General Motors Institute - Reflector Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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Laboratory F Improved facilities for sample Laboratories. AN NN Facilities The Metallurgy Laboratory was remodeled dur- ing the past school year. More space in the prepara- tion room and added facilities for metallography were included. Along with the remodeling, the following equip- ment was added: A Unitron Metallograph which is readily ad- justed over a range of magnification from 10 diame- ters to 1500 diameters. A Tukon Microhardness Tester An Izod Impact Tester A mounting press A milling machine for. preparing sheet metal test specimens A rolling mill for controlled cold-working of preparation were added to the Metallurgy metals These facilities allow more individual work by students in studying metals and their processing. The addition of new equipment to the Metallurgy Lab resulted in a new layout. 13

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1961-1962 Improved The analytical weighing equipment was enclosed to provide quicker and more accurate use. During the 1961-62 school year several additions and rearrangements have been made in the laboratory facilities for Chemistry, Reading Improvement, Electricity and Elec- tronics, and Metallurgy. An enclosed balance room for analytical weighing has been added to the Chemistry laboratory. This enclosure reduces dust and the movement of air around the balance resulting in quicker and more accurate weighing. The Reading Improvement Laboratory was moved to the top of the main stairway in Room 4-101. The facilities con- sist of a classroom ample for a class of 16 and a lab area. The lab area is divided into 16 individual booths each con- taining either a Shadowscope reading pacer or a Science Research Associate reading accelerator. Each pacer can be set to accomodate the individual student’s rate of reading. These two rooms offer excellent facilities to students who wish to improve their reading efficiency. The addition of the Electricity and Electronics Labora- tory was fully described on pages eight and nine. This group is learning how to operate a precision measuring device. The sixteen individual booths in the Reading Improvement Lab- oratory contain equipment to help improve reading efficiency.

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The instructor’s view... Since its construction on an experimental basis several years ago, the amphitheater has been used extensively for master lectures, demonstrations, and meetings of groups too large to be accomodated in ordinary classrooms. Having proved increasingly valuable as a teaching facility, the am- phitheater was completely remodeled during the 1962 school year. Incorporated in the design were complete new architec- tural treatment. new improved lighting, a new sound system, Fall, 1962: Students Appreciate N ew Amphitheater. new ventilation with cooling for summer use, and an im- proved seating arrangement. The windows which were present in the old amphitheater have been removed, thus eliminating the distracting noises from the outside. With the installation of the new lighting and sound system, along with the elimination of the window, the new amphitheater is much more conducive to attentive stu- dent participation in lectures and demonstrations. The view the student’s like best . .