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

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T H E T () W E K S [’age Thirty-Nine I Technical i C. H. MONTROSE Department ... -By C. H. MONTROSE The road of life has a succession of choices and some of the decisions are of major importance. The decisions we make regarding our education are of special concern for they will determine the role we are to assume in our adult life. With our Entrance Examination passed, we have a choice of secondary schools. When we have decided on the Vocational branch, we are faced with a further choice at the end of Grade 9, the many practical courses offered in the shops and laboratories of our school, which are so planned to assist us in finding a suitable vocation and to give a broad training in the fundamentals of that work. Since we have only a limited experience, we turn to older people, our parents and our teachers for guidance, but the final decision should be our own. We should not be unduly influenced by the present day demands of trade and industry for trained workers in a particular line. We may find when we have obtained our High School diploma at the end of Grade 12 that the industrial situation has changed. Let our choice of a specialized field come from an inward belief of fitness and contentment in what is to be our life’s work, rather than yield to the popular appeal of advertisements which promise success without due re¬ gard to our aptitude. To be successful we must be happy in our work. Graduates of our school have completed degree courses in various branches of engineering at the Detroit Institute of Technology, Wayne University, University of Michigan and other institutions of advanced training. This fact speaks for the well rounded academic background obtained here and opens the door into the executive field of industry for the ambitious student. Talking Shop . . . -By BILL SASSO AUTO MECHANICS— Our Auto Mechanics Shop instructor, Mr. Barnes, is shown instructing a student on the operation of brakes and brake mechanism. There are two auto mechanic teachers and their shops contain some of the most modern type of tools available. The Shops have actual chas¬ sis and bodies of cars. The students do the jobs on the cars. In tlie oilier shop, the instructor. Mr. Shrier. teaches the Senior boys by having them work on cars brought in for repairs. PHYSICS— In this picture can be seen Mr. Harman instructing a group of second form boys on the experiment of Convection of Liquids. This ex¬ periment is one of the many which are per¬ formed by the students in their physics classes. Second form students are also taught something on refrigeration and the making of dry ice. These experiments are a few to illustrate the course given by Mr. Harman, the physics in¬ structor.

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Page Forty T H E TOWERS Talking Shop ... -By BILL SASSO MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE— Above is seen Mr. Neely, one of our four instructors of Machine Shop Practice. He is shown in¬ structing a student on the operation of a metal lathe. We have four machine shops which are equipped with some of the most modern metal machinery available. Students spe¬ cializing in this course are given theory and practical work on the same standards and methods which they would meet in regular indus¬ trial shops. Bench work, which later prepares you for tool making, is also included in the course. Other instructors who are teaching Ma¬ chine Practice are Messrs. Baird. Neilson, and Murray. ELECTRICITY— In this picture is seen Mr. An¬ derson, electrical instructor, and some of the students who arc specia¬ lizing in electricity. He is instruct¬ ing the students on the use of the Osilliescope. This machine is one of our recent additions put to use for fourth year students. There are two electrical laboratories in the school, one is used for theory and the other is for practical work such as house wiring. Wc have in our laboratory a skeleton of an actual house and it is in this that students do the actual job of wiring. The instructor dealing with the practi¬ cal work is Mr. G. P. Smith. PATTERN MAKING— This picture shows a student at work on a wood lathe in the Pattern Making Shop. The lathe in an example of the modern machinery in the two Pattern Making Shops. These contain machinery that the students specializing in Pattern Making will actually use in industry. The tools arc also the latest type available. The two Pattern Making Shop teachers are Messrs. Fisher and Farr. Pupils specializing in this subject are personally supervised by the teach¬ ers and are taught all safety factors, before being allowed to do actual shop work. WELDING— This picture shows our welding instructor Mr. H. Cowgill. explaining to a group of fourth year welding specialists the technique of cut¬ ting. We also have an arc welding machine, used to teach pupils who specialize in welding. The course completely covers the work of actual jobs brought in by students. This enables the doing of work which they will be compelled to do in welding shops in the city. A student specializing in welding is compelled to follow strict safety rules dealing with the work in shops. By this system there is a minimum of accidents in this shop. I ♦