Henry Ford Trade School - Craftsman Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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2 The Artisan November 26, 926 3R d U ctrfi Publication of the Student. of the Henry Ford Trade School, Highland Park. Mich. VOL. 1. NO. 4. November 26. 1926 PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY $1.00 Per Year Single Copies. 7 Cents STAFF: Editor in Chief......James Humbemtone Associate Editor...................John O’Connell New Department: Frank Berio Alex Allie William Vance William Toth Joseph Kisil Arthur Schultz Bernard Konopka Duane Mulvc.v Basil Benson Publication Dept.........Adolph Eckert Assistants: Mike Boru«hko Robert Leisey William Winttanley Howard Hoeft Rn«in«'«« Manager............Earl Tank Advertising Manager......Gordon Rivera Assistants: Robert Harrison Bernard Konopka Circulation Dept.........Phillip Zoufal Assistants: Arthur Brooks David Kay Steve Szalai Samuel Schmidt Faculty Adviser...........Louis Garden Wasted Energy There are innumerable ways in which one can spend his time to profit, whether working, studying, or playing. But, despite the ever present occasions for doing some- thing worth while, people can al- ways be found wasting their time and energy, apparently careless of the negative outcome of their efforts.. These persons are a pest to so- ciety, whether they realize it or not. Failing at self discipline, imposed discipline is distasteful to them, but none the less a frequent neces- sity which they themselves incur. The responsibilities that go with sharing civilized social life are real and exacting, to be met only by a considerable amount of properly directed effort. They arc not to be dodged by the wastrel without caus- ing friction and unhappiness. How much more desirable is the flood turned into proper channels and serving the world by driving turbines, carrying ships, and irri- gating fields, than the uncontrolled flood laying waste the land and homes of all in its destructive path! The energies of a human life arc as forceful as a flood, and like it can be either directed to service and happiness, or left undirected to result in destruction and misery. It is not the part of common sense to belittle the application of any large fact such as this to the •daily details of life, small and un- important as they may seem. In the classroom, for instance, one troublesome boy undermines the «fforts and aims of the whole class, lowering noticeably its reputation, though the boy himself, perhaps, does not see it or care. Often the only thing necessary to bring about a condition approaching Utopia is to eliminate or cure a single troublemaker. In our school it is necessary to direct all our energy into worth while channels. You can help by refusing to pay attention to the “bright guy.” BANKING FROM THE BEGINNING Courtesy of Highland Park State Bank Safety Notes Safety—How many know what that word means? Why, we all do. but some of us treat it like an enemy instead of a friend. The safety man and safety rules are not only friends, but friends whose ser- vices may prove priceless. Sooner or later we will all learn this, as a boy who worked on a shaper did. He had been sent down to the safety office for wearing his goggles on his forehead instead of in front of his eyes. He thought that the instructor was mean and was trying to impose his authority for doing that. The following morning, before he had worked one hour, a chip flew up and broke his glasses. He took the glasses in to Mr. Sanders, and said, “Mr. Sanders, how thankful 1 am that you made me wear gog- gles.” Let us not wait to learn our les- son. Let us practice safety now. Some important rules to remem- ber are: Paper towels only should be used on mills. No heavy lifting is to be done by students. Machines must come to a stop before handling work. Dr. Blaney compliments the boys for having their cuts taken care of, because out of 1500 boys in the school he has no infection cases now. He wishes to stress that boys must not remove bandages under any circumstances; and all redress- ings must be done between 9 and 11:30 o'clock. Library Notes • Books recently received at the Library: A Soldier of Manhattan, Alt- sheler. Full-back Foster, Barbour. The Quest of the Golden Valley. Browne. Frank Brown, Sea Apprentice, Bullen. The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Lamp, Burgess. The Boy Scouts on Lost Trail. Burgess. Don Strong of the Wolf Patrol, Hcyliger. The Flamingo Feather, Munroe. so far, Frankie Damico, Johnnie The Voyage of the Hoppergrass, Pearson. The Talking Leaves, Stoddard. Two Arrows, Stoddard. Circuit Troubles and Testing, Croft. Elements of Electrical Design, Still. Spalding’s Official Baseball Guide for 1925-1926. A Guide to Good Golf, Barnes. Essays, Robert Louis Stevenson. The Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians, Gosse. Eminent Chemists of