Boston Trade High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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THE CHHFTSHIHH for 1950 Welding and Forging INNO SUIHOXIOI ISLLlll'Xt HI' XXX QIFFL PLXIE WITH lH XllONIXllQlIX'X1hCLllIXi LNII Glovvmg forges, showers of sparks, and the rhythmlc beatlng of hammers on metal Greet the v1s1tor to the Weldlng Shop In thrs large and modern department our boys rre busrly at work learmng the essentrals of thls great trade wh1ch 19 today so basrcally 1 part of the constructlon of shrps, brrdges, md skyscrapers hntermg bovs are taught at Hrst the proper use of hand tools They soon become very dcxterous They then are tauvht the prm crples of forgrng Thls they drscoyer to be one of the most mterestlng phases of thexr yyork The br1ghtly burnmg fires rn wh1ch metal IS bent and shaped hold a fascrnatlon for the young boys wh1ch IS qulte unequalled by anythmg else The operatlon of bench m rchmes thelr care, lubrrcatron and repaxr rs gry en thoughtful attentlon The propertres of tht dlHerent metals yyxth yyhxch they work under varyrng degrees of temperature IS a separate course 1n rtself It IS a great thrrll mdeed when m the second year a boy begrns to handle an oxy acetylene torch He then proudly feels as he works upon lwht gage steel and cast lron that he IS performlng tasks ldentlcal wlth those of h1s older brothers out 1n mdustry The senxors specrahze IH the latest methods of electrmc arc weldxng As they go about the shop vylth mask and torch, looklng hke men from Mars, one has the feelmg that here are competently tramed workmen No greater trrbute to our course of study could be asked than the great number of our graduates who durmg the last war worked rn defense plants They yyere the men yyho gaye our armed forces the shrps planes, and tanks that Gaye our country supernornty oyer rts enemxes l l M , . , , 4. . g. .,.,. va. - . v N ,- , . x ,.. . - ,r ..' . - , 1 ,. . W. ,. . . , . .,-,Q v . . v ,- If. .V . . - . , . 1 - . ,, . . . . 2., . . A . N . u D 1 . 1 . , . . ' - ' y N. P v . - Y- l I . t. U . - . , y V. I v ' ' ' ' I ' . . I 4 . , V V . . . , - 3 y v K v s I , ' V V . 1 - ' 1 ' -Q, ' ' , . . q - 3 N' ' 4 v . - l U s ,x a A f v Y V - I 0 r v ' . x A I , I . ..

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BUSTUH THHDE HIGH SCHUUL Macc! Mem! Xlfllxx x Where can one find .1 beehne of lFlllLlSfI'l ous, alert, and muscular young men cheer fully hustlmg about from table to bench wleldmg hammers and shears ln an at do credrt to the most efhclently orgamzed plant rn prnate lndustry The answer 18 rn our Sheet Metal Department Where m .1 large sunny corner of our school burldmg our tm knockers acqulre the knowledge and skull that vull enable them to carry on the trad1t1on of expert workmanshm es tabllshed bv so manv of our graduates I-hstorv teaches us that as people adxance from prlmltne cultures to hlgher stages of emlrzatlon, vuorkrng 1n metal IS one of the lllSIlDgUlSl1lflg' mrrks whereby thelr prog ress can be measured Thls bemg the ease The Boston Trade Hugh Qchool mrv well take prrde rn th fact that so much of the ICIIHIY clrrled on ln rts shops IS of thls 111 ture Well ID the forefront of our metal vsorklng II'lClLS IS the Sheet 'Vletal Depart ITICYII wrth such fundamental proeesses rs bend mg rollmg cuttmff formmv soldermg and rnetmsf Prolnblx the most Important thmv learned that xear rs frmrlrmtx vurh 1 vxlde assortment of tools The ads aneed students learn hovs to make transltlons of all slzes and elbows Our semors 1re taught cornlce work md the maklnsf of slsxnghts Thex are also Unen a thorough course ln the prlnclples of xentl lflllg, heltnw md dust tollettlnsf sxstems Proof of the thoroughness wlth whlch our boys lre trnned can be found IH the llfge number of our grlduates vwho Ire novs sueeessfullx tmploxed If the trade W I l , L ' E ' rl l f Slff '.' Tlvlix SlllClf'llS Nl NI lf'l'.Xl. lX'I'U XIXNY l'Slfl7l'l, .Xl lllL'l.lfS IN 'VIH-I Slllil-fl' Nil-ITXI. IJliI'.XN'I'XlliN'I', n D - X- . ' 1 , m05PhCl'C Of PUI'P05CfUl 3CfiVifY fhilf Wmlld Our hrst year students become acquainted . ' V I ' V? V .li , , - A . l . . . y 1 . . 7 . D 5 b' hi : 9 . . l 1 . V hi Q 'V . T. . . L. sc ' vs f V ' 'V L T 1 1 'Y 7 . t ' lz' 'z ' g.: : ' -s ' ug -

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BUSTUH TRHIJE HIGH SCHUUL Academic Studies Our acadennc courses are pl nnned to pre pare our boys to assume the full responsr brlxty and prmleges of Amerlcan CIIIYCH shlp Were mech 1n1c1l sklll IS not enough ln ltself, supplemented by 1 Well rounded cultural background, to ensure the develop ment of 1n Independent free Illlliklllif skull ed Amerlcan worker Our courses IH EI1gllSl1 prepare our stu Partlcular emphasxs 15 lfud upon Evcposltlon that form of compos1t1on whereby the stu dent IS enabled to talk mtelhgentlv about the things he IS UOIHU' Tlus IS ID order that our future artrsans may be well prepared to explcnn to prospec trve foremen whateyer orlgmll ldeas they mn haue concernmg lmproxements 1n tl work they ire ClOlI'1g Busmess forms Ind Peonomrcs gne our boys 1 btckground yylnth yull en tble them to nesgotlltc successfully the commerenl trlnsactrons they w1ll encounter ID future hfe Courses ID Hlstory md CINICS vue background 1n the development of our country and the dutles and the prmleges of C1tlZCll9hlp that prepare our students to assume the full responslbrhtres of part1c1p1 tron 1n the afla1rs of our country As would naturally be assumed become techmcrans, our courses IH Mathe matlcs, PllWS1CS md Chem1stry are hxghly spec 'thzed The fundamental theorlcs of these SCICHCCS are apphed to the practlcal problems the boys meet IH the1r shop work Opportumty for self expressron rs offered 1n the many extracurrlcullr actmnes ts tllSCLISSl0I1 groups, plays, memorlal efcerelses md entertunments that enhyen md Cl'lI'lCll the NCIFS spent at the Boston Trade Hlgh School at yy 1 , V , y I ef 2 ' ' ' - ' f ' , in a dents to express themselves easily and well. school where boys are being prepared to 1 . t. D' x L . 1 k C lf - Vx Q , 7 - ' 4 . - Q X. . Q ' V ' I ' vs . t .I -i ' Aw K - li-ik! rl' : 1 r Q - y' - 1 V 1 . S - 1 .