Automotive High School - Headlight Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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i7Airc! year 641:55 Here we are! With the completion of three years of school confront- ing us, let us look in retrospect. From a humble beginning on Boerum Street, in practically three years we find ourselves on Bushwick Avenue. What has necessitated this change? If we were to ask thc school authorities, they would say an increasing enrollment is the cause. But if they were to ask us, the third year men, we would :answer in the light of our own feelings and experiences. In the first place, we would look to our teachers. Sin-ce the very beginning, they have been very solicitous for our welfare. Time and again, they have gone out of their way to help us. Not only have they imparted to us of their knowledge, but they have also -been true friends in solving our innermost problems. Secondly, let us look to the shops at 60 Broadway. Here was the gateway to our future livelihood. The advanced equipment, far superior to any we had previously worked on, thrilled us to the quick. It was here that we came to realize, as we gradually mastered our trade funda- mentals, that proper application and cooperation would mean much to our future success. Now with the home stretch before us, we are keenly anticipatory of trying our amateur skill in real jobs - especially in our newly constructed home. Lastly, good fellowship has been conspicuous among the members of this class. Not only has friendly feeling existed in the shop, but also in the academic classes. We have worked as a team and we hope to con.ti.n.ue as such. Such a friendly atmosphere has encouraged sportsman- ship and gentlemanly behavior. Let us feel happy in being fortunate to have completed three yearz in such fine surroundings. May the fourth year be productive and a success. in that we shall endeavor to take over the baton of our splendid predecessors, the outgoing seniors. Good luck, Seniors! Heres hoping we can follow in your footsteps. Harry W'ond--V-V2 5, ...1l...

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Spacious and air conditioned shops, a large gymnasium, and audi- torium, and one of the largest campuses of many schools will be ours. The seniors, who waited and dreamed of the day when they could enter such a school, will not have the opportunity of doing so, but are well satisfied with the fact that B.H.S.A.T, has finally acquired a new and one of the best automotive school plants in the country. I should like to mention at this point some of the teachers we came in Contact with in our four years of schooling. The Quick-Service Shop was headed by Mr. Corey, one of the pioneer teachers of the school. He will always be remembered as the little man who did big things. Mr. Warren, of the Senior Ignition Shop, more than just a teacher, was often referred to by the students as a swell guy . Mr. Quigley of the Major Repair Shop was always more than eager to give us any additional help and advice when needed. Mr. Meyers was our teacher of mathematics, and a very good one at that. Mr, Ahearn of the English department who believed that if your answers were too long, they were wrong. Then there is Mr. Anson who teaches no more but whose fatherly advice will serve us well when the occasion calls for it. We, who are about to leave this school, are going to take with us many pleasant memories, and leave behind us a well established vocational school. It has been our pleasure to help and watch its growth. We have had the largest number of graduates to date. We are the last group of seniors to complete our course at sixty Broadway, and the first to grad- uate from the new school. It is with the greatest of pleasure that we, the senior group, are able to present to the school the first year book for our Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades. A thousand things more could be said but they would all seem inadequate. It's like trying to describe heaven and earth in twenty wordsg it simply cannot be done. Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades was more than just a high schoolg it was an experience that will remain with us for the rest of our lives. Nicholai Tfmgredi-f V29. H iff- -

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QCOI1 ol I' CKGJJ A very critical time in a students life, vocationally speaking, is the tenth year. It is so important that it has been phrased as the turning point in his vocational education. We must remember that a lot of us entered as freshmen not fully realizing what our plan of work was to be. Knowing this, the school wisely gave us prevocational work whereby we could find out for ourselves where our particular interest lay. As one would expect, our ranks were greatly diminished upon en- trance to the tenth year. While many of the boys were capable, they were soon to realize that they were not mechanically inclined in an automotive way. As I analyze our second year history, I find that I am speaking of classmates who were successful in overcoming that crucial stage. Now, for the first time, we have a definite class with a dehnite purpose. We indeed are a happy lot. What has been the cause of our happiness? This is easy to answer. We are on our way to prepare for a livelihood. We are tinkering and actually working on engines which opportunity was the real -motive for our coming to the 'Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades. In these shops can we now fully profit from our prevocational shop training which aHorded us the experience in the practical use of tools. Moreover, our class work is giving us certain required essentials which are related to the automobile. Among these subjects is the intro- duction to auto theory, trade mathematics, and science, From these sub jects we learn' the 'whys and wherefores' of the mechanical operations of the automobile. Yet fthe general academic subjects cannot be neglected. Our English, industrial history, and industrial geography are a good training for culture. They give 'us a background in learning and encourage an interest in things other than the automobile. With such an experience for our second year, is there any reason why we should not be happy? As we gradually progress, is there any reason why we should not be the more happy in our approaching third year? Fred Hulzerf Vl. -12-