Hammond Technical Vocational High School - Chart Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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WOOD SHOP had as its main objective the development of a sound interest in basic woodworking and a general understanding of the opportunities in the woodworking trades. Students, like Jim Hoolehan, learned by experience the use and care of all carpenter tools, also a knowledge of good construction and design. TECH OFFERED ALL PHASES OF TRAINING IN WOODWORKING Training in woodworking at Tech stressed carpentry, cabinetmaking, and pattern making. Students became familiar with layout, design, types of lumber, and the uses of bench tools and of power machines. 28 THE COURSE IN PATTERN MAKING was designed to teach a student the funda- mentals of using hand tools and the pro- cedures for making patterns for the cast- ings which were used in the foundry. MR. STEMPER ' S Exploratory Wood shop students tested a door frame. The nine- week course was designed to see if stu- dents were suited for further training in the wood area.

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A USEFUL SHOP BOB CHERRY tended an electric furnace in Foundry shop where he learned to melt metals and to pour them into various shapes through the use of sand molds. A student also had to know how to prepare a core and mold and how to use and care for a pattern in setting up a mold. HERE A CRACKED automobile engine block is being arc welded by Dan Cotterell in the Tech Welding Shop. The Welding department offered practical training in both oxy-acetylene and electric arc welding in the fields of repair and maintenance; job shop methods and prob- lems; and production welding processes and procedures in the fabrication of welded products made of both ferrous and non- ferrous metals. RICHARD PREISSIG and FRANK CROYLE, left to right, worked on pat- tern layout while Mr. Burris watched Bob Luther and Jack Burbridge punch and rivet metal. Sheet Metal shop work included setting up full scale designs from a blueprint, layout work, and fabrication. EXPLORATORY METALS SHOP, under the supervision of Mr. Emil Barney, was a freshman class. Students were given an opportunity to explore basic fields of in- dustrial metal work to see if they were suited for further training in the metals area.

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FOUR SHOPS GAVE TRAINING IN ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONICS TECH OFFERED the radio and T.V. shop. Electric III, for students wishing to enter the electronics field. It pro- vided the opportunity for them to become familiar with the basic circuits of radio and television. It also developed skills in the use of test instruments such as the voltometer, signal generator, and the oscilloscope. Students mindful of growing opportunities in electrical and elec- tronic fields trained in four well-equipped shops and learned every- thing from simple elementary circuits to skilled work in TV and motor repair. OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPLORATORY SHOP in electricity was to expose a student for the nine-week period to all phases of electrical work. STUDENTS IN ELECTRIC I, a begin- ning course, became acquainted with ele- mentary circuits like bells, telephones, and house wiring. Mr. Hobbs watched as Jap- kowski, Polak, Rietman, Kaminski, Neal, and Vavrek worked on the signal wiring boards. KALMAN BORBELY, Duane Kallen, and Bob Stout raised a motor on the hoist for Mr. Holloway’s inspection, in Electric II. This was an advanced class where students worked with motors, controls, and trans- formers, and repaired household appli- ances.