Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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—C —..... -THE 1920 EII F w r mA— X Automottur 3-A P If Janies Baker Mark Bo we , .... Elroy Evanson, . Otto Gaulke, O. R. Gfroerer, . F. C. Haufschikl. H. R. Irons...... E. D. Klinke, ... Thos. R. Larson, Oliver Lee, ..... Everett Marks, .. ....De Witt, 111. .... Edgar, Wis. ...Vaklers, Wis. .Milwaukee, Wis. .Milwaukee, Wis. .Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. . Grenwood, Wis. ..Vaklers, Wis. Mt. Horeb, Wis. . Richland Center, Wisconsin. Willard Meenk, ... Brandon, Wis. Ralph J. Miller, ..Jefferson, Wis. Ray A. Newell...........Fisk, Wis. Frank Qverson, Kansasville, Wis. Harry Ripinski, .Milwaukee, Wis. Richard Schmidt.......Chicago, 111. H. C. Sveum...........Hixton, Wis.. E. M. Stegeberg, Woonsocket, S. D. Arthur Thompson, ..Barron, Wis. Merritt B. Valentine, Neenah, Wis. John Whiston, ..Milwaukee, Wis. Arnold Zcmpel, ... Manawa, Wis. THE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Though our history as a class has only begun, the glory and magnificence of our achievements belong to the future. Although the Three Months Auto- motive Electrotechnician Course is new to this institution, it promises to be- come a great factor in its composition, bids fair to overshadow in a large degree many of the other courses of the school and to become one of the outstanding features by which the institution will be judged. Like the pio- neers of American history who took up the conquest of the wilderness, we blaze the trail for an ever increasing number to follow in our footsteps. This course was devised to train men for positions involving automotive work. While the broad field of electricity is attracting thousands of stu- dents, there are but two departments of this kind in the United States, one at Chicago, the other, of course, in this school, that of the School of Engineering being the larger. This department is destined to grow into a well established course of the school. After convincing other institutions of the practicability and efficiency of the training, similar departments will eventually be added to their cur- riculums. Amid the sound of the hammer and saw of the workmen com- pleting the equipment, we become more and more acquainted with electricity. We are fortunate indeed, to have with us an instructor of the caliber of Mr. Consolivar. a former member of the faculty of the University of Wis- consin, who has the management of this department. Page Three Hundred Three

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 4 5THE EHF- fa FORD RACING CAR 'Phis car as shown in picture one. shows cars as used on track except that track cord tires were used. This car attained a speed of 74 miles per hour for a distance of 38 miles on Chicago speeding in May. 1917. It was built and owned by the writer. The changes made in the car were as follows: Wheel base 110 inches, radiator 5y gallons, capacity, pump circulation engine has 1 ] 2 inch valves with lift of y inches by special cain shaft, 1% inch intake and exhaust ports with 3 inch exhaust pipe leading to rear of machine. Pis- tons were lynite with light connecting rods, ignition was a twatcr-kent type C. C.. the carburators uses was 1 4 in Master with stationary jets. The gas tank has 40 gallon capacity with air pressure to insure a positive feed at all times. 'Phis was the fastest Ford car built up to that time. It took a number of firsts including one at state fair at Springfield, Illinois. It was built by James Baker. Dc Witt. Illinois. AUTOMOTIVE 3-A The average battery man knows only three ways of burning terminal on storage batteries. These are the Ox-Acetylene. Ox-hydrogen and the carbon-cuc method. But James Baker has another way all his own : He says, “dad burn ’em.’- 'Plic same Baker claims to be the only man who has ever seen a volt. He declares that it happened one stormy day recently. The volt came out of the ground for just a short period of time but finding the temperature a bit unpleasant, it disappeared with such amazing rapidity as to make a whip- cracker of its tail. Oh. yes! the volt has a tail, you just ask Baker. On another page you will see James in his Universal racer. He makes quite a splash with this fire-wagon, but he made his biggest splash one day by driving off a Wheatstone bridge. Prior to this incident, the Wheatstone bridge had been quite an obsession on Baker’s mind, but recenti; we have heard very little about it. Class Editor Thompson of Class 3-A Auto Electrotechnicians seems quite worried of late but it is no wonder when one considers the burden his youth- ful shoulders carry. Scarcely had he entered school when the editorship was thrust upon him. He has borne up wonderfully, but it is feared he will have to abandon his studies for a complete rest-up when his work in connection with the get- ting up of the Annual is at last happily accomplished. Klinkc and Stcgeberg arc finding it slightly difficult to discern between negative and positive plates but Mr. Peterson hopes to clear them up on this point before they leave school. If they learn one thing thoroughly they will know more than some people. Just as our section goes to press we find that Weaver is missing from the laboratory where he has been working with group No. 1 of the 3-A class during the first week of laboratory work. We hope he will be around when our pictures are taken for the Annual, otherwise this great book will not be complete. If there is anything that group No. 1 would like to tell to their children and grand children in years to come, it is of their pleasant associa tion with one. “Weaver.” whom we all delighted to call “superintendent.” 4 Page Three Hundred Five