Edgewood School - Bridge Yearbook (Greenwich, CT)

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The Print Shop cc HI' THAT UP in twelve point Della Robbia, caps and lower case. How many picas long is this line? Throw it in the Hell Box. These and other cryptic expressions might confuse an outsider, but it is the rare Edgewoodian who goes through school without picking up a speaking knowl- edge of print shop lingo. The print shop was started in the fall of 1929 by the late Louis A. Bacon. Its small press and ten cases of type occupied a different corner of the industrial arts room. In 1951 it moved to its present situation, and Mr. Bacon, with student help, began the construction of shelves, racks and storage cupboards. In 1952 the first power press was installed, followed a year later by another. We now have two power presses, a pedal press, 80 cases of type, and the guillotine, the steel-bladed paper cutter. When a job is set up, a proof is O.K.'d by Mr. Suther- land, Mr. Bacon's first apprentice, our printing instructor. The youngest printers put out an annual magazine, written and illustrated by Mrs. 1de's group, Popular projects among the students are stationery, memo pads. book marks, Christmas cards and short pamphlets, The students from the sixth grade through high school who take printing do more than make useful articles, and have the fun of making them. They acquire a knowledge of printing which will be of use every time they meet with the printed page, and they learn how to work out a problem, step by step, with accuracy in each phase culminating in ultimate perfection.

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Pottery Studio TTERY AT Edgewood is a broad and varied field. Students can find relaxation and enjoyment in painting, music, drama and most unusual, pottery. The studio is cozy, with big picture windows and every convenience to make a well-turned piece of work. Miss Haughton, the instructor, is always ready to help some would-be sculp- tress or sculptor mold some clay. Be the student young or old, should he wish to make a pin, cup, bowl, plate or dog, he must first learn the fundamentals of pottery. Vari- ous methods, equipment and design are studied and then the work of art is started. The weighing, moisturizing, coloring and glazing are all important steps. Each stu- dent is taught to stack, fire and draw the kiln. The pieces are baked for hours, and then the awaited moment arrives-taking out the finished article. A few pieces crack in the heat and are held as works of art by their creators only, but those that are per- fect will probably be on sale on May Day. The purpose of selling pottery pieces is to raise money to complete the payment on a testing kiln bought for the studio. Though the piece be cracked or whole it still remains the expression of the indi- vidual who created it. K -13 'i va, M14 Halfl. A -,

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Work Shop If you can push your way through machines, shavings, tools and chunks of wood, you will find yourself in a large, well lighted workshop. Many of Edgewood's big projects are constructed in this room. May Day would not exist without the necessary equipment and wood with which to build the booths. No stage company in New York makes better stage sets than the boys in our shop. Besides these, articles, such as trays, tables, lamps and platters, are made by the younger boys and girls to take home. The latest equipment is used, also a small forge has been installed, at which hammered copper pieces are made. You might stop to talk to Mr. Notaro, the instructor. He will describe the huge globe the fifth graders made in the shop, he will tell you the history of the miniature fort in the upper hall, you will find out what inspired the eighth graders to make the beautiful plaque now hanging in their room, in fact if you talk long enough you will undoubtedly discover that the bench you are sitting on was made by one of our students. l 5:1111 4,