Our Time, Harrow. ! The Birth of the English National Debt, and the Founding of the Bank of England The banker of today may well find it a curious and interesting di- version to consider how much he owes to the tyrants of the past. It is a common-place, in all na- tions derived from English stock, that existing political and legal in- stitutions represent mainly the outgrowth of the struggle of pop- ular rights against the absolutism of kings. Rut in some curious ways this is also true of banking and currency, even to the institution of bank-notes having the backing of the national government. Without pushing the parallel too far. it may nevertheless fairly be said that such standard features of the modern banking world as the central bank of issue and the na- t’onal debt came to Americans as almost the direct fruit of the Di- vine Right of Kings, as this right was applied by two Stuart kings of England, Charles I and Charles II. It was due particularly to the lawlessness and corruption of the second of these kings that Eng- land created a national debt and a central bank of issue. The supreme crudity of the de- vices which served England in place of a banking system in the Middle Ages—almost incredible to the modem mind—made possible the forays of the Stuart kings; and by making these raids possible drove home the necessity of regulating the financial relations between the Government and the people to whom the Government looked for funds with which to carry on. Charles I set unfortunate prece- dents for his immediate successor by twice losing his head. The sec- ond loss, as is well known, was fatal to Charles. The first time he lost his head he merely raided the Exchequer or Government Treas- ury (then housed in the Tower of London), causing a loss to the merchants who had deposited their money there of about 120,000 Eng- lish pounds. This was the pre- cedent which the second Charles followed, on a ten times larger scale, with results probably much more than ten times as far-reaching. In the simple days of Charles I the methods of both hanking and taxation were crude and confused. For nearly five hundred years be- fore his time the mint had been a place of deposit for merchants. On account of the worn condition of the coins, which made them of un- equal value, the officials weighed each man’s deposit and recorded the amount of the deposit by notches on the side of a willow tally stick, which aftedwards acted as ledger and passbook. According to Sir John Lubbock, president of the Bankers’ Institute of London in 1879, it was not until 1826 that the old wooden tallies entirely passed out of use in England. ‘‘The tally,” says Sir John, “was a willow stick about five feet long, an inch in depth and thickness, with the four sides roughly squared. ” The amount of the deposit was recorded by means of notches on one side of the tally stick, and a description inscribed on the two sides adjoining the notched side. The tally stick was then split in half through the notches, one-half going to the depositor, the other half being retained by the bank as its record. Cromwell, who sanctioned the beheading of Charles I, and who ruled England as “Protector,” had a hand in devising the effective and productive system of monthly taxes which enables the Parliamen- tary Government to get through some very hard times. And this new system was largely continued under the second Charles. But Cromwell, like the king be- fore him, had to take in his pocket Parliament’s authorization for a loan and dicker with the money lenders when in need of funds, the security offered being repayment out of the proceeds of the author- ized tax-levy. By this time the former money-lending supremacy of the Jews had passed to the gold- smiths who came to England from Lombardy, and who have left their own monument in modern London in the shape of Lombard Street— the Wall Street of the British cap- ital. With the Exchequer raid of Charles I, the confidence of the merchants in government deposi- tories began to weaken and they gradually turned to the goldsmith’s strong boxes for a safer depository for their funds. On short time de- posits, the goldsmiths levied a small charge for the accommodation; but they paid as high as six per cent interest on deposits placed with them definitely for a year or more. It was these Lombard goldsmiths (the most important of whom came to be called bankers) to whom Cromwell had to turn to anticipate the returns of taxes voted by Par- liament. The charge they made for loans to the Govcrment was generally eight per cent, leaving for themselves, as bankers, a profit of two per cent. Another installment of this series will appear in the next issue. Nervous Passenger (in air taxi about 5,000 feet up): Ww-w-what are you laughing at. driver? Driver: I’m just laughing at the superintendent. About this time he’ll be searching for me all over the lunatic asyhim.

