Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Coordination and patience are required of Dennis Walker ichen experimenting loith the oscilloscope to achieve required lab results in electronics class. New raachines enlarged currlculura Drafting machines along with com- plete offset printing equipment and an electronic wood welder were among ex- tensive new machinery used by the four industrial arts teachers in their classes. The drafting machines replaced the older T-squares and triangles used in mechanical design. The new electronic welder dried glue in seconds that former- ly required hours. Printing equipment opened a new area in graphic arts. Although use of industrial arts rooms was delayed by slowed construction, eventually metal shop students used their new horizontal milling machine, new metal cutting facilities and a new lathe for handling larger stock. Almost all equipment in the wood shop was new, including three sanders, one of which was a drum sander. Besides the new equipment this year. for the first time in Blackford County, offset printing and photography were offered in industrial arts. Netv equipment makes ivork easier for Wayne Deskins ivhen cutting sheet metal, while Mike Schuhmacher, Chester Berry, Monte Reese and Mark Charnley work on their own projects.

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Added courses highlighted shops Experimenting for next year ' s use on the Uniplane, a device for smooth- ing rough edges, is woodshop student Dan Kinser. Shapely make-them-yourself pin-hole cameras make real pictures. Steve Kelley inspects negative made on his in photography. i2 ■ Before starting with basic materials, Mike Warner (top sketches his plan and lays it out on sheet metal. To prevent the falling apart at the seams. Dennis Toiinsend (middle) solders together his future tool box. Completion makes a convenient storage place for Ron Ridgicay ' s tools in metal shop (bottom). 55

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T-squares and triangles, replaced by drafting machines, make class icork easier and less complicated for Mike Dawson. Printing programs for school organizations keeps the presses busy as Craig Sipe, Andy Medler, Larry Mannix illustrate. Confidence breeds results as John Flynn plugs the right hole and Gary Brenner sees the light in electronics lab. MR. FRED HARTZELL, B.S.. M.A.: General Shop, Graphic Arts, Photography. Industrial Arts Department Chairman. MR. ROBERT DEARBORN, B.Ed.: T ' oodworking. Power and Transportation; Assistant Football Coach. MR. JESS HUGGINS, B.S.: Electricity. Gen- eral Shop. X oods. MR. ERROL WASH- BURN. B.S.. M.A.: Drafting. Metals; Intra- mural Basketball Sponsor.