Central High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Bill Youngborg, Herbert Ehlers, and Robert Albrecht watch as Mr. Wehlago operates the machine lathe. THE MEN Never before has a trainee at D.H.S. had so many opportunities offered to him in industrial arts as he now has. Only a few years ago cadets' minds were planning some motor for their new gas model airplane or making other ar- ticles for their work bench or for some room at home. Sept. 2, 1939, England declared war on Germany; Dec. 7, 1941, Japan at- tacked Pearl Harbor, and America plunged all-out into a war against tyr- anny. Thoughts of a gas model plane are now turned to the actual bomber or fighter plane and how the student can help build them. First the boys must have thorough training before they apply for jobs in war plants. The industrial arts classes shifted from a peacetime schedule to a wartime program. The boys are taught how to turn out war weapons quickly, accurately, and safely. Industrial arts instructors, left to right: Francis N. Scapple, Robert Wehlage. Robert Hen- ning, A. F. Wiegmann, and Harvey M. Waffle. 26

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Science instructors, left to right: Miss M. Rae Johns, Harvey H. Voris, Leslie C. Goss, and J. M. Hitchings. OF FLIGHT utilized by them in future education beyond high school. Now for another side of the science depart- ment — the ologies. When looking over the high school's program of studies and see- ing biology, zoology, and physiology, many of the trainees shun away, believing subjects with such names to be dull and uninteresting. But dissecting frogs and grasshoppers, learning about snakes and fish, and even learning the physical makeup of our own bodies becomes interesting. Girls entering the cadet nursing corps find such subjects particularly helpful and informative. The science of flight — aeronautics — is another subject popular with the boys. Most boys when looking forward to graduation, also look forward to the air corps and a career in aviation. The fundamentals of flight, taught at high school, will give the boys a taste of their basic training before entering the air corps. The scientist's job of improving man’s life while on earth can only be visualized, but future generations will tell the tale. Top: Working with a human-size model in Mr. Hitch- ing ' physiology class are, left to right: Janet Crissey, Gloria Carpenter, and Jim Shirk. Above: Studying the rudiments of flight in Mr. Atkins' aeronautics class are: Richard Cody, Bill Potter, James Lothringor, Ernest Hill, and Phil Mayer.

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Extremo loft: Ernost Hill and Glon Lamp set up a job in Mr. Holbrook's ad- vanced printing class. Bill Munson works on a sand mold in Mr. Gesell's foun- dry class. WHO KEEP ’EM FLYIN6” INDUSTRIAL ARTS Patience and a watchful eye are absolute require- ments when working on precision instruments, be- cause a slip-up in testing these instruments may take the life of some fighting man if he receives defective material. Most of the boys have to start from the beginning with the slow process of learn- ing the fundamentals step by step, but off on the horizon they can see a vision of that war job await- ing them. No matter when you walk by the industrial arts building, the presses will be rolling and the drone of the machines can be heard. Boys seeking prac- tical education in blue print reading, welding, me- chanical drawing, patternmaking, or molding spend many hours in the building trying for a perfected product. In the printing department the advanced classes may be found printing the school paper, THE BLACKHAWK, running off play programs, P. T. A. announcements, or postors for a vocal department program, while the beginning classes are learning to hand-set type. A new class of girls has been added to this year's war training program. Senior girls are being trained to check precision instruments. By June graduation they will have completed the entire course and will be eligible for a job as an inspector of precision instruments in the various war plants and factories covering the Tri-cities. The lights in the industrial arts building continue to burn, day and night, day after day, week after week, month after month, enabling both fellows and girls to receive their training and bring the day of victory just a little closer! Studonts at work in Mr. Waffle's I OB mechanical drawing class. Industrial arts instruct- ors. left to right: C. G. Holbrook, Charles A. Gosoll, L. F. Wass, di- rector; and Forrest Sissol. 27