Haverhill Trade School - Tradesman Yearbook (Haverhill, MA)

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In September 1939 a Unit Trade Machine Shop course was organized and another class of pupils was added to this department in 1941. This department was located in the old Chestnut Street School building. In 1943 a Unit Trade Welding course was organized as a unit to train those young men interested in Welding as a career, and to afford some Welding experience for the seniors in the mechanical trades. In 1944 another class was added to the Electrical department. In 1945 two additional classes were added to the Automotive Repair classes to meet the terrific demand for Auto Mechanics. In 1945 a Unit Trade Carpentry department was organized and another class of pupils was added to this department in 1949. In 1946 another class of Printing was added and another shop instructor was added to this department in 1955. In 1946 a Unit Trade Upholstery department was organized and another class was then added to this department in 1950. ln 1952 a Guidance, Testing and Remedial Reading department was organized. In 1952 a Unit Trade Painting and Decorat- ing department was organized. Hamel Building ln 1952 a Unit Trade Basic Electronics de- partment was organized. Another class was added in 1953. One class in Electricity was dropped and the instructor was assigned to the Radio related group. In 1956 another class and an additional instructor were added to the Electrical Department. The early days of Vocational Education in Haverhill limited the number of pupils who could take advantage of this type of training to less than 150. The Unit Trade Automotive Repair, Sheet Metal, Plumbing, Printing and General Vocational woodworking shops were located in the Whittier Build- ing. The General Vocational Machine Shop, Electrical, and Household Machanics shops were located at the old Chestnut Street School and the academic classes were in the high school annex. It was a certainty that Vocational Education had taken hold in Haverhill and a long waiting list grew longer by the years. The Arnold Building located at 18-24 Wingate Street was taken by the City and work was started in reconditioning and decoratingit.This workwas completed in1942 and the Trade School departments started to move in, beginning with the Machine Shop. All depart- ments with the exception of Automotive Repair were now in one area. A new garage was built in a lot adjoining the Arnold Building and the Automotive Repair department moved in during 1952. An All-Purpose room was built over the garage and now for the first time we have an adequate assembly room, physical education quarters and a good kitchen and lunch room. All of our de- partments are now located in the Main Building, the building purchased from the Hamel Realty Company, and the new garage. The future indicates that there will be a greater demand for skilled workers. We have barely scratched the surface of Electronics, and Automation will call for more skilled workers. The future for Vocational Education never looked brighter.

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The Haverhill Trade School was organized in 1926 with thirty-two students and two instructors, with courses in Plumbing and Sheet Metal. The school was first located in the Whittier Building at 87 Winter Street, with two shops located on the second fioor. The next year the enrollment was further increased by the addition of thirty-two more students with two instructors teaching Automotive Repair and Printing. The Auto Repair shop was located on the first fioor and the Printing department was located on the third fioor. A second class of Automotive Repair was organized in 1928. In September 1935 a new vocational division known as the General Vocational department was formed with the specific aim of giving instruction in Household Mechanics, Woodworking, Electrical and Machine Shop practice to pupils of the age of high school freshmen. This school was located in the old Chestnut Street School which has since been razed. ln one year's time the pupils in this division were instructed in each of the four trades previously named as well as being given instruc- tion every other week in English, civics, elementary science, shop mathematics, mechanical draw- ing and physical hygiene. The replacement for Trade School graduates were taken from this group, and the remaining pupils returned to high school as sophomores. In 1936 a Unit Trade Department in Electricity was started and 'in January 1938 another group of pupils ioined the Sheet Metal course of instruction. In T938 a placement service was organized for the graduates and the school leavers. Main Building and Spofford Annex

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CARL E. HERRICK Senior Supervisor, Division of Vocational Education Born July 20, 1890-Passed Away January I, 1962 WHEN I SAIL AWAY NEW Sometime at eve when the tide is low, I shall slip my mooring and sail away, With no response to the friendly hail of kindred craft in the busy bay. In the silent hush of the twilight pale When the night stoops down to embrace the day And the voices call o'er the water flow- Sometime at evening when the tide is low I shall slip my mooring and sail away. Through the purple shadows that darkly trail O'er the ebbing tide of the unknown sea I shall fade me away, with a dip of a sail And ripple of waters to tell the tale Of a lonely Voyager sailing away To Mystic Isles where at anchor lay The crafts of those who have sailed before O'er the unknown Sea to the Unknown Shore. A few who have watched me sail away Will miss my craft from the busy bay, Some friendly barks that were anchored near Some loving hearts that my soul held dear In silent sorrow shall drop a tear. But I shall have peacefully furled my sail In moorings sheltered from storm or gale And greeted friends who have sailed before O'er the Unknown Sea to the Well Known Shore.