Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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IN OTHER SHOPS, BOYS ARE BUSY WITH ELEC- TRICITY, a course concerned with electrical theory. Elec- tricity 10 covers the use of tools and materials. In the second part the- pupils do a house-wiring job. Electricity 11 is a course in beginning radio. They build phonograph players, small PA amplifiers and learn maintenance work on amplifi- ers, test radio tubes or install phono pickups. The pupils work according to blueprint. They do repair jobs for the school, such as fixing movie projectors and doing the wiring on private phones. Mr. Abel gives John and Dave some pointers MACHINE SHOP is a four year course. The purpose of this course is mainly to learn how to run machines, learn about tools and equipment and to prepare the boys for later work. Some of the machines they have are: milling machine, shaper, drill press, lathes, cylindrical grinder, surface grinder. Some of the items they make are: cross pin, hammers, tap wrench, V block and clamps, machinist clamps, “C”’ clamps, parallels and lathe centers. During the last three days of March there was an Industrial Arts National wention at Terre Haute. Teachers presented projects and work of their classes. Seniors submit their best work to the Industrial Club of Elkhart. Edman at the drill press Here in AUTO MECHANICS, the fundamental principles of cars are studied. Students get theory and practice of Auto Mechanics. This course includes the study, main- tenance, and repair of automobile engines, carburetion, electrical and battery work. Work is done on engines which are in running condition. Because welding is used in repairing, part of the work is devoted to acetylene welding. The pupils are allowed to do outside work. Del and Jack doctor a sick engine

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A Place For Everything mor re Say TT 4 ‘ec: 4 Y Se | Jim and Frank start the presses rolling Maeve CEAgoES BEGIN .. . THE PRINTING COURSE is a very important course around E.H.S. These boys print material for the school. such as: Pennant Weekly, tickets, programs, report cards, stationery, posters, and Central Spirit. The Printing course is a three-year course. Printing 10 teaches the boys printing terms, system of measurements, lay-out work, and ruled forms. Teaching procedures include demonstrations, field trips and lectures. Printing 11 is a course in which the boys have the opportunity to learn to run the various machines. In Printing 12, much emphasis is placed on skill de- velopment. The boys should be able to print any school form and specialize either on the linotype, Kluge press or the cylinder press. Also, they should be responsible for make-up, ads or corrections on the Pennant Weekly. Bud puts on the finishing touch

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MR. ORGAN, VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR, GETS ACQUAINTED WITH the two new teachers in his office over in the annex. The two newcomers are Mr. John Morgan, who teaches Auto Mechanics, and Mr. Jon Abel, who teaches Electricity. Mr. Organ explains the con- nection between his department and the industries of our city, telling them a little about the evening and apprentice classes. By now, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Abel are very much at home in good old E.H.S. with the students, as well as the faculty. Mr. Abel, Mr. Organ and Mr. Morgan VOCATIONAL DRAWING is a course for seniors expecting to enter industry. The first few weeks of the year, they learn to letter and then to draw plans for machine parts, and the tools used in the Machine Shop. They assist the annual staff by making the junior and senior panels. The pupils spend three hours in class daily. Mr. Hamilton guides the boys in drawing house plans and teaches them to read blue prints accurately. After each student has learned the basic principles of his work, he is required to design some small machine. The boys must strive to do good work all through the year, because a good recommendation is very helpful to a young job- seeker. Making blue prints DRAWING 10 is the first course given in the high school beyond General Shop Drawing. The language used in this course, called the graphic language, is the language of industry. In order to use this language, the student must be able to visualize an object and make necessary views of it. Mr. Anderson instructs the boys in the use of the drawing board, tee square, compass, and triangle. First in the course of Mechanical Drawing, free-hand sketching is stressed. Then comes the view drawing and the pictoral drawing, which completes the years course. The basic understanding will make it easier for him to read drawings in any of the shops in which he may work. Drafting means accuracy Bers Zo 8