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

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3h? draftsman 3 PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OE HENRY FORD TRADE SCHOOL NOVIMBER 5, VOL. 5, NO. Young Chinese Student Relates Native Customs There have been very few Chinese hoys to enroll in Henry Ford Trade School. The first wa3 Bennie Wong who graduated in 1923, and the present one is Howard Tom, G- class student. Howard was horn in Detroit. Until enrolled in the Trade School, he had never eaten much food cooked in American fashion. At home his fa- ther, a Dearborn laund r y m a n, makes the chop suey, while his mother prepares the other foods. Nearly all of Howard's rel- atives live in China, where his mother was horn. His father went to China from the United States at an early age. Chinese Customs Telling of some of the Chi- nese customs, Howard said, Aft- er a Chinese has been dead for a year or so, his remains are dug up by relatives and are placed in a huge clay Jar in a skeleton form. Then the remains are tak- en to a near by mountain and buried again. Concrete is poured over the grave for pro- tection. No matter on what day of the year a Chinese is bom, his birthday is celebrated on New Year's day. This makes it one of the happiest days of the year. Although Howard is 13 in America, he is 15 in China. At birth a Chinese is 1 year old, and then on the following New Year's day he is 2 years old. Except to raise families, girls are not wanted in China. Chinese mothers hope that their babies will be boys, for they must support their parents. If there are too many girls in a family, they are likely to be given away or sold to rich fam- ilies as maids. This is an old custom, however, and not fol- lowed so much at present. Dr. Verne Fryklund's Speech at Banquet Private schools have pio- neered the way in trade training. They have dared do the things that was said could not be done. They have proved its importance to the public, and consequently we have trade training in public schools today. Private schools can lead the way because, for most of them, cost is not a fac- tor. Trade training is as old as civilization. Records show that more than 2200 years before the birth of Christ trade training was required by the Jews. It was a law that every father had to train his son. Not to train a son meant to train him to be a social parasite. In England guilds were es- tablished so boys could learn a trade under skilled craftsmen. Master craftsmen were required to take apprentices into their home to live, feeding and cloth- ing them. Later a period of specialization was bom. The demand for manufactured goods increased. Skilled craftsmen became employers, and appren- tices became employees. After the Civil War, mass production became more and more necessary. This resulted in greater need for giving trade (Continued on Page 4) Fred Schiller, Apprentice School, bagged five pheasants and four rabbits. Lost: One dog. Roy Hovis, turret lathe, failed to bring home the bacon, but did bring home a sore thumb, the result of an entanglement with the hammer of his gun while firing. Alton Wright, lathe, a suc- cessful Nimrod, bagged six pheas- ants and fourteen rabbits. G. A. Yerex, Room 1, said, I'm not a hunter, but one of the hunted. Firing five shots, Ernest Detroyer, pressure gage, marched triumphantly homeward carrying two rabbits and a handful of 1937 Instructors Contribute Y. M. C.A. Memberships Forty boys, some who are students of Henry Ford Trade School, will receive memberships for one year in the Y.M.C.A. as a result of recent contributions by instructors. Approximately $200 was contributed. During the month of October the Y.M.C.A. sponsored a member- ship drive. Henry Ford Trade School has participated the last four years. For a boy to be eligible to receive membership, he must be between the ages of 10 and 17, and must be recommended by some person who knows that the boy, due to his financial status, is unable to pay for his own member- ship. Instructors may submit names of worthy boys to G. A. Yerex, Room 1. The Alumni Club will spon- sor another dance at the Ball- room Grande, Grand River at Joy Road, Saturday, Nov. 13. Tickets, at 35 cents each, may be obtained from the bookstore, members of The Craftsman staff, apprentice foremen in the tool- rooms, or from the alumni com- mittee, composed of James Stewart, Bill Howard, Peter Quinn, and Karl Horvath Jr. pheasant feathers. Steve Chayke, grinder in- spector, tallied six pheasants and four fox squirrels. Louis Liptack, drafting room, is able to serve three duck dinners. Floyd Sfcnith, machine con- struction, bagged John Crow. C. 0. Phillips, precision tool, More empty shells than birds. G. W. Armstrong, mathemat- ics, traveled homeward in com- pany with three pheasants and two rabbits. Harold Neubauer, cutaway, played dog. Two diseased rab- bits fell victims to the hunt. Howard Tom What the Hunting Instructors Hunted and Got

