per cent failed. QCol1ege grads tooly Vocabulary, mechanical ability, knowledge of present day affairs,--all these were tested. Formal education hardly mattered. Seventy- five correct answers out of one hundred and fifty questions were required. In the physical test, about half of those remaining failed. From 6:50 A.M. until 11 A.M. we marched past x-ray machines, psychiatrists, dentists, doctors, internes with big needles for blood tests, fThey'take about a fountain-pen fully, and other army ogres. Then we waited a few hours to be sworn in. Now I'm a private in the Air Corps required toleaveforcampat21moment'snotice. There- fore, the next time you hear from me I will be in training. Thanks again for the fine recommendation. Respectful1y'yours, ww... 3 ,,z',.,.. October 29, Brooklyn, New York. TECH MAN WORKS IN SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM Shop, Math, Science Important for Success Dear Gerald: This is in answer to your letter of the 15th. I don't know exactly what I can tell you as my work is pretty complicated and outside of that, it'sgivingoutnulitarysecretstosaynmch. .. 15 Hi' Goa ,sw

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Fulton Street and Fort Greene Place, waiting on the signal to cross and then that hundred yard sprint to get in the door before the wrath of Mr. Mulqueen descended on me. I had a good record because I think he got me in his clutches once in my schooling there. Another favorite of mine was Mr. Fanning. I used to have at least two or three chatsQ?J a year with him. How about those first football games when Chris Hayden and Tellef Tellefson were both playing on Tech's newly created team! Those are memories hard to forget also. Ah, yes that favorite fourth period lunch with the mad dash for the basement elevators and then bucking the line as though it were the center of a brick wall. Do you know what my favorite class was? Well it was English 7 with Mrs. Greenberg up there at the front of the room. Did you know she had three favorite words? nKeller, wake up.' Yes, there are things about high school that you always can recall no matter how long you've been out. Well I have been in the Army for eight months and those eight months have flown by. Our first period was Basic Training in which we were taught Military Courtesy, Manual of Arms, and.Discipline. Then during the last part of the training, we were given our arms and equipment, new millimeter rifles, 45 caliber automatics and our deadly machine guns and 60 millimeter mortars. I am in the mortar section and hold the position of first gunner. Finally, we got the thrill of the whole thing when we were taken out on the range and allowed to fire our weapons. With our methods of training men to be accustomed to arms, it is no wonder that we are pretty good shots. Out of the entire company there were only eleven 'bolos' fmen who couldn't qualifyj. Many men were sharpshooters and experts and they had never fired a thirty caliber rifle before in 17 Kar ,sag 1