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

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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.

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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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VCDCATIGNAL - IND N THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS PATTERN SHOP the stu- dent is first given a glimpse of the moulding and casting process. This intrcduction to the part which pattern-making plays in industry fires his enthusiasm and makes him anxious to begin the making of patterns. During the course he constructs from ten to fifteen simple wood patterns each of which illustrates some principle of ccnstruction. All of the work is done by hand. The purpose of the course is to give an outlet for the energies of boys interested in working with wocd, to aid those seeking their place in industry, and to make all who participate keenly aware of one of the basic factors of production in this age of machines. The Vocational course prepares those who select advanced work- and who meet the requirements for interest, ability, and intelligence-to enter apprenticeship. Learning conditions are kept as nearly like indus- trial working conditions as is consistent with good instruction methods. The course, by requiring vocational mathematics, physics, and drafting in addition to other high school subjects, is intended to give a broad general education as well as thorough specific traininggand aims to prepare students who wiil become leaders in their work. Training is given in connecticn with production jobs, that is, the shop produces pattems for all cast parts of machines, tools, and equipment drawn in the drafting room, machined and assembled in the machine shop, and used thrcughout the school. Jobs are seldom alike, therefore during the two years spent in the shop a wide range of experience is obtained. Safety, accurate thinking, and efficient working habits are stressed throughcut the course. There is always oppcrtunity for employment for the skilled workers who graduate from this shop. Help is given to the boy in search of his first job and an active interest is taken in his subsequent career. There are nc-w approximately fifty pattern-making graduates employed by man- ufacturing plants in the Chicago metropclitan area. I4-:CDP