Arthur Hill Technical High School - Technician Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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z 1 When the school opened in l9l3, pattern making was one of the five courses open to boys. At that time four years were required to complete the course, later, four semesters in two years. Today we have three semesters neces- sary for graduation from the Tech course and four semesters required for the Trade course. y The purpose of the course is to train the students in the proper use of the machinery and tools that they will use when they become pattern makers, and to develop their ability to visualize the design of a moldable pattern from a print. Before one becomes a iourneyman pattern maker, he must serve three or more years ldepending on the shop enteredl as an apprentice after his schooling. The apprentice pattern maker, with an Arthur Hill Tech background, is far ahead of the regular high school graduate. He has the background necessary for building toward successful iourneymanship. Cur pattern shop is well equipped with the same machines as found in a commercial pattern shop. Besides equipment for wood pattern making, metal work is carried on to the extent that we need the patterns for our school pro- duction. Success of our pattern graduates is evidenced by the fact that every iob shop in Saginaw is owned in whole or part by Trade boys. Corporation shops, too, are well served by former students as iourneymen, lead-off men, checkers, layout men, foremen, and supervisors. Here is a trade that is as old as the casting of metal and we know the Chinese were doing this three thousand years ago. Here also is a trade that will not die because of automation nor the atomic age. This kind of custom building is the very beginning of all mechanical experimentation and the even- tual production of the standard part. For the Tech student it is the one subiect that teaches the inter-relationship and dependency of one to another among the metal trades. The present teacher is Mr. Paul E. Jaquish. For one five year period, Mr. George H. Fern, who was later the Director of the State Board of Control for Vocational Education, was the instructor.

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fzi 'ag Printing was added to the curriculum in 1918 under Mr. Clyde E. Willard. He was with the faculty until 1949 when his son, Belmont G. Willard, became the instructor. Printing--an art, a science, cmd an absolute necessity in today's modern living, offers unlimited opportunities for young rnen with adequate training. Today, printing ranks as one of the nation's maior industries and helps main- tain the records of efficiency and production built up by other industries. Today, as in the past, printing is largely responsible for the advancement of education all over the world. The Arthur Hill Tech printing department is well-equipped to give thor- ough training in most phases of the trade and mastery of shop fundamentals. Knowledge of related subiects, such as design, printer's science, and math, to- gether with an understanding of the theory, places the student in the preferred group of those seeking employment in this field. The shop has four presses: one handfed press, a Kluge automatic press, a Craftsman automatic press, and an offset press, besides numerous type faces, a power papercutter, lntertype machine, saw, folder, stitcher, collator, and per- forator. The addition to the department several years of a process camera for offset photography and a platemaking unit have aided greatly in the produc- tion of this book. The Technician is a student production of the printing department and is an example of the training and instruction received. Units of learning in- volved in the production of this book are essential in the trade and include: Layout and designing, hand composition, linotype operation, make-up, proof- reading, lock-up, platen press work, operation of the process camera, masking, opaquing, offset platemaking, offset press operating, bindery work and figuring stock and material cost. This year's Technician, for the first time, includes three-color process printing, giving students fundamental experience in a field of printing that is highly technical, and requires the ultimate in accuracy, from basic offset color photography through platemaking, and offset presswork.