Argentine High School - Mustang Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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• AIRPLANE MECHANICS • With the addition of this North American 0-47 observation plane to the airplane engine mechanics department, Argentine began a new course in airplane maintenance, taught by Warren A. Swartz, who came from Santa Barbara, California. The four-ton two-cockpit plane was borrowed from the war department through the National School of Aeronautics in Kansas City, Missouri. Along with the plane in the class are one 1150 horse power Allison engine used in P-38, P-40 and P-39; two Pratt-Whitney engines, one Ranger engine, one Wright Cyclone 1300 horse power engine and other airplane accessories. The plane was built by North American Aviation and originally used in study at the aviation school by members of the army air corps. Classes in airplane engine maintenance are for four hours, three hours of practical work, with one hour of related information, then two one-hour metal classes. Argentine is the only school in Kansas City, Kansas, to offer such a program. ARGENTIAN '44 • 10

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STANDING Crabaugh, Childers, Holsinger, E. A Moody, spon- sor, J. C. Hormon. principal, Gregg, Davis, Witter, Wright, Long, Albright, Jordan. THIRD ROW Gomez, Fry, To- bey, Bouse, Welsh, Kern, Easter. SECOND ROW—Baker, White, Simpson, Normile, Wylie, Smith, Arrelano, Wohlford, Couch, Martin. FIRST ROW -Licklider, Glenn, Salmon, Ghrist, Moore, Crew, Whipple, Miller, Braun. Student Congress at Work • STUDENT CONGRESS • The purpose of the Student Congress is to promote student participation in service to the school and enable a larger group of students to become acquainted with the problems of the school and to help solve them. Two representatives from each grade were chosen by class officers of the previous year. The seventh grade elected its representatives the sixth week of school. Additional members to the Congress were elected the second week of school from the home rooms, one from each home room. Committees appointed for the year were: Air Raid, Student-Faculty Relations, By-Laws, Indoor, Outdoor, Senior High Assembly, Junior High Assembly, Interschool. These committees investigated the situations and problems of the school, then reported the information discovered to the government body. The problems were discussed and probable solutions presented. This information was reported to all second hours through second hour representatives. The Congress, this year, worked with other community organizations, interested in the welfare of the district, in establishing a youth center. Members took charge of the Stunt Night ticket sales and contributed half the proceeds to the youth center movement. The officers for the year were: Raymond Miller '44, president; Donald Braun '44, vice-president; Carolyn Whipple '44, secretary. Miss Myrtle McCormick and Earl A. Moody were the faculty repre- sentatives. 9 • ARGENTIAN '44

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Metal Lathe Work The machine shop course is designed to give the boy two yeors of intensive training on the machines and in the use of such tools os a machinist uses. These machines include the lathe, grinder, shaper, heat- treating equipment, drill press and metal cutting band saw. • MACHINE SHOP • The machinist is a key man in industry. Especially is this true at a time when the country is becoming industrialized. Kansas City, Kansas, is developing into a great industrial city, with its shops and factories increasing each year in size and importance. It can be said, too, that the boy acquires such technical information as machine shop mathematics, trade terms, and trade words. The school also takes the responsibility for seeing that the boy can read blueprints and work from them. Present industrial conditions are creating a great demand for machinists, but the best positions go to those who are trained and ready to fill them. Anybody can run a lathe, but it takes work and study to become a skilled mechanic. • WELDING • The welding course includes the study of the following: Economy of welding, arc welding machines, arc blow and its cause, how to prevent arc blow, penetration and its values. At the completion of the course, the student is expected to have a thorough knowledge of welding and be able to do good work. • The course emphasizes pre- cautions and safe practice in welding and the care and upkeep of equipment. It teaches students to work with their hands with accuracy; it gives relative information about metals, and it gives practice in and thorough knowledge about welding. • 11 • ARGENTIAN '44