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

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2 The Artisan December 24, 1926 History of Christmas Customs Publication of the Student of the Henry Ford Trade School. Highland Parle. Mich. VOL 1. NO. 6 December 24, 1926 IM BI.ISIIKD SEMI-MONTHLY SI.00 Per Year Single Copies, 7 Cents STAFF: Editor in Chief. .. Associate Editor . . Managing Editor. . . Art Editor . .James Humbcrstonc William Cain News Department : Frank Berto William Vance Joseph Kisil Alex Allie William Toth Arthur Shultz Duane Muhoy Phillip Youngermar Publication Dept... Assistants: Mike Borushko Robert Leiscy Howard Hoeft Carl Kurz Mike Kosteeki Business Manager. . Advertising Manager. .. .Bernard Konopka Circulation Dept Phillip Zoufal Assistants: 8teve Szalai Arthur Brooks Samuel Schmidt Faculty Adviser. . . . I-ouis Garden Leisure It is no longer necessary to spend all of our waking moments in the struggle to provide for our animal existence. Man power is giving way to the heat engine, steam, and electricity. Mere muscle is becom- ing less important. Tractors drag our plows through the soil deeper and faster than the ox or the horse. Much of the farm work is done by machinery. The farmer has more leisure. In our homes electricity has mo- torized the house work. Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and electric irons have speeded and lightened the daily routine. By the turn of a switch we flood the house with the light of a hundred candles. Women have more leisure. In our factories huge presses do in a few moments the work of a man for a full week. Overhead cranes lift the burden from a thou- sand men and give a better service. The worker has more leisure. A day’s journey is no longer measured by the strength of a horse. The radius of our daily world has been greatly lengthened. Trains, automobiles, and airplanes are making distant cities and even other continents our neighbors. Seeing the orchestra as wc hear it playing in a distant city will not astonish us. We are in a measure losing our capacity to experience new thrills. 1 his lessening of the hours of needful toil and the transfer of the luxuries of yesterday to the neces- sities of today is making for us a very different world. As the work period shortens, leisure time length- ens. Less than a quarter of our time is now required in business and this is quite likely to be further reduced. Leisure time, that period in which the individual must choose his activity, is becoming a matter of the greatest importance to the person and to the nation. Until recently a man’s occupation determined to a great extent his place in the community and his value to it. Now, more and more, the manner in which he uses his leisure will determine his character and his place in society. It will even change the character of so- ciety. Unless each one consciously strives to use this increased leisure to develop himself physically, men- tally, and morally, society will not benefit by the change. Leisure used for selfish pleasure has brought proud nations to disaster. Some think that our country is now at the height of its develop- ment. Whether it goes on to greater achievement or crumbles as have other nations will depend largely on the way we as individ- uals use our leisure time. —F. E. Searle. December December, the twelfth and last month of the year, is often repre- sented pictorially by a very old and feeble Father Time, leaning on a staff. The decern of its name seems strange as applied to this month, for it means ten; but in the old Ro- man days before the reform of the calendar, December was the tenth month. For centuries December had but twenty-nine days, but Caesar added two,, making it one of the longest months. Winter commences on the twenty- second of December, the day on which the sun reaches the solstice and turns back for its northward journey. Though December is fre- quently spoken of as the frosty month.” it is not usually the cold- est month, nor is it the most cheer- less, for the good will, the crack- ling fires and the holly of ap- proaching Christmas, seem to shed a glow over all. The Romans made Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, the special deity of December, and this seems appropriate, for there is no time when hearth fires arc more in evidence or when they have a greater significance. The great Christian festival of Christmas. celebrated ion the twenty-fifth, is the chief holiday of the month; indeed, to many it is the chief holiday of the year. The thirty-first, the last day of the year, is known as New Year’s eve. and often partakes of the festivities with which the opening of the new year is celebrated. So now is come our jollicst feast; Let every man be jolly: Each room with ivy leaves be dressed. And every post with holly.” —G. Wither. I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat When man receives a revelation such as that greatest of revelations which was brought to us by a car- penter’s son of Nazareth he com- memorates it with traditions and symbols that go back to the child- hood of the race. These traditions are often violently at variance with the idea they arc sought to ex- press. Many of the customs we now associate with the birthday of the Christ (even