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Volume I Henry Ford Trade School, November 26, 1926 Number 4 Sanitation Dept. Added at T. S. Will Give Boys Increased Responsibility for School’s Care A new department has been in- troduced into the Trade School— Sanitation. The object of this de- partment is not, as has been com- monly supposed, to furnish a penalty for the boys, but to give them added responsibility in the maintenance of their school’s physical plant. It will operate, as does every other depart- ment, on the merit system. As a rule, work in the Sanitation department will follow work in the Car Parts department for new boys entering the Trade Scool. Then, after completing their sanitation work, they will advance into tool work. In former days a boy who start- ed “serving” a trade faced a much harder undertaking than a boy in similar position today. His tasks were varied and uncertain, and often included the following: carrying the boss’s lunch, cleaning machines, sweeping the floor, helping the blacksmith, and, in general, making himself useful as possible. In those days the boss seldom had time to give instruction in the main work, and these odd jobs were considered the proper thing for the boys. Contrast with this the conditions today for boys working in the (Continued on Page 4) — All Section Defeated by Varsity Reserves The All-Section team was de- feated by the Varsity Reserves on Ford Field, Thursday, November 18, the score being 6-0. The field was in no condition to play fast football, but, notwithstand- ing, both teams battled hard throughout the game, and braved the mud baths, which none escaped. Bera’s remarkable kicking offered the best offensive weapon of the green and white, one punt netting 40 yards, and rolling 30 more. The All-Section backs gained good ground around the Reserves’ ends,, Lbut could not get through the sec- ondary defense. Pope made lone Cartoonist Contest This contest is to promote school spirit (which is making a more spectacular appearance every week) among the Artisans and to bring out talents of originality as well as that of a humorous nature and to encourage an interesting study on the part of the contestants. The cartoons may represent ac- tual or fictitious happenings in the shop, class room, on the field or any social gatherings of the Artisans. Of course, there is no rule regard- ing the exclusion of instructors in these cartoons. (Continued on Page 5) Metal Analysis In addition to the regular analy- sis of cast iron heats from the Trade School Foundry carried on by the Metallurgical Laboratory, the work of brass bronze and aluminum analysis has been as- sumed. Samples from each pour in the different foundries are sent to the laboratory for an analysis, and a report on the same is sent to the foundry as a guide and check on the castings made. A Special Feature introduced in connection with the Analysis of Brasses and Bronze is the separa- tion of Copper and Lead in the al- loy by the Electrolytic Method. This particular method employs the Solonoid and Electrolyzing Device. In the separation by this method the solution containing the metals to be separated is kept in motion I by the counteraction of magnetic flux passing from the Solonoid with I the current running between the electrodes. This avoids the necessity of a motor to rotate one of the elect- rodes and the attendant troubles of. a complicated apparatus in which a motor circuit is maintained, say- ing nothing of the much greater cost of the mechanical method of agitation. The point of importance in all this is that the better class of boys can carry on this work success- fully under the supervision and di- rection of an instructor—and there- by give a commercial as well as an educational value to this depart- ment of Chemistry. Wil liamston Overwhelmed by Artisan Grid Warriors Last Home Game an Easy Victory for Blue and White. Stein Makes Spectacular Sixty Yard Run for First of Six Touchdowns The Varsity demonstrated their football ability to a home crowd on the last home game of the season at Ford Field, Saturday, November 13, defeating the Williamston eleven 42-0. Martin, of Williams- ton, played a fighting game but his team mates could not offset the plunging of the Blue and White’s backs and steady playing of the line. Captain Grose won the toss and chose to kick. Marchand kicked to Linn, who was downed on the 28 yard line. Williamston fumbled but recovered without gain. Shcp- erd was stopped at tackle. Linn fumbled but recovered, losing 5 yards. Martin kicked to T. S. 40 yard line. On the first scrimmage Stein, behind fine interference, broke loose for 60 yards and touch- down. Marchand drop-kicked extra point. T. S. 7, Williamston 0. Marchand kicked, Gubrcy was tackled on Williamston’s 40 yard line. A lateral pass, Kitchen to Sheperd, gained 2 yards. A pass was incomplete on third down. Martin made 6 yards through the I line. Martin kicked to Perham, who was pounced upon at T. S. 40 yard line. Nagel was stopped off tackle. Stein made 1 yard on an end run. Balsley made 4 yards through guard. Nagel punted, the oval rolling out of bounds at Wil- liamston’s 22 yard line. A lateral pass, Kitchen to Martin, resulted in a fumble, T. S. recovering on Williamston’s 15 yard line. Nagel slashed offtackle for 6 yards. Stein made 2 yards off opposite tackle. Balsley made it first down on Wil- liamston’s 5 yard line. Nagel went 1 yard off-tackle. Stein circled end for second touchdown. Marchand kicked goal again. T. S. 14, Wil- liamston 0. Gubrey received kickoff on 25 yard mark and ran it back 10 yards. Linn fumbled. Hill recovered after 5 yard loss for Williamston. An incomplcted pass made it third down as the quarter ended. T. S. 14, Williamston 0. Second Quarter Walck and Pope replace Stein and Nagel. Martin kicked and Walek was downed on Williamston’s 35 yard line. Balsley made 5 yards through the line. Pope toted the oval for 2 more at tackle. Balsley made first down on Williamston’s 22 yard line. Pope circled end for 5 yards. A criss-cross, Walek to Pope, gained 12 yards. Balsley plunged the run- ning distance for a touchdown. Marchand kicked extra point. T. S. 21, Williamston 0. Williamston ball oh 40 yard line pass made fourth down. Martin’s made 2 yards at guard, 2 yards more at center. An incomplcted (Continued on Page 4) Orchestra Appears in First Public Program Four weeks ago an article ap- peared in the Artisan concerning the Henry Ford Trade School Or- chestra. The orchestra was then being organized under the leader- ship of Mr. Johnson and Mr. Bal- lard. This orchestra is now fully or- ganized and was able to give its first entertainment Friday, Novem- ber 12. The first selection was “The Naval Cadets.” After that Mr. Roberts sang a song entitled “The Horn,” accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Glassley. The or- chestra then played our favorite song, namely, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” All the boys in the audience joined in singing the chorus. Earl Tank rendered a very fine selection on the piano. The orchestra then played its last selec- tion on the program. The program was repeated Fri- day. November 19, for the benefit of W section.

