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

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power Live steam goes in here and makes that wheel go 'round like a button. ERY few of those who were there can forget that first day of school.. . .Miss House cheery and full of welcome, Walt peppy and friendly, and Cec reserved, but friendly, too. There we were all intro- duced, and it can be said that from that first moment we were as old buddies. What a bunch.. . .all types from all places! Drawly Gabe Martin from New Mexico, husky Larry Deibold from up New York wayg Short Stuff Pappyg Silent Hank from Chi- cagog and not so silent Arky from the same place. Shuffling Avon Karp left his gal in Syracuse, and Warren Davies left his in Co- lumbus. Benjy Pollock came from Arkansas, slide rule in hand. O. C. and Irwin Harris met and immediately called each other Pop and Son. Yes, sir. . .a great bunch. The course opened with a bang and main- tained a high state of interest all the Way Pa plant course through, although there were moments when Electricity had us feeling as low as a ground- hog.. . . Pete Becker excepted, of course. There were several highlights to be re- membered in the Power Course. Our terrific shellacking of the faculty in softball, a vic- tory made easier by Walt's errors in left field and Larry Deibold's hitting was one such high- light. Al Menk's late arrival was another. Then there were our trips to Chicago... always instructive. And, after all, what would the Power Course be without those two insults to clean- liness.. . .the cleaning of the Heat Reclaimer and the Exploration of the Boiler? The ar- rival of Becker to clean the former in his plus-four baggy pantaloons was a howl.. .. nothing more nor less. The sight of Ed Blois standing knee-deep in mud was an inspiration to any real working man fof which very few were presentj. The boiler job was a great one. Fellows like Pollock or Harris could get in every- where, but Blois and Gross could only make In the. case of a motor, the current goes mto the armature through these brushes. ge Six

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s ntroduction It is an acknowledged fact that history is best Written by those Who are a part of it. Pepys, Casanova, and Cellini are read Widely because they Wrote of events of which they themselves were a part. It is for this reason that the class has delegated us to Write this History of the American Institute of Laundering Class of 1939. We are D. Tergent, a member of the class, who has witnessed every event to be described. Like Walter Durant, We Write as We please. Let no one be offended as We record this momentous school year. I

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vt- va: 'Rl' 5' . - - -i Lrg-1 '- .. 3.. f.-ug, r.-.Q I .-1 ' . 1-f' wg . ,'.m1q j?5.'-f if .f- MM- 1 ' ' - Y :V -- ' '-5.1. jY.'m'eS5z'f?f4',15g 3-I -' X . ' . . ' ' . 1' K ' - -- K -f 2 'f 4.z':2'. 513: J ,. 3iUl.51'.:1:-I.-' -. G '- '-'- Y - FRONT ROW' Cleft to rightj-Maurice Papp, I. Ralph Hill, David Grier Perkins, Avon Karp, Lawrence C. Deibold, John Barlow, Ir., Irwin Harris, Leonard Arkiss, Warren T. Davies. SECOND ROVV Cleft to right?-P. Edward Jefferis, Ben S. Pollock, Henry Robeck, Presley A. Martin, Alfred I. Rawlinson, Edward James Blois, NVilliam B. Tench. Conrad A. Miller. BACK ROW Cleft to rightb-C. H. Lanham CDirector of Schooll. Earl Aikin Gross, Gordon Pigott, Albert C. Menk, Robert Henry Stoer, Lawrence C. Kline, Preben Becker, O. C. Harris, Walter Reinhard CManager, Engineering Departmentj. the big places. We were jet black, all of us, when the job was done, and it was a full week before any of us were really clean agin. The boiler test was extremely interesting. We tested the power plant for several hours at periods of fifteen minutes, recording such things as the temperature of the boiler feed water, kilowatts consumed each hour, tons of coal consumed, and other such vital factors. It was unquestionably one of the highlights of the course. The climax of the course came with our trip to the annual convention of laundryown- ers, however. What a swell time we had. Getting around to the various exhibits and meeting the laundrymen from back home was great stuff. It was the convention that showed that Hank Robeck is a real man's man. It was quite a time he had. The convention was followed. . .almost im- mediately, by Jeff's tummy-ache. Could there have been any connection between conven- tion and ache? Upon our return home, we had a week of study for our final exams. Cec., realizing well the limitations of us mere mortals, took it easy on us, but Walt, villain to the last, gave us a beauty of an exam. Only Willie Tench thought it too easy. And so the first course. . .Power. . .passed into history. Page Seven '1 --Aff-'H .as -r-?f.n-gp .UV .1 .2f +w'.f1'v - Hefwffw - 1' . A L ..