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PAGE FOUR THE CRAFTSMAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937 ¥edbmmm Ernest Lombardo, M-F-l, was the only student to receive all A 8 as a semester grade in the G-clasa last term. John Nagel, senior, played on the Pittenger Post baseball team last summer. Nathan Ferry, T-B-4 musical enthusiast, is the new member and second tenor of the student quartet, replacing Robert Skuse, who is attending another school. Leo Festain, T-D-2, played on the Rangers, Highland Park city champions of the softball division, during his summer va- cation. A door prize of five dol- lars was awarded to Leonard Ryan, alumnus, by Councilman Carl C. Oglesbee at a Lowrey School dance in Dearborn. Hugh Miller, senior, sang two solos over WWJ during the Morning Devotion program, at 7:15 a. m., Wednesday, Oct. 13. Albert A. Knowles, instruc- tor of precision tool department, was the subject of last week's Guess Who . Apprentice School Filled Mr. Teeple. Lester Twork, a graduate of Michigan State Normal and Ford Apprentice School, is teaching metallurgy. Nine of the 21 Apprentice School instructors were grad- uated from Henry Ford Trade School. They are: Fred Jones, Raymond Shilium, George Petzer, Raymond Hollander, Fred Schiller, Joseph Coultier, Harold Young, William Teeple, and William Mue11er. Orchestra Resumed Mr. Glassley said, Eight hours for sleep, eight hours for work, what are you going to do with the other eight? If the boys are willing to devote their own time to such a worthy cause as a school orchestra, the least I can do is devote my time and efforts toward helping them. Mr. Glassley also said that the orchestra is in need of a piano player. Coolants Aid Efficiency High speed produces fric- tion. When friction bee canes too great, cutting tools become in- efficient. Coolants reduce fric- tion and increase efficiency. In our school shop four differ- ent coolants are used. Soluble oil, commonly known as soda water, is used because of its relatively low cost. Sol- uble oil is used for general ma- chine and lathe work, while tur- pentine and Sunoco are used when cutting special metals, such as, copper, brass, and aluminum. Lard oil is used for mill, lathe, and drill work. The Ford Motor Co. has its own coolant department which pumps a continuous supply to all parts of the factory. A. M. Wagener, shop theory instructor, says it was the prac- tice in the railroad shops to place a wick in a tin can, hav- ing holes punctured in its bot- tom, thus allowing water in the can to seep through the wick on- to the cutter. From another source the story is told that men would chew a big wad of tobacco and spit a brown stream of Juice on the hot cutter to reduce fric- tion. The inefficient coolant system, however, was soon brought to an end, for new and better coolants were devised. Presidents Elected A non-partisan election for class presidents has been held recently in the A and B classes. The official results are: M-A-l Edward Piotrowski 1822 T-A-l Thomas McCall 1483 W-A-l Maurice Baker 626 M-A-2 Albert Booth 778 T-A-2 Floyd Cams 1031 W-A-2 Thomas Waling 782 M-A-3 Thomas O'Connor 1115 T-A-3 William Schmittling 1676 W-A-3 Stanley Crump 1337 M-B-l Allen Zander 1170 T-B-l Fred Sutton 1685 W-B-l Bill Crump 775 M-B-2 John Frost 828 T-B-2 James Mitchell 1633 W-B-2 Paul Knopp 1755 M-B-3 John Groves 1855 T-B-3 George Giles 1021 W-B-3 Marion Palmer 1306 M-B-4 Sheldon Amesse 585 T-B-4 Richard Bryce 1723 W-B-4 Pat Lohr 1760 August Daniel, '26, is a watchmaker at the Dearborn En- gineering Laboratory. Owen Pelham, '31, is em- ployed as an analytical chemist at the Research Laboratory, Greenfield Village, Dearborn. A1 Paganini, '35, is work- ing at the Tool Stock Office, B- butiding of Ford Motor Co. Joseph Cadieux, '35, is do- ing work on experimental plas- tics at the Research Laboratory, Greenfield Village, Dearborn. Ashley Lawrence, '36, is a first aid orderly at Hamper Hospital. William Elmer, '36, is at- tending the University of Mich- igan. He plans to specialize in chemistry. Before going to Ann Arbor he worked in the telegraph- ic department of Ford Motor Co. Joseph Bango, '36, is em- ployed in the foundry pattern shop of Ford Motor Co. Robert Kroll, '37, is work- ing in the auditing department in the Administration Building. School Plays Host Eighteen boys under the direction of E. H. Harsh were guests of Henry Ford Trade School August 24 and 25. The group, representing the Hoover Vacuum Co. of North Canton, Ohio were on a trip to East Tawas, Michigan. While on their stay in Detroit, the boys camped at Ford Field in Dearborn. The boys were taken on a tour of Detroit, and the Ford factory in Ford Motor Co. busses Henry Ford Trade School proved to be a point of interest to them. After viewing all de- partments, they ate lunch in the cafeteria, then toured the fac- tory of Ford Motor Go. In the Rolling Mill they were amazed as they followed the transforma- tion of an ingot into a long thin strip of steel. Brief as their visit was, it was enough for them to cast an unanimous vote, We want to come again.

