Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Almost every student visits the Industrial Arts building for one or more of its practical courses, whether it ' s re- quired for their major or not. They know the value of the courses. Here ' s a peek at some of the divisions and what they are doing looks interesting, doesn ' t it? DRAWING . . This group is right m the middle of an important mechanical drawing problem. They do everything from machine drawing to architectural blueprints. Their stuff is professional enough to rate many of them very e.xcellent jobs upon graduation. Mr. O. L. Freeman (right) is the center of this revolving wheel. WOOD SHOP . . I don ' t know the name of that particular machine, folks, but those boys do, I ' ll bet. They may be working on anything from a lamp to a bed, but whatever it is you can bet It will be very good. By the way, the first models of an artificial satellite for the earth, now being developed at the Huntsville Arsenal, were made in our shop by a MTSC alumnus, Ross Rives, and our wood shop instruc- tor, Mr. Phillip Dalton (right).

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS P Oixlded. Ian, Gneatiae This modern looking structure houses the Industrial Arts Department and one of which we are certainly proud. It is the finest any place. It comprises six unit shops and a general shop with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of modern equipment, both big and little, that can turn out the finished products, from plastic pens to alumi- num fishing boats in nothing flat.

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MACHINE SHOP . . Here they work in metals just like they do in wood in the other shop. It ' s truly a modern-day wonder to find so many interesting and worth-while articles being turned out m true form amid all the noises of hammers and machin- ery. Here the art of tooling metals is perfected. Super- vising work at a lathe here is our instructor, Mr. Edwin Voorhies. CRAFTS SHOP . . This IS the crafts shop. The products turned out by the students are really of professional origin, just as clever and original as you can find. Plastics and leather are the main mediums, being turned into belts, pocketbooks, lamps, desk sets, and just about anything else you ' d want. We have a new instructor in this department who came just a few months ago, Mr. James Howard Gonce. ELECTRICITY . . Finally we come to electricity, which is very important in our present day living. It is practical electricity, but it includes everything from house wiring to fixing an iron cord. One student in the department is even building his own television set. The frame work of a house has actually been built in the shop and students can get on-the-spot experience in wiring procedures. Mr. John Williams is our instructor here. TF ' .:?-