the date—the 25th of December—wc are not sure of) come out of an ancient celebration of the turning of the year” or a time when the earth was reborn and assurance was given of another spring, another harvest. Thus our Christmas was a sacred day, long —thousands of years—before it was associated with the founder of our religion. Holly, mistletoe, and Yule log, and other things come from a cele- bration of this kind held by the old German and Celtic peoples which was called Yule. Pope Gregory, in 601 A. D.. gives instance in a letter to Abbott Mellitus how church au- thorities strove to turn the old form of worshipping to new subjects. He says in part, Nor let them now sacrifice animals to the Devil, but to the praise of God kill animals for their own eating, and render thanks to the Giver of all for their abundance.” The Christmas present is still unknown outside of Teutonic coun- tries, as Germany, Holland, Scan- dinavian countries, England, and America. In other countries the day of gifts, in France called jour d’etrennes, most commonly takes place on the beginning of the new year. This custom also comes from a like pagan custom of making gifts to celebrate the new year. St. Nicholas was a real Bishop of Myra, a place now called Dem- bre, in Asia Minor. He became the patron saint of children, vir- gins. sailors, thieves, and of Rus- sia. His day was December 6 and this day is still the date of a mighty celebration in Bari, Italy, where his bones were carried by traders of that town. This custom of carry- ing objects for religious use back home was at one time popular in Italy. St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice owes much of its decoration to this habit. The English name of Of peace on earth, good-will to men.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. CHRISTMAS “So hallowed and so gracious is the time.” —William Shakespeare. For Christmas comes but once a year, And when it comes it brings good cheer” —Old Carol. “Santa Claus” as applied to this saint comes from the Dutch San Nicolaas and in Holland and Bel- gium his day is the day of re- joicing. In his northward travels he has changed his gray horse or ass for reindeer in the hearts of Northern peoples. So, it seems, we have taken what has pleased us from the cus- toms of immemorial times. And it is good so, for we inherit them all. But let us not lose sight of their real significance in exploiting them for selfish purposes. A Case from Life As the Poets Told of Christmas On Tuesday, December 14, 1926, Mr. Wright, of the Pathfinders, gave a frank and interesting lecture on life. He did not try to avoid issues but told his story in his plain, straightforward manner. He discussed the problems of youth and how to solve some of them. He also warned the boys to be careful in the choice of their com- panions. The story of a youth of nineteen was then related by Mr. Wright. This is the boy’s story in his own words: “In the year 1915 I was fifteen years old and in the army, ready to go across at a minute’s notice. Now there is my first blunder. I lied to fight for my country. I left and went to France, 16 years of age, when I should have been back at school. In FYancc, as you will know, for I am sure there arc many cases of my sort, I learned to smoke, drink and skylark. I loved the colors so much when I return- ed, I re-enlisted. In 1921 I was discharged—and came home, ruin- ed. I say that, for I was not fit for the so-called place in society. I wish to say at this time, that I had the best of parents and my brothers and sisters are very well liked. My father who is past the eighty mark is very well thought of. My mother died after I was here but a short time. Cancer was the cause, but in truth it was of a broken heart. “Liquor got the best of me, be- ing so young and gay, running around to night parties, etc., but here is a surprising fact, I never cared for it when I was alone, and to this very day. no one can make my dear Dad believe that one of his children ever was inclined to follow that strain. “On one of my wild nights with another lad. we held up and killed a neighbor of ours. I use the word neighbor for he was a very dear friend of my people. Not realizing the crime we had committed till after it was over, and in the stupid drug of liquor wc fled and were caught in a distant town. What were we to do. Plead guilty and ask for mercy was the only thing to do. Although I know even be- fore the eyes of the court, that I (Continued on Page 6)

