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

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JUNE 4, l942: Japs land in the Aleutians. R LIGH GCI G A 4 Course at Tech ls A Hard Road to Follow CU WORKED FOR Techy nothing pre- vented you from dell execution ol your appointed tasks. But it wasn't all in vain. A day came when you were pre- sented with a shining service card which would always prove to the world that you helped run Tech. There were moments ol relaxation, though, such as the varied assembly pro- grams. And you saw extra assemblies called because ot outstanding events: split-second assemblies. There was that morning in June, V944-the beginning ol The road back-D-Day. Then death over- took our be'o'-fed President, and, one month later, came Germanyis capilula- tion. You were sober recalling those brave Americans who are forever gone. LEFT: Making patterns in wood-shop, two freshmen gauge a drilling operation CENTER: In advanced patternmaking, molte1 aluminum is poured Into moulds RIGHT- Muscle-men in shape white hot Iron with mlgh

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MAY B, l942: Battle of the Coral Sea, an American t y E TRANCE E AM A Would-BeTecl1nite Takes the Fatal Step THE NIGHT before big examination he studies Einstein's 51h Cosmic Law. INSTEAD OF calculus, he discovers a tough comprehensive to ponder. CTOBER 27, l94I. Remember? No, it wasn't D-Day . . . but it was D-Day we toolc the coveted Tech Entrance Exam. There stood Tech challenging us, liclc- ing her iowls. She gobbled us up and hoarded us in her stomach auditorium, and we qasped in awe at its magniticent splendor. She told us she could hold only eight hundred ot us. ll-low it came about that she never got indigestion is still a mystery. lt may have been that she used a tonic: labeled with the tormula IEl9.l ACCEPTED! He celebrates in wild ioy, unaware of all that is soon to follow. 'WW saw ,s v X xx

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MA6iC. C,LuB ,mes-rims, rl THE Luis KT ,962 WE CARRY gs A T iilaii X L ' 'TT Q . , wh- T. ra X , - , J,-,:,-Q, , r GL X i i f y ' QQ v T 1 r XQ, mm ' T 1 d Don't you understand English? I got the answer-on the nose. ROWSING THROUGH a Tech Club LisT, or as The highbrovvs call iT, ExTra Curricular AcTiviTies l.isT, we noTe ThaT The number is To say The leasT, is impressive. Cn TurTher scruTiny, The varieTy becomes noTable, and on inspecTion oT These acTiviTies- Ah, ze qualiTel She is so Tinel ooserved a French Qne sTudenT. l.eT's make The rounds. This impressive ohfice ThaT inTriques us as we vvaiT Tor The elevaTor is The home oT The Service Squad. Ah yes, New York's l:inesT, as proven by The orderly areas They paTroll Quick, This vvayl Someone is calling l-lelp, buT obviously he doesn'T know ThaT There are several help squads. There are The ChemisTry, English, French, German, lvlaThemaTics, Mechanical and Physics I-lelp Squads, all oT which have helped many a TechniTe in disTress. There are oTher squads in The Technical line. For example, in The ElecTrical LaboraTory we may Tind a shorT sir cuTs wires To break connecTions, or The lvloTion l3icTure men exhibiT Tilms wiTh ParamounT eTTiciency. In The Tield oT music, The orchesTra is ready wiTh