Edison Technical High School - Edisonian Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Sealed: Vincent N. Fazio, George Jung, William H. Ridley, Ingraham Humphrey, Joseph J. Young, Clifford C. Clarke. Standing: John J. Hayes, Herman H. Tiedemann, Julius D. Stanton, Edward J. Farrell, Francis Gioseffi, William J. Cox, Ralph N. Gibbs, Robert Wohlrab, Joseph H. Gillen. Mathematics In this age of advanced standards, mathematics and science are of paramount importance. They constitute the foundation upon which the tech- nology of industry is based. Without them civiliza- tion would still be in the handicraft stage. For fifty years Edison has stressed these sub- jects for its students. For fifty years Edison has pioneered such courses to supplement and rein- force our fine technical and industrial training pro- gram. For fifty years Edison has recruited and trained the best possible faculty to implement the instruc- tion of these courses. Every student at Edison takes a four year program of mathematics and science unsurpassed 19 and Science by any secondary school in the state. These courses include elementary, intermediate and advanced al- gebra, geometry and trigonometryg an experimental course in three dimensional mathematicsg and four years of industrial mathematics applying conven- tional mathematics to the skilled trades taught at Edison. In addition to the general science, chemistry and physics taught in other high schools, Edisons offers such advanced courses as: the science of indus- trial materials, strength of materials, and metallurgy. At this half way point, Edison is proud of the past but is confident of even further progress dur- ing. the next fifty years.

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Training Seated Edward A. Hulek. Snmding.' Brooks M. Kiggins, Vito A. Costanza, Ralph M. Geddes William C. Benz. The Health and Physical Education De- partment is responsible for the teaching of physical education including swimming, life-saving, and hygiene, and Driver Train- ing during the regular school day. It is also responsible for the coaching and conduct of all intramural and interscholastic athletic activities.. It promotes in Edison the national and local health emphasis information on such topics as tuberculosis prevention, eye conservation, cancer, general safety prac- tices and physical fitness. Reviewing -fifty years of automobile driving, we find that conditions are vastly different from those that existed when Edi- son Technical and Industrial High School was started. Driving hazards have increased tre- mendously, and we recognize today that really safe driving requires professional training. About 1954, Mr. Earl Hagen, now a machine shop teacher, started the first Driver Educa- tion class in the basement of the Bausch and Lomb building when Edison was located at that place. A little Austin car was used. No driving was done on the streets, and the stu- dents could be taught little more than to dodge the pillars and other students. Today We have developed a scientific training program con- sisting of classroom driving theory and prac- tice on the road. About 120 students now take Driver Education at Edison each year. Health, Physical And river

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Seated: James P. Perona, George E. Hamalainen, Harold W. Hershey, Charles H. Barron, Earl L. Hagen. Standing: Thompson R. McCaw, Arthur Nowak, Norman A. Mueller, Henry Goebel, Clayton C. Fields, Mark Wood, Peter J. Begley, Ralph G. Christ, Charles S. Tracy. Metal Trades The Metal Trades Department at Edison Technical and Industrial High School offers in- struction in a wide range of diversified occupations, both technical and industrial, taught by a faculty of well qualified instructors with years of experience both in industry and education. The Metal Trades Department is composed of twelve different courses with eighteen instructors. In some cases, the size of the shop and classes neces- sitates two instructors per shop. The various courses offered and the instructors are as follows: De- partment Head, Mr. Hershey, Wood and Metal, Mr. Begley, Machine, Mr. Perona, Transportation, Mr. Fields, Beginning Machine Shop, Messrs. Mueller and Tracy, Advanced Machine Shop, both indus- trial and technical, Messrs. Hagen, Hamalainen, Nowak and Barron, Pattern making and Foundry, Messrs. Hershey and. Nowak, Welding, Mr. Clelland, Sheet Metal, Mr. Snyder, Strength of Materials, Mr. Goebel, Automotive, Messrs. Wood and Christ, Machine Design, Mr. Crosby, and Special Services and Substitute Instructor, Mr. McCaw. Three instructors in the Metal Trades field new to Edison this year are: Messrs. Barron, Nowak and McCaw. This year, Edison's 50th Anniversary, takes on greater significance for some who are nearing retirement after long service as instructors at Edi- son. Service of the majority of the faculty, either directly or indirectly, with Edison varies from twenty to over thirty-five years. In Edison's 50 years of growth, many changes have taken place in the Metal Trades field. Demands for and of its graduates necessitated by changing conditions have resulted in well-equipped and well-lighted shops and classrooms, richer courses of study, and a modern approach to chosen professions. The Edison of today is well-known, since it was one of the first schools of its type in the country with a long list of successful graduates.