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Volume I Henry Ford Trade School, December 24, 1926 Number 6 Section Team Get Sweaters Champs Make Colorful Showing in Kelly Green and White M section football squad, win- ning the championship, received the honor of attending the annual ban- quet held on December 9, 1926. The T and W sections football men do- mesticated themselves and served a good meal to those who attended the banquet. The M section champs for 1926 decided to purchase sweaters. The colors of the team being kelly green and white, they therefore decided that the sweaters would be of the same colors. They received their green sweaters with white trimmings in time to wear them at the ban- quet. The entire M section squad was present in fighting colors. They enjoyed the banquet very much and it is hoped that the cream of the section team will be present at the banquet as members of the varsity squad of 1927. I I I I I J I I I I I I I I I I.........................................I I .1 I I I ■ I I II I I I I I: I II I I I ■ I I S I J ■ • The Staff of the Artisan Wish the Faculty and Students inaA ulit Cf V)]Lrr,| QUUt Cf rXaop;, Commerce Defeated By T. S. Quintet Score 18-16 Basketball Season Opens With Victory For Artisans Orchestra Program Features Soloists On Friday, December 17, the Henry Ford Trade School Orches- tra gave an excellent program in the school auditorium. M section was the recipient of the orchestra’s tal- ent and enjoyed the program im- mensely if the amount of applause the orchestra received indicated the audience’s enthusiasm. The orchestra first presented a few classical selections. Then Mr. Ballard and Mr. and Mrs. Glasslep also rendered a few selections, Mr. Ballard and Mr. Glassley playing violins with Mrs. Glassley accom- panying them at the piano. Mr. Glassley then played a few classical selections on a saxaphonc, accom- panied by Mrs. Glassley at the piano Earl Tank, a member of the or- chestra, rendered a solo at the piano. He played the selection very well and was generously applauded by the students. ► The orchestra then played the (Continued on Page 6) eyes For the first game of the basket hall season the Henry Ford Trade School invaded the High School of Commerce gym on Thursday after- noon of December 16, and emerged with an 18 to 16 victory. Commerce, with Capt. Schwartz in the lead, showed the way in scor- ing with four points for the losers by the long tom route. Frankow- ski cut this considerably by hooping in a field goal and then followed it up with a successful free throw. From this point on the 'Trade School went into the lead and kept it. The halt ended with the Ar- tisans holding a three point lead. In the second halt the winners added enough points iu the third quarter to give them a lead of six points hut this was reduced when Commerce registered their only earned basket by going through Trade School’s defense, and sinking a long one from the center of the floor that took the crowd out of their seats. The last part of the third quar- ter and the beginning of the fourth found Bcnko, who had replaced Frankowski, shaking off his man for necessary points to keep his team in the lead. (Continued on Page .3) Banquet Held By Varsity Many Prominent Guests at Annual Affair of Team Class King Chosen By Seniors of 27 The representatives of the senior class of this year met Wednesday December 15 in room 504 to choose the class ring for the year of 1927. A very appropriate design was chosen. It has a fine mannish ap- pearance with the old English scrip “F” on it. The seniors look forward with anticipation to the month of Feb- ruary’ when they will receive these rings and graduate from the aca- demic work with all the glory’ of the scholar. Annual Holiday Party Held by Club The Exploration Club enjoyed its second annual Christmas party on December 22, 1926. This party is a stag affair. The. members usually’ tell stories and discuss the various things that oc- curred in the past y’car. Then the usual question will he asked. “Where will wc he .this time next’ year?” The club has at last received its radio cabinet from the woodshop, and has fitted a three-tube set and , loudspeaker into it. Thus the club members may enjoy radio music at their spare moments. The annual football banquet, held in the new school dining room, November 9. 1926, was a huge suc- cess. About 175 persons attended, including the Baby Lincolns,” “M” section football champs, and the instructors. The section player? served as waiters. After the completion of the din- ner, Mr. Eheling, the toastmaster, opened the ceremonies by a short talk on the growth of the school in the past year. Mr. Searle, the first speaker of the evening, spoke about our school, the largest and best of its kind. He mentioned that people arc looking to this school for edu- cational methods. Plans are now under way to start a branch at F'ordson and 150 boys are to he en- rolled as soon as possible. Coach Broker, the next speaker, gave a short talk on the team. He spoke of the team’s need for hack- ing by the instructors and the stu- dent body. He said that the suc- cess of the team was due to the team-work and co-operation of everyone on the squad. The next speaker was Captain Grose of 26. He thanked the squad for putting their confidence in him during the past season, and for their support during the strenuous football campaign. Captain Joe Walek of ’27 fol- lowed, expressing his appreciation to the fellows for conferring the honor of captain upon him. Mr. Adams then gave a short talk. He asked Mr. Hollis about the missing locks on his head. Mr. Hollis wouldn’t explain, so Mr. Adams told the story. It seems (Continued on Page 8) ‘Heap on more wood!—the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.” —Sir Walter Scott. Boost The Artisan You can help boost The Artisan by patronizing our advertisers, and when doing this, mention that you are a student of the Henry Ford Trade School. This will prove to the advertisers that when they ad- vertise in The Artisan they get results.

