Bok Vocational Technical School - Craftsman Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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'Sv F' Q X x . , l fi S A 1- I ' I B You .sw ulmt trade are vo VOCATIONAL TECH S SHOPS The average hrvh hool offers very llttle tra1n1nG for employment when ompared to the tra1n1ng rece1ved at a vocat1onal techn1cal school l1ke Bok You have recerved a sound bas1c trammcf ID the f1eld of your ovvn cho1ce and are fully qualxfled to take your place 1D the varrous helds of 1ndustry commerce or serv1ce The majonty of the trades taught at Bok are represented by photographs 1n th1s sect1on We have reproduced them on these pages to serve as a remmder of your days spent here Do you FLCOQDIZC vourself or some of your fr1ends at work 1n the shops7 Your shop served as 1 second home for you dunng half of your three years spent at th1s Great school It was here you worked and stud1ed to prepare vourself for the future It was 1n the shop that you la1d your foundauons and bklllf your hopes and plans for earnlng a l1vel1hood 1n a lughly compet1t1ve socxety If you were able to benefit from the lessons taught and the expenences encountered your three years at Bok were ert:a1nly well spent Hovvever you educat1on and tra1n1ng has actually just begun for educat1on ls a process that contmues throuvhout your entue l1fe Make of yourself a good and useful c1t1zen and one that vvrll be a cred1t to yourself your fam1lV and your school shi U, ji-

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Volleyball What sport shall we divise here? Rxcnltua 353. r I ,, .41 n. ,9..f'V , ,I-. in. . . . Let them play' KING HENRY lV, Pun' ll . . in brief, a braver choice of dauntless spirits . . . Kms JOHN ,-.N v 111 t X , Sitting: Zella Mae Carroll, Barbara Kemlin, Mary Skinner, Thelma Robin- son, Joyce Jorden and Muriel Davis. Standing: Charlotte Stokes, Shirley Bennett, Barbara Long and Betty Wylie. R::::Q l shi. Sitting: Hazel Ford, Gretchen Schumate, Laura Riddick, Frances Miller, Nellie McCuff, Rosemarie Lawrence and Norma Burke. Standing: Frances jones, Ivra Bowen, Vera Griffin, Joyce Washington and Jackie Lancaster. B is, yt- L VA MK? Q 'x ' fx '1 YR,

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. . . Automotive i,.,1-va ff -1' ' ,J ,Xxxg xv x Xi rl The purpose of the automotive maintenance course is to train allfaround mechanics who can make repairs or adjustments to any part of an automobile. The student is given a thorough foundation training in the general principles, construction, and servicing of automobiles. His training includes lubrication, front end and steering alignment, brake service, engine, clutch and transmission maintef nance, electrical diagnosis and correction, motor tunefup and carburetion, body and fender straightening, and automotive refinishing. Students are given instruction in the use of machine shop and welding tools and equipment and in reading' and understanding blueprints. The advanced work provides for experience in service shop operation, using modern testing equipment on modern cars and providing specializaton in such fields as body and fender, motor, or ignition work. ,Y Maintenance Heres a knocking indeed' M.ACBETH VVe must away . . . Our wagon is repaired A . . How many score of miles may we well ride 'Twzxt hour and hour?