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November 26, 1926 The Artisan 3 P THE UNKNOWN By the Green Author SYNOPSIS Young Luke rides up a hill in Southern Kentucky and as he and his horse are outlined against the sett ng -mil. his horse is struck down h .i bullet from an unknown enemy's weapon. The boy and his horse then topple over the precipice, to what se:ms certain destruction. This has been observed by two old men, one of whom is Luke's fosterfather. They hasten to th? scene and there find young Luke saved from death on the rocks be- low, by the intervening branches of a tree jutting from the side of the precipice. They carry the boy through the descending gloom to the cabin of Old Lonesome, whom they find gloating over the dying strug- gles of a large black snake. Old Luke and his companion, Jed Pear- son, carry the boy into the cabin where he becomes conscious, eats some broth and then falls asleep. As Jed, Lonesome and Luke are grouped about the little sheet iron stove a bullet shatters the one win- dow of the cabin and the lamp upon the table, thus plunging the room into darkness. CHAPTER IV The men sat still for perhaps the space of one minute, dumbfounded, then they pressed as close to the ground as was possible. They wa ted breathlessly for matters to develop, each minute seeming an hour. Ten minutes passed and no sound broke the quiet of the night. Cold clammy sweat stood upon the rifles, hade Lonesome boodbve, and foreheads of each of the old men. After thirty minutes of waiting they were unable to stand it any longer. They cautiously raised themselves and discussed the situation. They finally decided that caution was the best policy to follow. The men kept watch during the night, each taking turns, so that they all received a few hours’ sleep. The li ght watch gained them noth- ing, for the remainder of the night raised uneventfully. The boy dreamed on unaware of the developments of the last few hours. Fate was against the lad it seemed, for wherever he was there was danger. What evil influence was working against the boy? He. had never harmed anyone, but here his 1 fe bad been threatened several times. This is a situation I wlrch would baffle more capable bra’ns than those possessed by these simple woodsmen: therefore it is not to be wondered at that they could find no solution to the prob- lem which confronted them. The day dawned at last and the three men gathered their rifles and went out to see if there were any indications as to who the mystcri-1 cus marksman was. They could not I find any evidence which proved anything. Several bushes along the path were bent and twisted, but probably had been made that way by the passing of Jed and Luke earlier in the foregoing evening. They soon gave up hope of finding anything out in the open and re- turned to the cabin for breakfast. The hoy awoke about ten o'clock in the morning and opened his eyes slowly. Wonderingly he gazed about the room until returning memories helped him recognize the cabin. The door of the cabin stood open and the sunFght streamed through, lighting up the interior of the cabin and making the drab furnishings appear cleaner and br ghter. From outside the cabin drifted in the odor of the ipines and of the green ver- dure, in whi;h the region about the cabin abounded. The whis- pering of the trees, the singing of the birds, the sigh ng of the wind and the low voices of the three men talking outside the cabin, all merged into one, to form an ex- quisite mcdly of harmony which be- lied the grim events which had hap- pened in the last twelve hours. The boy lay on the cot for a few min- utes lost in retrospection. In his own mind lie went back over the years as far as he could remember, but be could find no reason for the sudden attempt on bis life. Shaking his head in futile wonderment, the boy got up from the cot, slowly dressed, and stretched himself. Young Luke was a handsome lad. His brown hair, laughing eyes and flashing smile were the envy of all who surveyed them. Only about 17 years of age, the hoy stood five feet eleven inches in his stocking feet and weighed 175 pounds. Luke ex- celled in sports and was well known throughout the hills as an athlete. Luke felt as well as ever after the long sleep which he had just enjoyed, and as he stepped out of the doorway he surprised the others by the vitality and pep which he displayed. They greeted h’m boisterously, but made no reference to; the hap- penings of the night. They talked about other things until Jed said: “Well, I low its time we were get- ting home. My wife, she’ll he pretty worried over me. I'll bet.” “Yes, we might as well leave now,” an- swered Luke. They picked up their herded down the valley to Bings- ville. (To be Continued) LAFF