Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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46 The Windsor-Walkervillv Technical School Year Book SHOP WORK haul jobs are completed each year by the students on their own cars or on those brought in by outsiders. In this way first-hand practical know¬ ledge and skill is secured. The best and most up-to-date equipment is being added all the time and really worth while dona¬ tions are often received from the motor firms. One of the most help¬ ful pieces of equipment is a cutaway Ford power plant and rear axle that was given this department by the Ford Motor Co. of Canada. It is a never ending source of interest to both young ond old. The night classes in this depart¬ ment are always large and are drawn from all walks in life through a com¬ mon desire to know something more about the internal “mysteries’ of the modern auto. These men are al¬ ways deeply interested in the lec¬ tures and practical work and very quickly acquire enough knowledge to take away some of their fears of what would happen were they stalled on the road. Also they find out how to use an auto to get the most satisfaction out of it. They show a real interest all through the term that is a satisfaction to the in¬ structor. -o- THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT We know that when the heart of the human body ceases to beat the body no longer functions, but dies. Electricity is the heart or driving power of most of the modern fac¬ tories and if its generating station shuts down, thousands of employees are without work. Thus we see the necessity of trained electricians to keep the wheels of industry ef- ficiently moving. In our electrical department we aim to teach the pupils sufficient electricity to meet the requirements of his vocation. In the first year some practical knowledge of all branches of elec¬ tricity is introduced to assist the pupil in choosing his vocation. He is given practical instruction in the joining of electrical conductors, bell wiring, annuciator wiring, burglar alarm systems, telephone circuits, armature winding and theory of the elements of electricity.

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The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School Year Book 45 19. O sweet Marie—her name is Larsh, She really is petite, The orchestra and piano knew her well. Her life is e’er in danger so be careful what you eat, Or it will be, my “SWEET MARIE,” farewell. 20 . Cunningham, Marchand and Padgett, as athletes all were good, And so were Parker, Gunn and Wadgc. What their true ambitions are, is not quite urwlerstood. But anyway at school they were the rage. 21 . And oh! there are many many more who quite deserve a mention, But then, a prophecy is hard to write, So now yith thanks for your attention. I wish you all goodnight. JESSIE U. LOWTHER. -o- VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Delivered at the Commencement Exercises, January 13, 1926. Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Education and of the teach¬ ing staff, Fellow Classmates and friends: First of all, I wish to express my appreciation of the honour of being chosen to give the Valedictory ad¬ dress tonight. Although I have re¬ turned to school I am glad to be allowed to speak for my fellow class¬ mates of the.graduating class of ’26. To our teachers who have striven to prepare us for our future welfare we return warm thanks. They have laboured faithfully with us and we trust their efforts have not been vain. Mr. Lowe, our Principal has also given his services to the stu¬ dents to help them on their way in life. We graduates who were once classmates, who shared the same studies, fun and frolic, have started out in various walks of life. We have spent our best and happiestdays here. After all, school life comes only once. It prepares us to meet the future, and we sincerely hope it wiir be a successful one. I wonder what the world would be like if there were no schools whatever. It would be a queer and backward world. Thus, you see, we owe a great deal to our schools, our teachers and those who have sought to prepare us for the future. When we are gone, wherever we may be, we shall always remember the good old days spent at Tech. It is hard to say farewell to our teachers who have worked for us and helped to make our studies a pleasure rather than the old- fashioned drudgery. They have taught us the true value of study. But the time has come for farewell. To our Prinipal, our Teachers, and our Friends we say Farewell. The class of ’26 leaves the Tech ' s Towers with regrets and with happy mem¬ ories. FRASER GRENVILLE—T4. -o- AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS DEPARTMENT Canadian and American trade journals are beginning to recognize a new word, “auto mechanic ' It is a new-comer but from all prospects it has come to stay. The trade and the industry at large also recognize the fact that the embryo automechanics, many of whom are needed every year, in or¬ der to be a credit to the trade and a satisfaction to the public must be trained in Vocational or trade schools, before starting to work. This is the aim of the automobile mehanics department of our school. We train boys so that in the years to come they will be a credit to themselves, to the trade and to the school. This department is housed in a large bright room that at one time seemed very large but now be¬ cause of the addition of equipment is crowded at times. The students here are given enough theory, or “notes ' as they call it, to make plain the science of the modern auto, because one who understands the principle of a ma¬ chine is the only really intelligent worker on the machines. This theory work is supplemented by practical work on cars of all common makes and the students put into use the facts taught them. Many large over-

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The second year’s work is a con¬ tinuation of the first year work, and the pupil, after completing this year, should know how to wire a house, acording to the “Rules and Regula¬ tions of the Hydro Commission. He should be’able to wind small direct current armatures satisfac¬ torily. to connect and operate direct current machinery accurately as well as to install telephones, bells, an¬ nunciators, and simple burglar alarm systems. In the third year the work is adapted to assist the pupil in his chosen vocation, whether it be die¬ making, auto mechanics, building construction or electricity. The stu¬ dent choosing building construction receives instruction in factory and house wiring, and those choosing die-making, auto mechanics or elec¬ tricity receive practical and theo¬ retical instruction in installing.oper- ating and maintaining direct current and alternating current machines, transformer connections, house wiring and other branches of elec¬ tricity. The pupils in the fourth year have advanced work. The technical school student choosing electricity as his vocation should therefore have received ade¬ quate knowledge and skill to work intelligently at practically anv branch in the electrical field, while the student who chooses some other vocation should have attained suf¬ ficient knowledge of electricity to assist him in the vocation he has chosen. F. E. JOHNSTON. -o- FOUNDRY During the past few years pat¬ tern-making has taken a position of vast importance among the trades and industries of the country. The reason for this condition may be briefly outlined as follows: 1. The decreasing forest supply which has resulted in the production of many metal products which were formerly made of wood. 2. The vast increase of auto¬ mobiles and motor trucks. 47