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

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I The Artisan December 10, 1926 Editors Visit Highland Park High and U. D. Publications On Tuesday, November 2.?, James Humberstone, the editor of The . Irtisan, and John O'Connell, asso- ciate editor, visited the Spectator, which is the school paper of the Highland Park High School. The following Tuesday, November 30, they visited the Varsity News, which is the University of Detroit publica- tion. While at the university they were taken to the U. of D. High School, where they met Jack Britt, editor of the Cub, the U. of D. High (taper, and spent a very profitable hour with him. They then went back to the U. of D. and remained until two o,clock with Mr. J. M. McGarry, who is the university Professor of journalism. The object of these visits was to get information concerning newspaper work from older publications. The Spectator was chosen for a visit be- cause for the last three years it has won the cup award to the best school paper in Michigan by th? Michigan Inteinat cnal Press Asso- ciation. LEAVE OUT THE JOKER Everyone knows the pestilent I “humorist whose delight it is to pass ou.t the explosive cigar, who pulls the chair from ur.d r any un- wary person foolish enough to re- gard him as grown up, and who fleds +he baby pepper-leaded fudg?. This joker is everlastingly in evi dence. Machine shops, power plants, foundries—wherever men work to- gether—know the breed. In in- telligence, the j k: r ranges from the pest who sends the apprentice for lef handed monkey-wrench to the murderous nitwit who s'nours ai a mechanic working in close and dangerous quarters. Were the jckjr a hazard to him- self alone it might be a service to the country to encourage him. He wou d very'likely be less a liability were a crippled body added to his crippled mind. But he is a stand- ing threat of injury to those around him, who are less gifted and iess original, perhaps, but who give their major attention to their Jobs. So there is just one thing for the wise foreman to do with the joker the instant he discovers him, and that is to havo a service-man escort him, as rapidly as practicable, to; the door. (Adapted from Asceyalyne Tips). Perpetual Motion Dodrs are made out of trees, trees; grow out of doors. Beauty Treatment Bill Gipse: Did you ever take the Carlsbad mud-bath treatment? Walek: No. but I played on Fcrd F eld a couple of times. CRITICS COLUMN In helping along the cause of the Artis ah and to fill space in th? critic column, I cannot help but comment on the harmony and good will shown by the instructors of the Trade School. They always seem fo remind me of the 57 Heinz vari- eties. . Perhaps it is because you can mix the 57 all in the same can and still have a fine relish. Thstt Is also an outstanding feature among the instructors. Altho each cne has a different duty to perform, ne wcu'd be useless without the other in the school of this kind. For his reason we are glad they har- monize as they do. But It would not be advisable to mix them in a can unless you had a tight cover and a rubber in between to keep cur heat treat instructor from Fak- ing out. Now that I have picked on Mr. Maeonackie, I will try to smooth things over by saying this for him, that he is a very capable instructor. Small grievances are sure to oc- cur once in a while, and it is an easy matter for one to be misled. For instance, a boy operating Hendy lathe in the gauge depart- ment reported a loose dog on the dutch of his lathe. The instructor had the boy issue an order to have it repaired. Where it reads “Na- ture of trouble,” the boy wrote, “loose dog, please rush,” and as- signed the order to Mr. Adams. The boy finally found Mr. Adams on the second floor quite busy with another machine, although not too busy to resist the. opportunity tJ bawl some one out. After reading the order he hot-footed it up the two flights of stairs three steps at a time, even forgetting that we have elevator service, which is rare for him. He went over to the in- structor and blabted out, “Listen here, Mr. Deitsch. I want you to understand I am running the ma- chine repair and not a dog pound, and if you have any loose dogs around here, send for clearing-house Smith. He gathers up all the loose things around here.” As I happened to overhear th? argument, I proceeded to be the fixer, and explained it to Mr. Adams that even he could under- stand that this dog happened to be a part of the machine, and Mr. Deitsch would likevte have him re- pair it. But he wa£,so; riled up that all he could cfjjake faces and could not ge| hi§ tongue in shape to say anything -, which seldrm hap- pens to - Mr- Dsit?ch. So Mr. Adams apologized and endeavorci o fix the dog. So you see, outside of a few inci-1 dents like this. I am glad to say the instructors get along very nicely together, which means a lot to the Henry Ford Trade School. ’ “Well,' I came, down with flying colors, anyhow,” said Jimmy, the painter, who fell from a scaffold with a pail of pairit in each hand.’ Shop Instructor Goes to Company Tool Room Mr. Howarth Draves, the popu- lat young shop instructor, has left the Trade School to study tool- making methods in the tool-rooms of the Ford Motor Co. He will later return to the Trade School richer in experience and training which he will in turn endeavor to g vc to the student's. Mr. Draves is a graduate of the Trade School and within the last year has been an instructor in the Machine Con- struction Bench, and Milling de- partments. New Lunch Room Formally Opens The opening of the new lunch room was celebrated with a big chicken dinner. Spaghetti a la meate, cake a la mode, aqua milk, ani fruit cock ail were served. Most of the boys had to walk only a short distance to the new lunch room, such as the boys on the mills and lathes and the boys in class having to walk only a quarter of a mile up and the same distance hack. Several of the boys fainted from salvation on the way to th£ lunch room. Several excellent speeches were mad? by some of the most promi1 nerit men. Mr. Sanders' speech was short but snappy. It is con- tained in these few words. “Up this aisle, boys. Hey, you, take this seat. Wa s youh number. Three twenty-eight? Don’t forget to clean this table before you leave.’’ -— - • Bruce’s speech was also sweet. “Hey, put the other apple back. Say, your face is familiar. Isn’t this the third time you’re here in the last five minutes?” If you believe this we’ll tell you some more in the next issue. Faculty Organizes Team Large Turnout Expected The members of the faculty are organizing a basketball team among themselves. This is an effort to spend a part of their wintry nights on a gym floor keeping themselves in fits for the hazards they encounter while dealing with the poor innocents. We wand r if this gym business is just an excuse to get out. Bye the bye, as a matter of information, there is plenty of opportunity for the rest of the athlefc members of the faculty to meet at the Willard School gym at Hamilton and Davi- son. on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Don’t forget your gym shoes. (Don’t forget your dress suit). ALUMNI CORNER The alumni Basketball squad is practicing regularly and appear to be a fast aggregation, one that will give the opponents a busy even- ing. There is still a vacancy on the squad, if you know of a fast player. Keith Davis and Peter Blok were recent visitors and enjoyed a visit thru the school. The Baby Lincolns will be guests of the Varsity football squad at the fifth annual banquet on December 9, 1926. Chuck Dunbar strolled in the other day and said that he had eight months more to do on his Navy enlistment, and said, “Never again.” A1 Brady and friend loaded up their Ford and camped out in the Upper Peninsular on the trail of all wild deer. Good fortune being with them, they both got a buck, Al’s weighing about 125 pounds dressed, which isn’t bad for the first time. They had quite an interesting experience, being snow- ed in, but A1 stated that while the big cars were held in the woods their Ford bucked the drifts and they arrived home with the eany ones. Harry Barkby was promoted and transferred to the experimental tool room at Dearborn. Wilfred Modjeski and Morman Klein have been transferred to the experimental laboratories at Dear- born. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The season of 1926 is about end- ed and the Athletic association is .now offering the 1927-1928 tickets to the students at the reduced price of fifty cents. The Athletic Association tickets more than pay for themselves throughout the year. It permits you to witness all home basketball games, and gives a reduction on your excursion ticket to Bob-Lo on the annual field day. Besides helping to support your varsity team by getting the serv- ives of competent referees and um- pires and paying their traveling expenses it gives you who are rep- resented by the team the feeling that you are doing all in your power to help athletic contests in your school. Buy a ticket. Employer: “The position re- quires a great amount of mechani- cal experience.” Applicant: “I have owned a second hand automobile for two months.” Employer: “Accepted.” Father: “Son, what does this 60 on your report card mean?” Son: “Don’t know, father, un- less it’s the temperature of the room.”