THIS OFF Mr. Edwards, while interviewing! a prospective football player, said, “I want a boy who doesn’t smoke, swear, gamble, chew, or read dime novels.” The student promptly replied, “Mr. Edwards, you don’t want a hoy. What you want is a girl.” Reading Game to End T.S. Football Season The Trade School Varsity squad plays the final game of the season Thanksgiving Day, at Reading, Mich. The holiday encounter promises to he one of the out- standing games of the year. Reading has always produced a fast, heavy team, and will offer the Varsity a fighting game. According to news via the hidden channel, the Reserves will confis- cate the first squad’s dessert if they should he scored upon. Very interesting, indeed! Therefore, you have enough reasons to see this game. You will enjoy the 90 mile trip to Reading, you will demon- strate your school spirit, and also help to save the first squad’s des- sert at the Thanksgiving dinner at Reading. Artisans, be thcrcl ALUMM CORNER The Baby Lincolns finished their football season with six victories and two defeats, scoring a total of 109 points to their opponents’ 13. One of the defeats was caused by a tumble, and the other by an inter- cepted pass, both occurring during the last thirty seconds of play in the period. The boys are now- working hard to raise enough money to purchase themselves sw-eaters, and there seems no doubt of their success. Meanwh le they are turning their energies to the organization of a basket hall team, and have signed, S3 far, Frankie Damico, Johnnie Cragg, Bob Monro, Tom McKay and Bill Donnelly. They are con- fident of a winning combination that will uphold the reputation that the grid ron w:arriors earned. AI Gordon was in the other day and stated that he certainly was surprised to see that the school had increased to 1,500 students and added so many new phases of shop work. Jim McCarthy wras here and stated that he had just returned from Battle Creek. He generally, returns from all his trips, but not like Casey. We just received a card from him stating that he was on his way from Texas to Florida via steamship—worker, not passen- ger. B II Barsanti is holding down a good position in the Highland Park office of the Ford Motor Co., and getting along nicely. His little (0l i ft.) brother Hugh is married now. Did you know' that Wee Willie Teeple is kept busy nights rocking his daughter to sleep. We asked Bill Donnelly wrhy his football team lost a week ago and he said that they were outplayed— “Red” Knight and Ray Maurer were on the other team. WE WONDER This time our title should be “We Wander,” or “The Wanderings of the Three Musty Steers.” Their names were Sullivan, Mahoy, and Ostenfeld, and, despite the risk incurred by so doing, they got together. Comparing notes they agreed on having nothing to do and two days to do it in. Let’s do it together, and far aw'ay from the city I The very idea! With such a wonderful project to impel them, they wasted no time in starting, and wrere gone F'riday im- mediately after wrork. Speeding away, the two laziest fell asleep in the back seat. But the driver was not to be im- posed on. so, after beading bis car southward, he too fell asleep. We Wonder—What is the mar- velous intuition that keeps four wheels in the road! (We Wander?) Awakened in the morning by an omnipresent policeman, they found themselves in the city. NO! A new, strange city, of which they were the discoverers, like Colum- bus. Enraptured, they named the city in honor of this explorer, and the policeman immediately affirmed it as the city’s name. It wras a city of swrarming traffic, yea, unbelievable; so they followed the swarm, and believed nothing. The swarm becoming ever denser, they did not even believe they were awake. Finally, when it condensed them into a huge stadium they did not even believe they were alive. Correct! They w'ere now in heaven. A game of the gods was in progress. The game at last! The goal of all the’r wanderings reached!! Their highest, final goal!!! We Wonder—if at any time you see Messrs. Sullivan, Mahoy, and Ostenfeld standing in a corner with their heads together—we win- der if you will kindly and quietly bust them up, thereby to prevent some future disaster. Wc Wonder. Needed Inventions A berry box which will prevent all the best berries from staying at the top. A telephone ring that will tell us who is on the other end of the wire before we answer it. A golf ball with a gramophone attachment that w ill sing out, “Here I am.” An adjustable ring that will fit the usual number of girls you be- come engaged to during the sum- mer. An angler’s scales w'hich will corroborate the fisherman’s story. A piano that will sound the same to the girl playing it as it does to the neighbors.—Buckncll Belle Hop.