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

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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.

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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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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1937 Give it the Gun! George Maconochie and hie buddy, Lieut. Russell A. Ross, watched the ground came up to meet them, spinning as it came. As a crash seemed unprevent- able, Mr- Maconochie told his buddy to Give it the gun and make it a good crash while they were at it. He was only acting on the advice of their captain who told them to do that in such a predicament so as to bring no suffering. Though not on the battle field, this was one of the many scenes that occurred at training camps in Texas in 1918, said Mr. Maconochie. Mr. Maconochie and his buddy had taken off for a observation flight. They were being pro- pelled swiftly along, when sud- denly their craft turned nose down into a dizzy spin. Hi8 buddy gave it the gun and to their surprise the ship came out of the spin and leveled off. It took a little time be- fore the full meaning of what had happened dawned upon them. Mr. Maconochie is in charge of the heat treat department. Bowling Standings Po8. Team Won Lost Pet. 1 Wrenbeck 12 3 .800 2 Stewart 11 4 .733 3 Wilson 11 4 .733 4 McDonie 11 4 .733 5 Lucas 10 5 .667 6 Jacobs 9 6 .600 7 DeLoche 9 6 .600 8 Westerman 9 6 .600 9 Hollis 8 7 .533 10 Vigh 7 8 .467 11 Maconochie 7 8 .467 12 Brewen 6 9 .400 13 Kimber 6 9 .400 14 Philburn 5 10 .333 15 Goehmann 5 10 .333 16 Onderko 4 11 .267 17 Blum 3 12 .200 18 Dey 2 13 .133 TEAM I SCORE Team High 3 Games Jacobs 2552 Team High Game Lucas 952 INDIVIDUAL SCORES Ind. High 3 Games 1 Wrenbeck 620 Ind. High Game Wrenbeck 233 HIGH AVERAGES Wrenbeck . . . . 185 Chayke .... . 176 Ph i lbura . . . . 175 Westerman. . . . 174 Vigh . 173 THE CRAFTSMAN Playing a fine defensive game, the M-A basketball team held the M-C class to one basket while they scored 22 points. The pace was set by Humen and Bommarito, who scored 8 and 6 points respectively. The Beeball season ended in the M-section with the Pirates The instructors and stu- dents of Henry Ford Trade School wish to express their heartfelt sympathy to R. B. Teeple, drawing instructor, in the death of his father; to John Nesbit, senior, in the death of his father; to Thomas Brown, Training School instructor, in the death of his mother; and to Urban Lucas, transfer crib, in the death of his brother. winners. Only one touchdown was scored against them in their six wins and no losses. Angelo Bommarito of the M-A team is the leading scorer of the intramural basketball league with 17 points. Gallinat is a close second with 16 points. The bowling team captained by U. Lucas rolled 952 on Nov. 2. A. Edel, bowling president, said, This will be hard to beat. The Craftsman will play their first basketball game of the season, Nov. 27, at Salina School, engaging the alumni. On the same program will be the annual battle between the class and shop instructors. The only undefeated Beeball team in the T-section is E-3. It is captained by Bob Jenkins. Fighting heard to break Into the winning circle of intramural teams, the Dodgers quintet, rep- resenting W-A class, defeated the W-B class, 22-8. Making 3 touchdowns apiece, Emil Broda and A1 Eckeris helped T-F-l defeat T-B-2, Nov. 3, by an overwhelming score of 48-6. J. J. Onderko, librarian, bought a new bowling ball, and the first night that he used it, he rolled only 87. NOTICE: Basketball practice, for all shop instructors wishing to play this year, will be held at Miller School, cor. Lois and Michigan Ave., 10 a. m. to 12 noon, Nov. 6, 1937. PACTS THREE Craftsman Baseball Team Gets Medals As a reward for winning the championship of the Highland Park Recreation League, each mem- ber of the Craftsman baseball team recently received a small bronze medal. These medals, one inch high with a special monogram In the center, were presented by W. J. Ballard, head of the Highland Park recreation department, to the fifteen players composing the team. The team, coached by V. F. Richards, finished the season with nine victories and two de- feats . In the two game knockout series, the Craftsmen defeated the Subjagator team, 22-4, and won from the Hawks on a forfeit to assure the team of a champi- onship. In the Subjagator game, the Craftsmen collected eight runs in the first inning, Jumping in- to an early lead which the oppo- sition never overcame. Fred Butler, who relieved Harold Hoffman in the second inning, held the opponents to one run in the remaining innings. Leading hitters for the sea- son were H. Hoffman, pitcher, and V. Hunter, catcher, hitting .545 and .471 respectively. Cart You Design ? Here's a chance for boys who like to design. A booster emblem is wanted for our school. Many boys bought their own let- ters, and those who have earned theirs feel that this is unjust. Students having Ideas are asked to sketch them, and hand to V. F. Richards, who, with J. P. Heinz, and L. H. Bartholomew, will se- lect the best. Basketball Standings Team Won Lost Pet. T-A 3 0 1.000 M-A 2 0 1.000 W-C 1 0 1.000 M-C 2 1 .667 T-B 2 1 .667 W-A 1 1 .500 W-B 0 1 .000 T-C 0 2 .000 T-D 0 2 .000 M-B 0 3 .000