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December 10, 1926 The Artisan 3 SAFETY NOTES WE WONDER Boys Learning Work In Commissary Department Another deplorable accident oc- cured just a few weeks ago. One of our new students, strolled from his lob on the bench: in his wandering he tried to operate an arbor press. He placed his finger on the rack in the back, pulled down the handle and nearly severed the end of his finger. On Tuesday, another student strolling away from his job used a wood-chisel to pry a piece of leather from a wooden soled shoe, while holding shoe in his hand, the chisel slipped cutting a very ugly wound. Boys working on grinders should always wear goggles for their own. safety. It is especially dangerous to work without them on cutter or tool grinders. Always be sure you have a guard on your machine and that it is in the right place. It is not permissible to wear rings, gloves, or neckties while- working around any machine that is in motion. Frequently boys who dis- obey these rules are hurt when their hands or their personal attire are- caught in revolving gears or mechan- ism. Shoes with thin or worn soles are frequently the cause of cut and in- fected feet. It is a dangerous act to throw broken glass and bottles in the kitchen, and boys in there who do not think of those things at the time often receive- cuts, and must be treated at the hospital. Every month two or three boys come to the hospital as a result of running and tripping in the hall ways. The hospital treats an average of three hundred and fifteen cases a day. By being careful we could make less work for the First Aid Doctor. Always let an electrician do all electrical work; and when repairing or cleaning machines always pull the plug and place a danger sign on it until you are through. Boys working in the foundry Should never get their faces near the sand. Blow it away with the bel- lows, for it is liable to get in your eyes and cause infection. Don’t use mushroom headed tools while working. When entering a new department, get exact information regarding the fire exit, fire extinguisher and fire blanket. Always smother an elec- trical fire; do not use an extinguisher. In case anybody’s clothes catch fire wrap the blanket around him from head to foot, not from foot to head, or you will send the flames into his face, thus burning him severely You can ask any safety man how to fold the blanket again. These arc some of the elementary rules of safety. Watch this column next issue and learn more about safety. Le Pages Mr. Edwards: Do you use tooth- paste? Stular: No! None of my teeth are loose. WE WONDER, if the instiuctors in the Trade School were to receive a k-nickle every time they smiled, how many millionaires would be created—WE WONDER. WONDERING FURTHER—if ail the instructors north of the bridge would then be as hard up as ever. Here Is The Plan Instructors that never smile but frown instead would be permitted to contribute k-nickles instead of receiving them. In this way the Four Trade School boys, be- ( tween the ages of seventeen and eighteen, are now working in the; Commissary Department of the Ford Motor Company. The pur- pose of this is to give the boys clerking experience and to enable them to come in contact with the general public. Mr. Saunders states that all boys who wish to get experience in this line, will be given a chance to work- in the commissary. fund for those that smile would be kept up. Some instructors would be broke all the time. The staff doesn’t like the idea because it claims that there are too many profiteers among the faculty. Mr. Crawford would be smiling IMAGININGS OF SCIENCE Chapter I We live in a world in which cer- tain conditions of the atmosphere and the so-called elements sur- rounding our daily existence are all the time. Of course if this is given the in- structors to vote upon it would not go through, because it would revol- utionize their ideas as to how school should be taught. A few of the instructors have been interviewed and some of them threaten to hold out for ten cents. All suggestions on this matter should be signed and given to the parties to whom they pertain. Vareitv Boys Celebrate Birthday of Teammate Football Team Explores Reading, Michigan The Varsity football team en- joyed their rec.nt automobile trip to Reading very much. It seems that certain members of the team received warm recep- tions by their zealous team-mates, who, noon celebrating the birth- days of VOTS (coach) and PER- II