Dorchester High School for Boys - Red and Black Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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Industrial QPrepared and read by Jolm Howard of the Industrial Department over Station YVMEX, May 19, 1949 - Dorchester High School for Boys on the Airy I suppose the best way I can give a picture of what our Cooperative-Industrial Course con- sists of is to show you what boys do at school in this course. In Mr. Clarence Goodridgeis woodworking shop, for example, as we enter we see a boy cutting a piece of stock on a band saw. He is cutting the wood along lines he has drawn following a pattern which he may have designed on the drawing board in Mr. Stewart Shawis drawing class. The boy is using the machine skillfully and carefully. He realizes that with proper operation he can turn out work in minutes that would take hours to do by hand. And the machine does the work cleanly and accurately if the boy is careful. XVe see another boy using the circular saw and another using a planer or joiner. Similar operations may also be seen in Mr. Frederick Rauls shop. In the so-called Mill Room, Mr. Habib Deratany and Mr. Joseph Lawton teach the operation of such power machines as band saw, boring machine, circular saw, joiner, jig saw, lathe, mortiser, swing saw, sander, shaper, thickness planers or surfacer and the tenoning machine. The boys of Dorchester not only learn how to run these machines, but they are marked on the skill with which they run them. It shows up on their report cards, Practically all the boys in the woodworking course will be able to work as wood workers when they graduate. It has been the experience of the Dorchester High School Cooperative-Industrial Course super- visor, Mr. Arlon Bacon, that nearly all of the boys who have taken the course in their tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades have found em- ployment in the woodworking trades. Thereis a fellow right now in Mr. Rau's shop who has the promise of a job in one of the best furniture and cabinet-making shops in the city as soon as he graduates. In fact he is working there part time now. Of course, many of the boys have been work- ing on alternate weeks in shops while they are enrolled at school. In other words they work and go to school at the same time. The arrangement is that in his third and fourth year a boy may work for pay in an out- side woodworking shop on alternate weeks dur- ing the school year. The school arranges his program so that he is getting practical experi- 1 56 lllill AND BLACK l

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YK W' mms 'H L sf ff' .K N SCENE IN Liisimin' The Growth of 0ur Library iff We X MQCWCQ Since our Library first opened its doors in 1945, its growth has been almost unbelievable. However, through the help and cooperation of Mrs. Hanigan, Mr. Ford, Mr. Bacon, Mr. WVell- ings, Mr. Shaw, and many others, it has become outstanding in the Boston school system. In each of the three years of the short but ever-developing life of our Library, additions of books of all types have been made. Last year a valuable acquisition of Americana,' was pos- sible, and this year yet another was added to the set of VVorld Books, a collection which will, no doubt, prove most helpful to any boys who care to use it. Through Mr. Desmond, head of the English Dept., a library instruction program has been arranged so that boys may go to the library and receive helpful hints in library procedure from Mrs. Hanigan. The instruction in the Dewey Decimal System, in cataloging, in book classi- fication, and other library matters has already proved of great value to this year's graduates. An exhibit case has been placed in the Library at everyoneis convenience. Here boys. as well as teachers, have an opportunity to display be- fore the entire school their favorite pastime. The final item which I wish to mention and the latest addition to our Library is the hand- some display case for our various trophies. Much credit and praise is due to the Industrials for such a finekpiece of craftsmanship. The case has been erected against the right wall of the Library and shows to good advantage cups of spelling-bee winners dated as far back as 1904, up to the present championship football trophies, dated 1948 of which Dorchester is most proud. However, we could not close our writings of the Library, without a word of thankful grati- tude and praise to Mrs. Hanigan. NVithout her, our Library would not be what it is this present day. The help she has rendered throughout the past years to our boys is unforgettable to all of us, and so we, the seniors, all hope that for many years to come the boys of Dorchester will be able to be under the guidance of Mrs. Hani- gan, our Librarian. RED AND BLACK 55

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Frederick A. Zajac representing Dorchester High School for Boys is greeted by Mr. T. F. Murray at the Navy Yard on Navy Day . cnce in industry and at the same time is carry- ing on his schooling in subjects such as English, science, history, drawing, and mathematics. Yes. the woodworking course is a good one for a fellow who has the aptitude and manual skill. In all three shops will be found boys from the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. And it naturally follows that the upper class boys are working on the more difficult jobs. This acts as an incentive to the lower class boys to work for greater skill so that they may be given such jobs as making a Governor XVinthrop Desk, a Pie-crust table or a Phono-Record Cabinet. But thereis another course that Iid like to mention and that is the upholstery course. It is the only one of its kind that I know of. Here in this shop under Mr. Ernest Oetingeris expert guidance boys are trained in all branches of upholstering from the frame out. The various kinds of wood that are suitable for chairs, couches, or divans are studied. The various operations that go into the making of an up- holstered piece are learned. The pupils get to know materials and coverings, how to tell the good coverings from the shoddy, and how to evaluate the wearing qualities of materials. Naturally the boys learn how to measure, cut, match, and fit coverings after the hidden but essential work of tying springs and adjusting padding is done. Yes, a boy who takes the upholstery course has a good trade to follow. Ile is also a handy fellow around the house. I know one boy who did over his motheris parlor set. Ilels been a hero at home ever since. The boys must work carefully for they are frequently using coverings of value. In fact. as much as 81535.00 was spent this year for just one job consisting of a davenport and two chairs, which points out the necessity of careful cut- ting. The Cooperative course at Dorchester is a good one. I hope that more boys may come to realize as I have that what we can learn and do at school is like money in the bank. RED AND BLACK 57