Abbott Technical High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Danbury, CT)

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The whole world of electricity is so broad that most workers find it necessary to specialize in some small part of the work. Some become linemen for power and telephone companies, others go into factory work, installing, serving and maintaining the many electrical devices used in modern industry. Perhaps the widest span of electrical work is found by the journeyman elec- trician employed by an electrical contractor. He may be wiring a new home store, or oiiceg he may be hooking up some motors in an industrial concern or wiring a large sign on a roof. He is continually meeting new situations which call for real problem solving on his part. He must demonstrate and apply a real understanding of basic knowledge. Throughout the four years the student receives training in shop and theory to provide him with the basic skills and necessary knowledge so that industry can develop him into an experienced journeyman, and later a supervisor in the world's most expanding industry. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT MR. JAMES WILD MR. HENRY WENT -if

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DRAFTING DEPARTMENT MR. H. ALBERT HUNFALVY The Making of a Mechanical Draftsman Here at Henry Abbott Technical School Mr. H. Albert Hunfalvy, is successfully turning out more and more capable draftsmen every year. This year, he has the largest drafting class he has ever had, in twenty- four years of faithful service, he also has the largest graduating class in the history of the school. In four years he successfully changes a freshmanis mind into a man's thought, so that he may be able to accept the responsibilities of a man able to take his place in industry. The Drafting Trade has become a very technical and demanding field, but Henry Abbott will always be ready to fulfill industrial demands. in-f r . fA

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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MR. GINO BONFIETTI Although the class of 1964 will be the fourth to graduate from Industrial Electronics, it will be the first to complete the four year program. The student has a variety of choices from which to select in the field of Electronics which includes radio and television servicing, or Htroubleshootingj' to electronic engineering. Radio and television are only two branches of elec- tronics, but their fundamental principles can be applied to a multitude of industrial devices. The two departmental instructors do an excellent job pre- paring students who have little difficulty being assimilated into a rapidly expanding field. The freshman and sophomore classes, taught by Mr. James DiMeglio, learn the basics of electricity through the principles of alternating and direct currents, construction of vacuum tubes, transistors, and some radio trouble- shooting. In the junior and senior years, Mr. Gino Bonfietti, department head, teaches the principles of circuits. Upon completion of simple circuits, more complex circuits and systems are studied. The graduate from Abbott Tech's Industrial Electronics Program can either go directly into industry as a technician, or may continue his education in a technical institute or college. ...,.. i MR. JAMES Di MEGLIO