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PAGE TWO THE CRAFTSMAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1937 (Hhp draftsman Henry Ford Trade School Student Publication Dearborn Michigan Editor-in-chief. . . . .Joseph Pinko M-Section Editor . . . . Raymond White T-Soction Editor . . . . Thcmaa McCall W-Sectlon Editor NEWS AND FEATURE STAFF Erb Lawler Anthony DePodeeta Walter Maue Stanley Kaczmarek Melvin Peck Robert Schloaeer Harold McRay Leo Champagne Paul Fralnle Joseph Hauser William Brady Elmer Benzing Walter Grunat Gerald Lentz Harold Headley Edward Vargo Frank Sullivan Frank Lopez Clarence Strong Paul Borbey James Konstantine John Wobbe Edward Kcmorowskl John Kampo Edward Ktyszkowskl SPORT STAFF M-Section Vonda Hunter, Fred Butler W-Section. . .Robert Hennesay, Tony Lorente T-Section. .William Strejan, Archie Coffman Faculty Advisor. . Vol. 3, No. 3 Fri., Nov. 5, 1937 It Should Continue It was suggested, recently that the anniversary banquet should be held only every five years, the next in 1941. That is too long. Objections are that it is too hard to get in- structors to attend. That is unfortunate. Maybe the programs are at fault. If so, they can be changed easily. This is a great school. If this event be dropped, what pro- vision is left for alumni and instructors to get together? Alumni of other great institu- tions are glad to return to hone comings. Our alumni will return too if we make them welcome. This publication proposes: (1) Continue the anniversary par- ties. (2) Make no attempt to get a large attendance. (3) Do every thing possible to have a worthwhile program. Don't let this thing die. If only a dozen are inter- ested, that is sufficient. You that want to continue this annu- al program get back of the com- mittee. Be A Booster. The anni- versary program should be contin- ued. To Study-A Real Job To study well is difficult; to grasp the thought is harder still. To get a thorough knowl- edge of a complete page, one mu3t develop a keen sense of un- derstanding- -one which is non- Editor's Mail Dear Editor: I and several other boys would like to know if we could change our trade? One cannot learn a trade in the school. This will re- quire several more years of ex- perience. Four years of general training in Henry Ford Trade School followed by three years in Ford Apprentice School should equip a student to meet most of the problems arising in his cho- sen work. However, it is possi- ble for a boy to choose another, even if he is making good at what he is learning, provided conditions permit and the boy does not wait until he is too old before making his wishes known. But it should be remem- bered, it is the aim of this school to give every student a general training. Is a welders Job bad for your eyes. I have heard several say it was. H. C. Annette and H. J. Hawn, instructors of the welding department, have been welding for 19 years. They said welding has never affected their eyes. Each year their eyes are tested in the main hospital of Ford Motor Co. The tests have shown 20-20, which means a perfect eyesight. Although some men say that it has affected their eye- sight when it comes to bowling. Why did members of the stu- dents' quartet get medals at the graduation party when A-class students of the orchestra re- ceived nothing, while they prac- ticed on their own time? The medals given to the two graduates of the students' quar- tet were presented by the in- structors' quartet and not by the school. partial. Writers do their best to bring forth their thoughts to the readers. Read and study each argu- ment before attempting to criti- cize. Criticism is often un- justly administered. Unfair treatment of one's study in the understanding will only mean a loss to that person. If a stu- dent is to derive full value from his reading he should study in an unbiased fashion. (JGHUDEffiJE SWdH© Mr. Guess Who was born in Ilion, New York. During his high school years he played foot- ball and basketball. At the age of 19 he became an apprentice at the Remington Typewriter Co. He came to Detroit in 1914 and started working in the Highland Park Plant of Ford Motor Co. He worked on the first dies that were cast for the liberty air- plane motors. In 1929 he came to the Rouge Plant, becoming an instructor of Henry Ford Trade School in 1930. He is fond of fishing, hunt ing, and swimming. Mr. Guess Who related the story of his first hunting trip. Armed with a borrowed shotgun, and accompa- nied by a friend and the friend's dog, our subject went hunting one winter day. The dog flushed a rabbit and chased it over to the hill's summit. Wher suddenly the rabbit appeared at the top of the hill with the dog in close pursuit, Mr. Guess Who raised the trusty twelve- gauge, and blazed away. The shot cleanly missed the rabbit, and nearly killed the surprised dog. Mr. Guess Who is marriec and has three children. He if 5 ft., 6 in. tall, weighs 15C lbs., has brown hair, brown eyef and wears rimless glasses. Hf is head of a department of boys and 4 instructors. He usu- ally wears a black bow tie tc work.