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December 24 1926 3 The Artisan Then he offered to shine the apples. heroes of the past season. Perhaps these hoys are not de- serving of this honor, but by being generous, The Artisan hopes to build up a huge circulation, and so this column is to he used solely for their benefit. It seems that Mr. Fitzgerald got a rough look from one of his op- ponents during the Reading game, because he fainted. All the time he was unconscious (quite a while), he kept saying. •Thass alright, thass alright.” However, he did not have his hand on his head at the time. Libby, our cheer leader, also wenr to Reading, but the only thing he did during the whole trip Was ride in an automobile. It is peculiar yet true, Libby was inveigled by some fair damsel to spend a few of his precious mo- ments on the Reading side of the gridiron. He forgot himself and stayed over there until the last two min- utes of play. Suddenly waking up, and at the same time remembering his object in going to Reading, he gave a rousing cheer. But alas, for Reading! Poor Libby! He soon regretted his terrible mistake. The team met him in the shower room and there was a reckoning. What happened at this reckon- ing will never be known, for it's a secret. Yet we do know this much: for one week Libby ate his meals standing up. During the past season, “Speed” Youngerman (Harold Teen), an- other one of our star players, has worn three pairs of socks every time he was on the gridiron. (Cold feet.) By so doing he was enabled to wear his father’s football shoes. He’s following in his father's foot- steps. It's cheaper. We know Youngerman isn’t Scotch because he came from Pennsylvania. Mr. Kopac has gone? into busi- ness for himself. It happened much in this manner. A bunch of fel- lows from the squad went to the Capitol one night. After paying his carfare, Kopac didn't have enough money to go to the show and his credit was no good. But this didn't phase Kopac a '(it. He happened to have his top along, and so he swapped it for a News, which he sold, therefrom re- ceiving the required two cents. ♦ ♦ ♦ Another star (not star man), one Shercnco, is awfully free-hearted. In fact, he'll borrow anything you'll lend him. One night, after football practice, there were some extra apples. Shercnco dusted off the lockers and shined the coaches’ football shoes. The coach caught him sneaking out the door with a bag under his arm and asked him where he was going. Whereupon Sherenco said he was taking some fruit home to his mamma. (We wonder which one.) After the Varsity vs. St. Ben's game, a bunch of Varsity men went out for a feed (at least, they worked up an appetite). Of course each fellow had to foot his own bill. YVe wonder if there is any con- nection between this and the fact One of the first physical changes which we would discover in our changed condition of existence, as mentioned in the last chapter, would be that when we desired to freeze a pailful of our liquid iron, we could do so much more easily if it were in its absolutely pure state than if it were mixed with some other element as carbon. Of course, we have long known that this is the case with water and salt, and just as it becomes harder and harder to freeze water with greater and greater amounts of salt mixed with it, so the freezing of iron with greater and greater amounts of carbon mixed with it would also occur at lower and low- er temperatures. If we started to add salt to a pail of water we would, of course, have different degrees of brine. Just so with the addition of car- bon to a ladle or crucible of pure iron, we would likewise have differ- ent degrees of the resulting mix- ture. In adding the salt to a pail of water there would come a time when the water would take in or dissolve no more salt at room temperature. If we added a little less salt we would have free water in excess of salt, and if we added that Nagel, Gerhard, Humberstone and Beck disappeared. While speaking of Jimmy, we might