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

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'Eg ?fc ACI-IINE SHOP ACTIVITIES are divided into two courses. Sf? We? - ff ciples, is meant primarily for those who wish to become ac- quainted with machine metal work. Others included in this group are vocational students from the drafting, pattern, and auto shops required to take the course in crder to provide a sufiicient background for their work. While in the Industrial shop, the student is taught to operate the lathe, drill press, shaper, and grinder, in addition to regular hand work at the bench. Having passed the Industrial Arts course, thcse students desiring to be- come machinists or tool makers are selected and enrolled in the Vocational course. The school level of achievement in this phase of vocational train- ing is considered up to standard with the training received in the best apprentice schools of industrial plants. It is Morton's aim to give her machinists an opportunity to prepare themselves for leadership in their future occupations. Safety rules are 'stressed from the beginning of the course. The prac- tical nature of their work enables the students to make many useful tools which otherwise would have to be purchased. All work is done, when- ever possible, with the same production methods as those used in industry. As the course advances the work becomes surprisingly complex. During the last term, each student makes a one-inch micrometer. This instru- ment, capable of measuring an object only one-twenty-fifth the thickness of this sheet of paper, is not only essential to his daily work but also serves as a fine recommendation of his training, speaking louder than words when he applies for a job upc'n leaving school. In normal times machine shop graduates easily find employment in local industry. A large number of thcse placed before the depression have held their jobs during these trying times. In several instances our graduates have been promoted to supervisors, foremen, and inspectors. The ma- jority, however, are employed as toolmakers and special machine operators- -f .' ' ' A e , ,V f-V K' I 'Z Q7 fl . . . The Industrial Arts course, based on general education prin- A.

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VOCATIONAL - IND LECTRICAL MECHANICS IS REPRESENTED in our ghi Vocational Department by two courses: the Industrial Arts and the Vocational. These courses coordinate and yet have different aims. The Industrial Ants course is intended to give the student a general knowledge of the theory and practice of elec- trical mechanics which will be of use to him at work and at home and of value to him as a consumer of electrical goods. The training received in this course is also a preparation for the Vocational oourse which he may talce later if he so desires. The Vocational course is designed and equipped to train boys to enter the electrical and allied trades, such as telephony and radio. The voca- tional shop is well equipped to give instruction in testing motors and generators by the use of standand equipment found in industry outside of the school. Instruction is given in motor winding, repair, installation, and maintenance. Three phase motors are built in the other shops, wound in the vocational electric shop, and installed where needed throughout the school by the electrical students. An important part of the Vocational course is the study of telephony. The shop is equipped wih standard KA and Bn switch boards, an auto- matic, or step by step telephone unit, a magneto phone system between the shops, and a number of P. B. X. switchboards. In addition, instruction is olfered on two standard teletype machines. The student is nnt forgotten when he finishes the course. The Voca- tional Department keeps in touch with graduates and uses every means possible to place them on the jobs for which they are best fitted. Scores of large and small electrical establishments in the Chicago area employ our graduates. Even in the days of the past depression, calls continually came in for our boys who were trained for entry into the electrical trades. I4-40-.D