American Institute of Laundering - Annual Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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FRONT ROW Cleft to rightj-Maurice L. Papp, P. Edward Jefferis, David Grier Perkins, Jr., Bernard S. Gerskovitz, Avon Karp, Margaret F. Schwartz, Leonard Arkiss, Ben S. Pollock, Ralph VV. French, VVarren Thomas Davies, Carlyle Morton CInstructorJ. SECOND ROW Cleft to rightj-Paul McCoy, Thomas Charles Campbell, James E. Potts, Henry Robeck, Lawrence C. Deibold, Richard T. Impson, John Barlow, Ir., Alfred J. Rawlinson, Stanley M. Hansen. THIRD ROW Cleft to rightj-C. H. Lanham CDirector of Schoolj, Gordon Pigott, Walton E. Richwine, Alfred T. Batchelder, Ir., Preben Becker, james G. Mac- keclinie, Jr., Presley A. Martin, O. C. Harris. BACK ROW Cleft to rightj-Arthur I. Anderson CManager, Research and Textiles Departmentl, Hugh F. Carroll Clnstructorj, Robert Henry Stoer, Paul Dorris, Albert C. Menk, Irwin Harris, Henry Mar. one evening in the Institute cafeteria for the students and staff. Refreshments were served later in the evening. Through this get- together we became better acquainted with each other and with the staff. It was truly a delightful event. We gave a bang-up party for ourselves in the early part of February at the Trojan Hall. Pappy kept his record perfect with one of his famous fade-outs. Those that did not feel like dancing spent their time viewing the river from the back porch. Your friend, D. Tergent, wonders if anyone did see the river? We boarded a bus early one morning and were off to Decatur to visit the Staley Starch plant. Upon our arrival there We were wel- comed and immediately set out on a tour of the administration building. At the end of this tour we were the guests of the Staley Company for luncheon in the office cafeteria. After lunch, special guides from the labora- tory took the class through the huge starch plants in detail. The flu epidemic hit the A.I.L. just as it did practically everywhere else. Many stu- dents Were ill, as were some of the instruc- tors. Art Anderson was the hardest hit, but came out of it in time to climb on his soap box and tell of the evils of smoking. The last Week of the course proved to be rather quiet. I do not think this quiet was caused by final exams as much as it was by the realization of the group that many stu- dents were leaving to take up duties in their home plants. Page Eleven ':.f f'I'3'S 4 f' K! Of 'FIN .dl 5' - -,,,, .,1 ,k,:.wv,,:-:. I! 1 'r sv .' '- ,' . -'rf ' .,-an 'A.w'1.f, 'K' 7' 5 45' 2 2 fl:9Ylf?Tf.l2 .355 'ni-,f-2T n'5'ff'-' . 'TJ L F W fflgffiagifiiirf-'ziinf' ' cv ,, -. .,. .EM-EEK? 'W' ,V J I . ..,--M

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textiles and waslmroom practice The potentiometer indicates a pH of 5.3 in this sample from the last rinse. HE opening day of this course was an eventful one in that new students were greeted and the rest of us retold the happenings of the just recent holiday vaca- tion. A feminine touch was added to the class with the enrollment of our one female stu- dent, Margaret Schwartz. It was shortly after that she became known as A+ Marga- ret. Paul McCoy continued to be late for class. This time, however, he had excuses. He used the one about the governor on his new Plymouth. , - The school saw fit to purchase new uni- forms for the Sudsmen. Very nice, too. They finished the first round play-off in a tie for iirst place, but in the second round our Sudsmen tied for second. The season ended with a better than .500 average for the team. Snow fell by the bucketfull until it reached almost a foot in depth and enforced a most welcome holiday, for it was impossible to drive through the streets and walking was treacherous. A few hardy students who did make it on foot to the Institute, helped out in the commercial plant. O. C. Harris and Tommy Campbell making an ideal two girl shirt unit. Some of the students who did not have their snowshoes with them were content to stay in the Y and make model airplanes. It seems that Ben Pollock and Dick Impson made more and better planes than the rest of the group. D. Tergent did not consider his life worth a plugged nickel in the gym, with model planes zooming around his head, so to bed to catch up on sleep. ' On a Saturday afternoon the sporting event of the season took place. The staff defeated the student team in a bowling match. Art Anderson proved to be the mainstay for the staff with his high game of 214, which also helped. The match ended with the staff leading by a slim margin of 31 pins. Everything went along fine in the student laundry with the exception of one event. It seems that a Mr. Gershkovitz, better known as O'Brien, tried a new method of classifi- cation. Green sweat shirts are now to be washed with the white work. Note: this leaves a slight greenish hue in white shirts. The movie, The Lost World, was shown So, if you control the temperature, mechanical action, and pH, there' will be no felting. Page Ten

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sales, service, and advertising course You see, in vertical filing, the clerk can go through the cards in very little time. HE Sales and Advertising Course started off with a bang. Our new professor, Paul Jones, initiated us with a quiz. No doubt he was as unimpressed with our intelligence as we were with that sort of an opening. Every day in Sales class brought more and more lively discussions. Mrs. Grady led them with a will, but more and more often became upset with her Canaries when they whistled at odd moments. Sales films were shown by members of the class who later led discussion on the various points they brought up. Entertainment was provided after each of these by a little recur- ring skit entitled, I'll get that darned bundle from this house if it kills us both. All hands took the title roles at one time or another, but we unanimously elect Mrs. Jeff as the most domestic of the gamut of housewives we had to cope with. We took a field trip to Chicago, not in a bus this time, but in the cars belonging to some of the students and staff. We spent the entire morning becoming more and more amazed at the variety of processes going on at the Cuneo Press. Of course the hike through their plant reminded us of our Boy Scout days. After lunch, for which we split up, we met at the Daily News building and saw how a metropolitan newspaper is pro- duced from top to bottom and at length. Again we separated for supper and after- wards went through the NBC studios and heard the Carnation Hour being broadcast. It may have been coincidental, but we rather suspect the statement about the pre-shrunk ' milk. Our Spring Formal, better known as just a party, was held at the Trojan Hall and was a howling success. Music, dancing, and gen- eral good spirits prevailed. We found the back porch still good for those tired feet and for inhaling the fragrance of the river. Our advertising campaigns proved to be more work than We expected. But we worked with a will and with the help of Paul Jones, and despite ourselves, they were finished. Some of our stuff turned out to be pretty good, and some of it even usable. We had an interesting sidelight in a trip through the Joliet Herald-News. We started in the advertising department and followed the steps in making an ad from the idea through the layout, engraving, typesetting, mat-making, stereotyping, and finally seeing it come rolling from the giant press. We finally saw how the mysterious processes we By the same token, you could move this element down and make it a reverse plate. - Page Twelve