AM (director) w'ielded the little paddle which now hangs in the “hall of fame” (in other words, the display cases on the third floor in Mr. Crawford’s office). After amusing themselves in this way for a time, the boys felt the exploring instinct and set out to discover things concerning the town, in behalf of the old inhabi- tants. They divided up into groups some of them going down one street and some down another, (two groups). A few of the more ven- turesome breke away from the main groups and began their tour of exploration alone. Of these, two of the boldest, Stein and Marchand wandered to the edge of the city and got lost in the corn- stalks. The police and fire de- partments searched 14 days and nights before they finally located the wanderers. (Watch for Next Installment) en‘irely familiar to us. From force of habit we are likely to forg;t that had Nature, for instance, been plann d under a different range of livable temperatures all the famil- iar objects of our daily existence would have existed under ent rely different forms. For instance, if the normal tem- perature had been 2700 degrees F. instead of 70 degre s F. and we had been constructed so that we cou’d comfortably endure that degree of temperature, we cou’d have gone sailing on a sea of molten iron in boats built of graph t? cr plumbago and have used oars of silica brick. Under these delightful conditions wo could place frozen lumps of cur sea of iron in our ice box s for refrigeration. Flat irons and stove lids worn Id therefore have been the products of the ice-man. The water with which we now are familiar, of course, could not exist in a liquid form, or even as steam, but instead, as a highly gas- eous state which we would probably be called upon to breathe. Certain other substances with wh;ch we are familiar in our daily life such as common stick sulfur, for in- stance, would exist in an ent'rely different physical state, although their ch?mical proper t;es wou’d be completely unchanged and we would be given to understand that an “allotropic” formation had tak n place. If we can now imagine ourselves as existing under the relative con- ditions described above, which arc “natural” conditions of some other world, it will be easy for us to un- derstand quite clearly some of the other allotropic forms of iron and steel than those with which we are familiar. Another of this series will appear in the next issue. Fistic Art Sleep: Fighting is all right, pro- viding you do it intelligently. Libby: Yes, but you can’t al- ways find a smaller man. MORE WONDER It was one week ago t’day, gen- tlemen, and it happened much in this manner: Twas after work and 13 hood- lums from the foundry were do- ing the chain walk down the main aisle. From the actions of the boys one would judge that they had been reading up on the lives of great men. Such as Jesse James and Dutch Anderson. Mr. Ebeling, whom it appears has a sense of humor, witnessed this (ir.mati? act of the foundrymen and got a huge laugh out of the oc- casion. Sh! Now com?s the villian and his henchman. Messrs. Crammer and Wilson see the boys enjoying themselves and immediately haul them into Sanders office and send for Ebeling to baul them out. Enter Oblong! WrIADS WRONG HERE? Cramm.r recites. His main objection being that it is Friday and there are 13 boys (Superstition). Ebeling turned to th? rowdies, “WELL WHADDA YA GODDA SAY FER YERSELF?” Libby said he thot it was good practice because they all expected to be prisoners some day. Grammcr said he had never been a prisoner and so he couldn’t be ex- pected to appreciate such tactics. Ebeling said, “Keep on. We all have the same chance.” A Hie claimed he had seen Cram- mer doing the same thing by him- self last Tuesday. So Oblong had to keep Crammer. Harold Wilson said he thot Cram- mer was getting a raw deal. And so he got to stay too. Note—Hamilton was in the line- up too, but he ducked when we saw Crammer coming. WE WONDER if: These boys from the foundry had really ap- plied themselves, for the 8 hours, previous to the aforenamed affaiir, they would have been so full of pep as they were. Monkey Business John O’Connell: It’s too bad Bryan died without seeing you. Jimmie H: Why do you say that? John O’Connell: He would have admitted his mistake about the evo- lution theory. Mr. Hawkes: “What are the constitU2nt of quartz?” Bright student: “Pints.” When a man brags of his hones- ty, it is always good policy to de- mand a receipt signed in ink when paying him money.

