Cogswell Polytechnical College - Cogswell Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE COGSWELL 101 Cll'.XRI.liS l-l'1ni3N, 'l5. The various shop departments at Cogsxvcll have all completed the term's work in readiness for the vacation. .Xs usual, the majority of the work has been very good. The routine of the shops is not changing very appreciably, so the students are the only changeable factor. '.l'herefore, the following may be familiar to many: MECHANICAL DRAWING. :Xll of Mr. llurldiard's mechanical drawing classes have completed their courses for the term. ,X lieu' classes have been added to the number already held. The I:X's are noxv making worlcing drawings from models, The II.-Ys are taking up advanced machine drawing, and are obtaining good results. The apprentice draughtsmcn are busy on various projects, Jacobsen, one of the best clraughtsmen this school has ever known. is now in the employ of the Moore K Scott Co. lle has given them such good results that they wish to keep him there, although he has not graduated as yet. On March 13 he had been there a month. and he is being paid a good salary for his efforts. Behnemann has designed several tixtures for the woodworking machines, as the circular saw and the planer. Henry Gerdau has designed a tivo-cycle gas engine. Lunsmann has been working on a four-cycle gas engine. A new sparking system for the lights in the Auditorium has been invented by Lindberg. This device was installed during the spring vacation and has been a decided success. Ruling is with the Cyclops Iron XVorlcs for a few weeks on trial, with the object of obtaining a permanent position if he proves himself thoroughly capable. The electric shop is now able to continue the building of various apparati, as a large quantity of supplies has been received. The electric sign and the sign speller, which are to be installed in the electric shop and which will spell Cogswell , are now nearing completion. The construction of motors, the building of transformers and other electrical machines will be resumed. A class is now beginning surveying. This class is one of the largest that has begun this study during the last few years. They will soon be able to go on the field and do practical work. These students will survey city lots, country property and railroad curves. The tinal work will be to measure Bernal Heights by two methods: first, by direct leveling and, second, by trian- gulation. Fremont O'Brien is working on some of the plans for this class. ARCHITECTURAL AND FREEHAND DRAWING. Mr. Crites' classes are making good progress in their various departments. This term will end the university and architectural drawing studies of many of the students.

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102 THE CoGswELL The IB's have completed their simple geometrical plates, and are striving to attain perfect plates on standard cross sections. The HB's are all very well advanced. Their Nemesis is solids that make angles with all three reference planes. Some of the more successful students are Owens and Chew. The beginners in Freehand are working' o-n vases and other symmetrical objects. The class in pencil sketching has completed the geometrical solids and is practicing rapid sketching of various shop patterns. This rapid sketching is an innovation in freehand work. The university drawings are good. Doble and Trachsler are exceptionally neat and accurate in their work. The architectural classes also have some very good draughtsmen. Linkins is working on the brick details. Patterson, Bachtold and V. Gerdau are drawing designs of flats and cot: tages. Special mention should be made of Bachtold. Merriman has almost completed the working drawings for a three-story building, which is soon to be built on Mission street. Hansen and Pyne have finished their painting of the live architectural orders and are s-tarting perspective work. , Lincoln johnson has resumed work on a six-story Class C apartment house. FREEHAND DRAWING. Miss Patterson's freehand drawing classes have successfully completed their routine work. Some very good drawings have been made, as is testilied by the many cuts in this issue of THE COGSWELL. The IIB boys have nearly completed their charcoal drawings, and are soon to take up pencil sketching. The Seniors have completed their required work in drawing. During this quarter Peterson has been engaged in sketching the various machines in the machine shop. MACHINE SHOP. The machine shop continues to be the center of attraction for the struggling machinists. Their results show the earnestness with which they try to succeed. The IHA's have completed their blocks satisfactorily, and are now begin- ning the simple lathe exercises. The HIB's have completed their lathe exercises and are working on the various machines. This term will complete the machine shop course of one year, which is required. A number of the Seniors have been engaged on various useful projects. Botteron has been working on the big lathe on many varied jobs. Clisham has completed a fly-wheel for a gas engine. Carlson is working at assembling a grinder. Lindberg has made the bearings for a Zyq-h.p. induction motor.