Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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11 UV' ARMY AIR CORPS CADET PAYS TRIBUTE TO TECH Warns of Swell Head My dear Richard E. Thorpe: Many thanks for the letter. It so happens that I think of Tech, and I'm quite sure many others do too, as the alma mater, although usually one reserves this term for his college. Perhaps as a result of taking half of my advanced work at night, I didn't succeed in capturing that same spirit in college. In either case, let it not be thought that any newallegiancewoulddeterfromthestrongspirit that graduates hold for that school of annexes, factory buildings, and finally, the present magnificent building, which it was my pleasure to grace when it was in its plaster-aroma stage. I wouldn't go so far as to say we Tech men are superior beings in the Armed Forces. I think we have our share of confidence, Mr. Thorpe, but let's keep the 'swell-headedness' down. It makes things very stable. And that is what I like to think of as our particular mark of distinction. We feel sure of what we are doing because our background of knowledge is so comprehensive that it affords an inexhaustible reservoir. A man has a just right to be proud when he graduates from Tech. But let him also be sure that whatever he is called upon to do in this present roaring inferno or afterward, he does with a full sense of responsibility because of the secondary school training he has been privileged to acquire. Sincerely, .fduiafion CaJef geJenAaf9p November 5, Maxwell Field, Alabama. 13 ,aw

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Pine Camp, New York, where I was attached to the Division Chemical Staff of the Fourth Armored Division. From there it was forwarded to Nashville, Tennessee, where the outfit was on maneuvers-but I wasn't. About two months before, I had received appointment to the Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School here at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, and that was where your letter finally reached me. All I can say for the Army is that it's rather similar to a Cook's Tour. Since my induction last February, I've been stationed in New Jersey, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, back in New York, and finally, like a bad penny, Maryland once more. When I finished at Tech, I thought I had more or less finished with school, but since the Army took over I've either been teaching at the Fourth Armored Division Chemical School or going to school myself. In addition, in our spare time, we run around and lecture to civilians on incendiaries and gas warfare in general. Of all the schools so far, this 0.C.S. is the tops-tops in pretty nearly everything- instruction, trouble, worry, woe, and hard work. However, we've all got to be prepared, and in a short time, for a rather difficult job, and I only hope that we'll be able to do the work we've been selected for and that you fellows back home really do keep the home fires burning. Give my regards to the old gang at Tech and, if it's possible, when the Blueprint comes out, I'd like to be able to obtain a copy and get an idea where some of the fellows are and what they're doing. Thanks a lot for your interest. Sincerely, glzifel' November 3, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. 12

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TECHNICAL BACKGROUND RATES HIGH IN NAVAL AIR CORPS Dear Jack: HearingfrmnaTechnitewaszigreatsurprise and pleasure. I would have answered sooner but time did not permit. A lot of water has passed under the bridge in the last few years, and I can't stress too much how my Tech training has helped me in this short time. I now fly with the Naval Air Corps, and if it weren't for TBCIII wouldn't be with this top-notch branch of the service. The Naval Air Corps trains its men thoroughly, but a person must have a good technical back- ground to make the grade. A lot of the ground school training is Engine Design and Mechanics. Also quite a bit of Navigation, consisting of Mathematics and Mechanical Drawing is taught. Every minute of our time here is accounted for and I am scheduled for flight again in fifteen minutes, so I'll close now, hoping to meet some of my ex-classmates in this swell outfit soon. I can't see how any Technite can think of joining the service or letting himself be drafted without first considering enlistment in the Naval Air Corps. Sincerely, A 3062 October 27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ARMY AIR CORPS TESTS VOCABULARY, KNOWLEDGE OF PRESENT DAY AFFAIRS Dear Mrs. Smith: Thank you for the letter of recommendation you sent me. I sincerely appreciated it and your kind encouragement. I sent no reply 14