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December 10, 1926 the unknown By the Green Author SYNOPSIS Young Luke was shot at by a mysterious stranger while standing on a hill in Southern Kentucky. JIc then tumbled over an adjacent precipice and was luckily caught by a jutting tree. He was unconscious when rescued by his foster father and his companion. Luke was car- ried down the trail to the home of “Old Lonesome.” While the boy was sleeping in the cabin the lamp on the table was shattered by a rifle bullet. The rest of the night passed uneventfully, however, and next morning the trio departed to their homes in the village. CHAPTER V The estate of Major Wolfe was a spacious one. It encompassed many acres of fields, hills, valleys, and forests, and it had belonged to the Major's family for many years. The white frame building, which was the home of Major Wolfe, his wife, foster daughter, and a few faithful old servants, was hardly discernible from the highway be- cause of the pines which partially obscured it. The estate had once been a wealthy one, but the poor business management of the Major, and his craving for alcohol, had al- lowed the value of the land and buildings to deteriorate almost to worthlessness. The Major needed money badly but his pride would not allow him to sell his birthright. The Major was gazing moodily over the lawn, his face a picture of worry and discouragement. He realized that he was a failure. The estate which had been his father's pride had fallen into ruins because of his lack of will-power and busi- ness acumen. He transferred his gaze to the flower garden, and his face softened as he watched the figure bending over the bushes and shrubs. The person turned, walked up the gravel path to the back of the house, and then came around the opposite side to the front. The Major had sunk into his revery again when a pair of cool hands were pressed over his eyes. He jumped and irritably turned around to meet a pair of laughing, brown eyes. He tried to maintain a grumpy expression but failed. Laughing, he linked arms with the I girl and led the way into the house for noon-day lunch. The Major was seemingly happy I and gay all through the meal, for under no conditions whatsoever j would he allow it to be known that he was in need of money. Mrs. Wolfe was a small, white- haired, gentle-faced, old lady, who believed implicitly in her husband and his business ability. The fost- er daughter was a tall, beautiful Vrl of perhaps fifteen years of age. She had brown hair, dark brown eyes and regular features. Al- T he Artisan 5 though she did not know it, she was only the Major’s foster daugh- ter. No one knew who her parents were or where she came from. Martha, as she was called, sus- pected that the Major was worry- ing over financial difficulties, but knowing that he would be embar- rassed it she disclosed her suspic- ions, she kept them to herself. After lunch she went for a walk among the trees, searching her mind for a solution to the Major’s worries. While walking she noticed a figure in front of her sitting on a log. When she neared the log she found the figure to be Young Luke. (To be Continued) SALVAGED SCRAP A Block of Land Mr. Crawford: My client is su- ing you for injuries received from a dangerous obstruction on your property. Owner: Why, howr did he get hurt? Mr. Crawford: He fell from an airplane and your land blocked his fall. Listen To The Bed Tick Mr. Ostenfeld: Did you hear j about the murder? Mr. Murray: No? Mr. Ostenfeld: The paper hanger hung a border and when they tried to investigate they found it was only a rumor. Alarming Mr. Ebeling: Which one of these clocks is right? Mr. Edel: I don’t know, we have, five clocks. When we want to know the time, we add them to- gether and divide by five—and even then we are not certain. Right Mr. Ford: Spell Eutectic. Frank Faust: Utet-err. Mr. Ford: Spell the syllables, Eu. Frank: Er-r-uh—Y-o-u. Strange Jimmy: “What’s the matter with my wrist watch?” Mr. Sparks: “It needs cleaning. Jimmy: Cleaning? How can that be? I’ve kept it on my wrist every time I’ve taken a bath.” An employe fell from the fourth floor of a building, but caught the wires as he came down. Another employe ran for a lad- der to get him down, but when he got it the first employe was lying on the ground. And why,” he asked, ‘ didn’t you hold on till I could help you ? The first employe replied, “I was afraid the wire would break.” Tan Him Mr. Overbey: (To inattentive pupils): Is leather an organic or inorganic compound? Hoga: Er—Inorganic. Mr. Overbey: Then give me the chemical name? Hoga: Ox hide of beef. Now We Won’t Even Smile Mr. Bell: What causes laughing? Mr. Hawkcs: A laugh is a pe- culiar contortion of the human countenance, voluntary, super-in- j duced by a concatenation of extern- al circumstances, seen or heard, of a ridiculous, ludicrous, jocose, mirth- ful, fully, facetious of fanciful na- ture and accompanied by a cackle, chuckle, chortle, cachinnation, gig- gle, gurgle, guffaw or roar. First Student: My hither is a fine artist. With one stroke of the ' brush he can turn a laughing face ! nto a sorrowful one. Second Student: So can mine but he uses a stick. | Men’s Wear iGEORGE M. BEEBE 13963 Woodward Ave. ■ — Highland Park, Mich. : Weyhing Bros. 1 : Mfg. Co. j - Makers of emblematic goods, - “ class rings and pins, metals, ? - badges and trophies. I Makers of Henry Ford Trade = - School rings. I Mfg. Plant, McDougall at Grat. I I 1507 WOODWARD AVE. | 3rd floor Annis Fur Bldg. | “ Detroit. Randolph 9840-9841 i iri i ili i i i i i mu i i ■ ini iiit ; FRANK S. TOBIAS, Inc. f CARS—TRUCKS—TRACTOR3 I 16428 WOODWARD AVE. 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