Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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22 MIND AND HAND. FORGING. ¥ ORGING as taught in the Industrial Training School is one of the most interesting subjects, both to pupils and visitors, that is found in the mechanical course. Any work which requires thought and constant attention becomes pleasant, and forging undoubtedly requires both. This is illustrated by the three-pronged barbed steel fork which the boys have just been making. Steel burns very easily, and when once in the fire must be constantly watched ; it will not do to leave it a moment, for in just that moment it may burn. Or if a boy thoughtlessly dips his steel into water while hot he might as well try to work glass as that steel. Another feature of forcing; which srives a boy good training is the great need of care from the first. The first step in any exercise must be as careful as the last, for each step depends upon the one previous. If a mistake is made early in the work it is almost impossible to rectify it by careful work afterward. If a chisel slips, if a fuller is set in the wrong place, if the helper strikes too quick, or if the material becomes too hot, the work is spoiled. After a mistake of this kind has been made it is sometimes possible to partially correct the error, but the benefit of the work has been lost. For the benefit of any who do not know the method of teaching such a subject as this, it may be well to say a few words in explanation. For this purpose let us take the making of a hook — apparently a very simple thing to make. Before the boys begin work the teacher carefully explains to them the points to be considered in making a hook. He explains where the point of greatest strain is, where the weakest and strongest points are, and all facts of this kind. Next he makes a hook before them, carefully explaining at each step the reason for everything. At the same time he inspires the boys with confi- dence in themselves, and when they go to their forges each boy feels confident that he can do the work. When a boy has confidence in himself nothing is impossible to him. This all goes to show the reason why every boy should take forging, if possible. It not only teaches the use of the black- smith ' s tools but it develops and quickens the mind and hand at the same time that it relaxes the mathematical and literary part of the brain. A boy who takes forg- ing will undoubtedly be able to do more and better work than if he did not take it. F. F. Ballard. FOUNDRY CLASS. A I All E foundry class is the object of great I interest at present. This department of the Industrial Training School began op- eration January 27, 1896. There are twen- ty-four of us, every one willing to help make the class a success. Mr. Cox, our in- structor, is very enthusiastic in his work, it being his object to have our class make its best possible showing. Briefly speaking, molding is the art of making forms in sand. Into these forms or molds, molten iron is poured. Some of the difficulties that a beginner in foundry work has to contend with, is his awkwardness in handling the tools nec- essary to do good work. The sand that we use for making molds must be tem- pered, that is, made damp and well mixed before it is fit for use. The mixing is ac- complished by means of shovels and boys behind them who like exercise and get it by throwing the sand around promiscu- ously. This part of the foundry work comes about as near being labor as any. One

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MIND AND HAND. 21 difficult until it can be done accurately and rapidly. The boys then make more useful articles, such as mallets and stands. The work in turning is completed with a few simple exercises in pattern making. It is not the intention to make trades- men of the boys. They are in the shop ninety minutes every clay, five days in the week. In one term this amounts to one hundred and fifty hours, or fifteen working days. Some allowance should be made for loss of time in changing classes and by the exercises in the school hall. It would be impossible to take a boy sixteen or seven- teen years old and make a tradesman of him in so short a time. That is not the purpose. It is intended to teach the boys how to use and care for tools, to give them general information, and teach them how to combine mental and manual labor. Every student has to carry work in English and mathematics along with his shop work. Thus it is that the man of the future will both be an educated man and under- stand the use of tools. Ed Haines. SCARLET AND WHITE. They ' re scarlet and white, Who says they ' re not right? These colors of I. T. S. Let him who would Term them no good, He ' s a traitor to I. T. S. But loyal is he On whom the colors you see, The colors of I. T. S. Three cheers for the white, And the scarlet ' s all right; They ' re the colors of T. T. S. Long may they be worn, And the students adorn, The students of I. T. P. L. E. WOOD-WORKING SHOP.

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MIND AND HAND. 23 of the difficult tilings to learn is how to correctly riddle sand. Riddling is the shop-term for Bifting. Generally speaking, molding requires a good deal of ingenuity on the part of the molder. He must he careful to place his pattern into the sand in such a position that it may he easily removed without in- juring the mold. It is rarely the case that two patterns are alike, hence the molder must devise a new scheme for each pattern. Of course, our class will master these lit- tle difficulties, in spite of the fact that one of the teachers was so unkind as to call us mud-daubers. It is a part of Mr. Cox ' s plan of instruc- tion to give lectures on foundry work and on the metallurgy of iron. We have had several lectures on foundry work so far. The cupola has been lined with fire-brick, so that we are now prepared to melt iron. or run a heat, as the foundryman would say. On these occasions it is necessary that extra precaution be taken to avoid acci- dents. For this reason each one of us has been assigned a post of duty, something on the plan of a tire brigade. There is enough danger connected with this part of the foundry work to make it fascinating. We are anxiously waiting for the day when we will go on duty and pour the hot liquid iron. As a part of our studies we have made two shop visits. These visi s give us an opportunity to learn the various little tricks of the trade and enable us to study the methods employed in the management of foundries. fn this way we are from day to day en deavoring to become more proficient in the trade of the foundryman, a trade by no means to he despised. Wm. Noelke. FOUNDRY.