Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Colton Brehm Savoge Neblette Dobbs Thronson PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY PHOTO technique has gone to wad And most of our Photographic Department with it. Not only have they sapped our supply of students, but they included Doc Savage in their greetings. Al- though we hate to begrudge the Armed Forces their vast technical knowledge, we certainly miss them! However, in their wake came a Signal Corps in- vasion—From here, there, and everywhere they came—most recently from Astoria, Long Island to discover just how technical this watching the birdie stuff can be. Although they barely skim the surface of our regular photo tech course, we marvel at their four-week capacity. It includes training in the fundamentals of photography and camera repair work. For the boys that are yet to be called into the Service, of which there are few, believe me, the curriculum has been geared to war-time demands. Aerial mapping has been added to better prepare the boys for the pho- tographic divisions of the Army Air Corps and the Signal Corps in which they will eventually find themselves. There is an urgent need for photographic special- ists. Our boys ore rapidly filling this vacancy as they graduate specialists with little need of fur- ther training. 18

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Biehler Brodie Hagberg Clark Goebel Martin Elberfeld Donaldson MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION THE Mechanical Department has been busy this year in an ail out effort to train the man behind the man behind the gun. And that's not al!—it's training the women to fill the vacancy, fast grow- ing as men go into the army. The Institute has been literally taken over by these feminine war workers. They come from various manufacturing concerns all over the city to be trained in the highly technical work which they will be called upon to perform when they return to their jobs. Most of them are here for six or eight weeks during which time they learn machine shop operation, precision work, and the fundamentals of machine shop practice such as filing and meas- uring. There are other girls studying drafting as there is an urgent need for this type of skill all over the country. These girls work half time ond are in school the rest of the time. They are picked for their ability in mathematics and art work. Our regular course has changed little from its past curriculum. However, the evening school has add- ed courses in Metallurgy and Plastics. 17

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Medden Ritchie DeWitt Colton Soroce Culver PRINTING AND THE essentiality of printing today should be well understood by the public. It is through this me- dium that we know our standing in the war. There- fore, our printing department is furthering this effort Knowing this trade in its every phase en- ables each man to step into a position vacated by a person entering the Armed Forces and carry- ing it out intelligently and capably. Since our department does not work cooperatively, we can jn two yeors of schooling concentrate our learning on newer methods and delicate systems of printing under the extremely poor conditions of the wor areas. Our men have not entered any special branch of the Armed Forces. They do, however, enter into printing in whichever branch they are located. In the navy or army we now have men who are act- ing officials carrying on the necessary work to further our victory. PUBLISHING 10