Chelsea Vocational High School - Chelsean Yearbook (New York, NY)

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M alia an .7 AUi5i0l'l XVhile trying to write a description of our shop, we looked up the term in the diction- ary: ra'di-o, n., pl. -os, communication through space hy means of electromagnetic waves, taking the form of radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony or other form of wireless transmission, transmission of speeches, in- formation, programs of music and entertain- ment, messages, etc. to he picked up at a distance hy anyone having a receiving set--.U True, this is radio, but to us in Radio and Television there is more romance in the word. Radio, itself, is a miracle and any joh con- nected with it, no matter how small, com- mands our reverence. Radio and Television hring the peoples of the world closer to- gether. ln our living room one night last month, the United Nations held a meeting, twenty thousand people gathered to watch a hasehall game, four persons and a modera- tor-all experts in the Held of government- sat down to discuss our problems with us, and a hig man with a heautiful voice read from a hook with old fashioned Words. Here, in our shop at Chelsea we have learned the tech- niques that made this possihle. To us it seems that we are more intimately related to what goes on in our living room than other people, for we are going to he part of this work in the future. lNlA'r'rin-Jw FORLINI MAnKos FnA'rjEsKos 24

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Itls difficult to say what a machinist does. He may make the machine that makes a product. He may operate the machine that makes the product. He may make the die that stamps out the parts for a thousand machines and the only time he may see the product is when he buys it in a store for his own use. A good machinist must be prepared to make almost anything that can be made of metal. Here, in Chelsea, We specialized in bench work because our skill with our hands will determine our future. Of course, machines are impor- tant too, and we learned to use them all. Whatever a good machinist needs to be able to do we have tried to learn it here and we feel we have. HELMUTH SCHNEIDER There is a deafening roar, the sound of gears meshing, then the rhythmic purr of a power packed engine and another Chelsea rebuilt makes its way down the ramp and into the street, ready to roll. Yes, in the Automotive Shop we have customers-some might call them pa- tients, sick engines brought here by anxi- ous owners for treatment by Doctor Weisern and his crew of student internes. Although we donit wear dazzling White medical uniforms We do perform rel- atively the same operations, such as di- agnosis, prescription, and treatment leading to eventual cure. With many of these cures effected through our own patience and know-howf' We are leav- ing Chelsea with a solid background for becoming practicing M.Ds.v-Doctors of Motors. Cunfxnn MCAULIFFE Wackine .SZQ .xdufomofiue

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This is the Steel Rule Diemaking Shop. Here we consider the problem of Mr. X, a nameless manufacturer with a product to sell. He is proud of his product and, like most manufacturers, he believes that other people will like it too. So, he wants it packaged at- tractively and securely in a folding paper box. For Mr. X we make a hand sample of a folding paper box which we think will do the job, using pencil, rule, scissors, and dividers. Our Mr. X, in this case Mr. Knife, our instruc- tor, inspects it for design, size and accuracy of composition. When we have satisfied him, we make a die. This die is a master stamp with fine cutting and creasing metal edges. When set in the press, this die will produce hundreds or thousands of patterns exactly like the original sample. Glued and set up they become boxes ready to receive the prod- uct of which Mr. X is so proud. So far we have only met Mr. X by proxy through Mr. Knife. After graduation we are going to meet Mr. X in person. We are look- ing forward to the meeting. He has the prod- uct to be packaged, and we have developed in Chelsea the skill to do the job. FRANK ljllv.-XTALE gee! ML Q7 'S' iema ing xQ 25