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

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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

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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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JUNE 5-7, l942: Ba++le of Midway, an Allied viciory Tech Clubs Cover Everything BGSTTTOVGWS Sevenfh- The band wiTh American Pa- From Slide-Rules to Symphonies Troll' and The Dance Band wiTh BeaT Me Daddy . Amid our numerous Technical inTeresTs There are some blobs oT cul- Ture, To be Tound in such clubs as The Music AppreciaTion and Jazz Clubs. Now Tor eleganT words, we can Turn To The Public Spealcing SocieTy, The DramaTic SocieTy, or lvlr. DeWiTT. For addiTional lip service, even Though in a Toreign language, The French Club and The DuTch Dozen are aT our disposal. No, liTeraTure and arT are noT lacking, Tor The BlueprinT, Survey, l-lorizons, Science BulleTin, lv1aTh STudenT, TransiT, Mr. Driscoll ldeTenTion slipsl, Allied ArTs and STage Squad oTTer These. There is Tood Tor The soul here also. The l-li-Y Club is aT your service, along wiTh The Menorah SocieTy and Newman Club. BuT cleanliness is nexT To godliness and in view oT ThaT be assured ThaT There is a DeTergency Sguad and hence . . soap in The shops! Tech will have many whiTe collar workers, Too. l.oolc aT Those clerlcs worlc-we can Tind such laborers in every oTTice in The school. BuT Tor us, iT's science, TirsT, lasT, and always. And here They are: The Chem SocieTy, Advanced Chem SocieTy lmalres l-l:S smell more advancedl, Physics Club. l-lydrophonics SocieTy - WaiTl STop all The TraTTic on The George WashingTon Bridge! - The Civil Engineering Club has iusT Tound a Tlawl WITH SCISSORS and glue, The Survey is born lbelow, upper lefti. Orchestra performance lboffomj .... The Squad Leaders' Show lrightj. i 1