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

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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

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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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3. Improved farm machinery. 4 The demand for more durable products. 5. Increasing number of inven¬ tions and discoveries. There are certain facts about the pattern trade for which the pattern¬ maker must be thankful. The skilled work done by his master hand can¬ not be replaced by modern ma¬ chinery, as in the case of the cabinet¬ making trade and others. Again there is less danger of the pattern¬ maker put out of work by the em¬ ployment of unskilled labour than is the case in any other trade. In his work he finds continual interest. Routine and monotonous operations are lacking, as he daily and hourly works out some new problem. Every pattern he undertakes presents a new task, different from the last in¬ volving some new problem as to construction and methods of mould¬ ing. The accompanying photograph represents the patterns for an 8-inch Bench Tool Room Emery Grinder. The drawing and blue prints were produced by the Drafting depart¬ ment. A complete set of working patterns was made from the blue prints in our school pattern shop. The moulds, cores and castings were the product of our school foundry. -o- WOODWORKING The classroom for woodwork in the school is one of the best in Canada. It is equipped with a full supply of hand tools and twenty- four woodworking machines. The course in woodworking in¬ volves the correct handling of tools so that good technique may be ac¬ quired by the students. The tool work is accomplished by a study of the materials used in this industry. 4$