mention the fact that he got a haircut this year (one). It happened somewhat like this. He was passing a barber shop and he saw a sign which read, “Haircut 25c, Shave 15c.” To be economical he got a shave on top. While he was in the chair (bar- ber), he asked if it were possible to get one side of his face shaved for half price. Upon being assured that it was, he requested that the outside be shaved. The barber refused, saying he feared arrest for taking money un- der false pretenses. a little more salt it would have been impossible for the water to dissolve it. This is the point of saturation. For convenience, we will call the mixture, above mentioned, at which the water will not hold any more salt, Cementite,” because this is the name which our friends, the metallurgists, have given to a sim- ilar mixture of iron and carbon. They call the water, ferrite,” the salt, “Carbide,” and the resulting mixture of brine, “Cementite.” This mixture of iron-carbon always exists in exactly the same propor- tions, namely, 93.4 per cent iron and 6.6 per cent carbon, and is ex- pressed chemically by the cymbol Fe3C, which means, in other words, that three atoms of iron have united with one atom of carbon to form the chemical compound, “iron car- bide,” which the metallurgists, as above mentioned, desire to term “cementite.” Now let us go back to the brine solution with which we are already familiar, and suppose that we add a little more salt than the water would absorb and which would therefore exist in a “solid solution,” and then bring this mechanical mix- continued on Page 7) G K E E T 1 ;V (r S OF TH K S E A S O N : We Wish ! A Merry Christmas :: Ay D .. I A Happy New Year ] To All The Hoys —THE FACULTY I :|| I I I'll I ■' I mi ■ii|illiiliilllii|il|il:illi|itliil IMAGININGS OF SCIENCE SAFETY NOTES The Trade School now has its own Safety Committee of ten boys It came about in this way. Mr. Day suggested to Alex Allic, the Safety Editor, that the school have its own safety committee, so Allic worked it out in detail and had Mr. Ebeling look it over. Thinking it a good idea, Messrs. Murray. Sanders, and Ebeling picked ten junior boys and Alex Allie as the senior representatives for the com- mittee. The boys are: Hans Wuer- ker, Leon Casper, Earl Tank, Thco. Nicklcs, Stephen Stromayer, Nor- man Meyers, Frank Faust, Harvey Clark, Frank Berto and Joe Bir- inger. v To be a member of this commit- tee, the boy must be 17 years of age and have a very high standing. The term is for six months. The duties of the committee arc to keep its eyes open for all safety and sanitation notes. Every two weeks there will be a meeting to discuss these notes and bring them to the attention of the boys. ♦ This column is open for suggestions from instructors, students, and any- body who is interested in safety. Drop all suggestions addressed to the safety editor in the contribution box cf The Artisan. Commerce Defeated by Artisan (Quintet (Continued from Page 1) The main factor in the School’s victory was the great defense which was lead by “Al” Johns and ably assisted by Capt. Marchand. The Trade School team as a whole showed a surprising lack of team play which was evidenced by the fact that in the first half they had only two shots at the basket in ad- dition to the two that counted. The Trade School tradition of be- ing clean, hard players was upheld by the boys, who committed but two fouls to their opponents four- teen. This point alone should make the school proud of them. Summary: Trade School Tesner L. F. Novack R. F. Frankowski C. Johns L. G. Marchaqd(c) R. G Commerce Madigan Thorsen Walser Schwartz(c) Cohen Score (first half), H. F. T. S. 9; Commerce 6. Goals: Tesner. Frankowski 3, Renko 2, Cohen 2, Schwartz 3, Berger, Thorsen. Points after fouls: Novack, Bosan- ko, Tesner, Frankowski, Johns, Marchand, Cohen, Walser. Sub- stitutions: Bosanko for Novack. Rowe for Tesner, Benko for Fran- kowski, Berger for Schwartz, Slo- bin for Thorsen, Thorsen for Madi- gan. Referee, Thierry (Cass).