J Sterling Morton East High School - Mortonian Yearbook (Cicero, IL)

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ia VQCATIQNAL ' IND 'ffipfg offs RTON OFFERS TWO MACHINE DRAFTING courses, xl Y 10 the Industrial Arts and the Vocational. The former is open If 5 D to all, the latter to a few selected from those who have passed .L ,-,Lil the Industrial Arts course and who desire tofbecome draftsmen. The Industrial Arts course aims to acquaint studentswith the subject in order to aid them in chocsing a life work and to add to their general information . This course gives the basic elements of lettering, use of in- struments, projection, and dimensioning. Students completing the Industrial Arts course may, if eligible, enter the Vocational Drafting course or take an additional semester of drawing in case they elect other vocational shops. This additional semester enables the latter students to read blue-prints and, if necessary do their own draw- ing. The Vocational Drafting course prepares students for entry into in- dustry. The methods used are a departure frcm conventional teaching. Class organization parallels industrial organization. Projects are in charge of advanced students acting as squad leaders who design and supervise the work of younger draftsmen. These squad leaders interview all teachers concerned with production jobs which then progress through sketches, drawings, tracings, and blue-prints and are later built in the shops. Before completing this course the prospective draftsman must take the related Industrial Arts Pattern Making and Machine Shop courses, where they acquire a background indispensible to their future work. In addition, they take three years of mathematics, at least two years of natural science, and other subjects necessary for high schcol graduation and entrance into engineering colleges. Assistance is given graduates in finding work and a record is kept of their subsequent progress. The large number of Vocational Machine Drafting graduates who have found or held jobs during the depression attests to the thoroughness and practicability of their training. Associa- tion in the drafting rcom with engineers and executives has made it possible for many graduates to advance from the board into responsible positions, especially in the case of those who have had some college wcrk in engineering since leaving Morton. MAG-UNL Room

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ty-four drafting tables for room 301, the re-building of a like number of tables in room 304, the complete motorization of the Industrial Arts Ma- chine Shop are but a few examples. A liberal policy on the part of local in- dustries through loans or gifts has made it possible for students to par- ticipate in the valuable experience of re-building and servicing machines and equipment. ..... Boys of the Vocational Department pay shop fees and purchase mater- ials used in personal jobs. The department is self-supporting, as far as the cost of instructional material is concerned. The cost is further lessened by state and federal aid which pays approximately one-half of all vocational instructors' salaries. ----- Vocational classes are composed of selected boys who have passed through an Industrial Arts experience which helped them to make a choice and prove their interest and ability. The training of the vocational students duplicates the practices and standards of industry. Each student, before graduation, secures twelve hundred training hours in his major shop. Vo- cational boys carry the heaviest clock-hour schedule of any students in Morton. They must excel in their related academic subjects as well as in shop work. Later in life, if they care to pursue engineering courses, they have the required entrance credits. - - - Upon graduation, the department cooperates in placement on the job. The Vocational Director makes every effort to assist graduates who have difficulty in securing employment. Most industrial plants of this area give preference to Morton's Vocational students, realizing the advantage of employees selected and trained by the Morton system. - - When placed, the vocational student is not forgotten. The department keeps in touch with his progress. Periodically a survey of graduates is made. As a result, students, even though out of school ten years or more, feel that their old instructors are interested in their careers and stand by to help, if possible, when needed. - - - Thus, the Vocational Department meets the purpose for which it exists, namely, to give a genuine opportunity for every student to choose, prove his choice by try-out, and train for his life work in some technical indus- trial field. -----

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UXTRIA-I. DRAIL-TIN 33925533 1. The machine drafting room. 2. Mr Brelclce and Mr. Campbell, the instructors of machine drafting. 3. Where tracings are filed and blue-printed. 4. Starting a tracing through the machine. 5. Assembly of the transit designed for the math department. 6. Assembly of the spot-Welder designed for the General Metal shop. 7. A class discussicn on gearing. 8. The finishing touch on an Industrial Arts lesson sheet. 9. i'On the board. 10. Lights and shadows frcm the blue-print machine arcs. 4...A.