Elmira Catholic High School - Victorian Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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Elmira Catholic High School Annual MY WORKSHOP liver since I was about twelve years of age I have taken a lot of interest in building things for our home. I first started with the workbench which my father gave me for a Christmas present. This was about four years ago. I do not know of any present that I ever received that gave me so much pleasure. This bench is about eight feet long and nearly four feet across, with a large vise fastened to one end of it. It was at this same time, too, that my uncle gave me many tools so that I was all ready to start building things. Among the things I made was a bookcase to hold my copies of Popular Mechanics. I also built a bird house and some Boy Scout articles. After working with this bench for about a year I became interested in power tools and purchased a lathe. This is a woodworking lathe which is run by a quarter horse power motor and can be used for many good pur- poses. Among the things that I made with this lathe were candle sticks, lamp bases, potato mashers and a foot stool. There are many other uses for a latheg such as the making of porch spindles, wooden wheels, table legs, etc. I have not attempted these as yet. My next purchase was a drill press and a jig saw. These are also power tools and are very useful in a modern shop. The saw I have, has been useful in cutting out jig saw puzzles and also large letters that I have used for signs. jewelers often use one of these saws for fine metal workg and service stations use it for cutting brake bands. The drill press also has many uses- It can be used for carving, boring, or shaping various pieces of wood. These last two tools are a great help in any kind of cabinet work, or in fact, any wood work about the shop. These are about all the tools I have at the present time, but I hope some day to have a complete Delta workshop where I can spent many happy hours. - 'John Ervin '40 THE SENIORS The Seniors rush from class to class, Pushing the Freshmen as they passg And we little ones just turn And say - Those Seniors! Who are they anyway? The Seniors reign supreme in our school, And delight to tell Freshies what is the ruleg NVhile we little ones merely grin, And pray - Oh, well! VVe'll be like them some day. J. Furey and M. Margraff '40 I 7 6 l

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Elmira Catholic High School Annual WHAT NEXT? The face of the earth has changed greatly in the passing of time. Much of this has been brought about through the efforts of science. Today we have at our disposal and command things that our forefathers would not even have dared to imagine, because they would have seemed so prepos- terous. Let us suppose that-say, about one thousand years ago, someone made a statement like this: Some day people will see and talk to each other across land or sea. XYhat would the answer to his statement have been? Certainly the people of that time would have said that he was crazy. Now taking a jump of nine-hundred years into the future, suppose that another man, more cultured and civilized were to make the same statement as the first man. XVhat do you think that the answer of his listeners would be? It possibly would be that he, too, was crazy, True, the man who made the statement one thousand years ago is dead and gone, and so is the second man. But now, in 1928, ninety-one years after the second man's statement, someone again uttered those startling words. This time he not only stated the fact but proved that it could be done. Some day people will see and talk to each other across land and sea, certainly has become true when -that super-marvel, Television, or the annihilation of distance for the eye, was invented. This new invention was based on three ingenious devices, the Photo-electric cell, the Neon-tube, and the Scanning-disc. But Television was now in its babyhood, and like many other great inventions needed much research work in order to perfect it. In 1936, Television was being used commercially in Great Britian, Italy, and Germany, to a certain extent quite successfully. It will soon take the place of Radio, in many respects. It will be in the United States for commercial use in the fall of l937. It is obvious that Tele- vision will play an important part in the Commercial and Industrial side of the world in the years to come. Television, an accomplishment desired through the ages of time, and having in store future advancements for this world, certainly deserves the title of being, a benefactor to humanity. - Nicholas A. Savino '40 CLOUDS As I stood and watched out the window I lifted my glance to the sky And chanced to glance on the soft, white clouds Like so many swans gliding by. Then rapt for a moment I stood there And saw a bright fiery ball Peeping over the shoulder Of a fluffy, snowy wall. Oh, how I should like to be up there Floating by on those blankets of down While the golden rays of the sun VVould melt away all my frowns. Helen Shults '40 I 7 5 l

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