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

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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

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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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Stompe Hogodone Fritz MoMenhoff Koch RETAILING THE War-time program of the Retailing Depart- ment is primarily work which hos a strong influ- ence on civilian morale. While in school we learn about developments of new materials resulting from the conservation of our old standbys. We follow up recent trends which will affect our work in each of our courses namely—Costume Art, Interior Decoration, and Retail Distribution. On the job we are well equipped with knowledge usable in explanations to customers who can't quite understand the many changes which, occur- ring every day, seem to effect them so greatly. We do our best to overcome the problem con- fronting us now; that of having the goods for the customer when she wants them. If there need be a substitute, we try to get her the best possible. An increasing number of our retailers are enter- ing the service and are doing themselves proud in their work. The men are primarily in the Quarter- master Corps and Signal Corps. The women thus far have entered the services of the WAACS and WAVES. 20