Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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THE OAKS 109 I I Ii' If ll'l 'll If x i 1 X 4 '-59' Front Tables, Left tn Right: Lemke, Tieiema, Hemphill, Snaniolo, Pedler, Raulin, Poulin, Sircher, Leech. Standing: Mr. Courtright. instructor: Erickson, Nelson. Nill. Back Row, Seated. Left to Right: D. Dare. LeNore, Pastucha. MECHANICAL DRAWING A triangle and T-square are not unfamiliar. Qne of the most important branches of the manual arts work in Muskegon Heights High School is mechanical drawing. This subject is divided into three principal parts, namely: mechan- ical design, sheet metal drafting, and architectural drawing. The drawing department is under the supervision of Mr. A. M. Courtright, who is well qualified for the position, holding a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a bachelor of science Qin engineeringj degree from the Uni- versity of Michigan. Mr. Courtright has been here many years and also had previous practical experience in engi- neering with the General Electric Company. Students in drawing learn to read blueprints, do objective drawings, and make tracings and blueprints. VVhen a freshman enters the drawing depart- ment, he studies elementary drafting, comprising a study of various automo- tive parts and details of bench and drill-press vises. Bill Strudwick-Albert Lemke During the third semester, he stud- ies furniture design. In the fourth semester, he learns to portray develop- ments and intersections of sheet metal projects. During the fifth and sixth semesters, he is required to draw var- ious forms of gears and other machine parts. A student has a choice, in the hfth semester, of machine or architec- tural drawing. In architectural draw- ing, he learns the nomenclature of frame buldings, copying tails, and other elements. of small de- courses in- Advance architecture clude the drawing of plans for a Eve- room bungalow, consisting of eleven plates showing construction of cornice and sill, with four plates showing out- side elevations, details of front en- trance, cellar stairs, kitchen and cup- board, and specifications. The study of common architectural styles and free-hand sketching is next, concluded by study of a bank building design.

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108 THE WOODWORK Mitchell Kobierski He who fears not slivers, sharp knives, and whirring saws will always have an opportunity to earn a living long as there is a stick of wood left 3.5 in this world of ours. However, there is just one requisite: that whoever is to earn his living this way should first be able to call himself a true wood- worker. NVoodwork is taught in our school with the idea that no work is too dif- ficult for the students to do. In the first year, the student is taught how to use fundamental hand tools. He is required to make simple articles, at first, in which the use of hand tools prescribed are needed. The first step is to present a plan of the work within given specifications, then make an esti- mate of the cost of the material. The teacher, Mr. Wfilliam Dingler, who succeeded Nr. S. E. Strand, helps the students with their plans and esti- mates, provides them with wood. and deducts the cost of material from their shop tickets. The estimate is then put on a project card and kept in File to Left to Right: Meyers, Spence, Seymour, Nagle, W OAKS Watch out for your thumb, boys! be graded when the work is completed. In second year of woodwork, lathe work is begun. The student is shown how to operate a lathe, and studies its various uses. During the following year, the student is taught the intri- cacies of cabinet-making. Some of the articles require from a few weeks to several months for completion. Stu- dents help one another cheerfully. Mr. Dingler gladly helps them all. In the fourth or Senior year, a more extensive study of woodworking ma- chines is ushered in. The study is combined with more individual in- struction by the teacher. Many sen- iors are able to produce very finished products, many of which have a pro- fessional appearance. The woodwork room itself is well lighted and has many windows on the east side. Near the windows are Eve four-foot lathes with a six-foot lathe in the rear. A 36-inch band saw, joiner, and trimmer are on the left side. The work is done. on 25 sturdy tables. alters tat hand sawb, Hradsky tin cornerb, Mr. S. E. Strand, Qnstructor whenjhe pi-cture was takenl. Muckey, Walker tin foregroundj, Race, Hanis iwiih electric drillb, Buck, Farwig tbehind Buck and under Iightb, Coburn, Cooper tat Iathei.

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110 September October November December january T H E o A K s SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 26-Grandville game..Here 3-Kalamazoo game c...,..,,..........,.,......There 10-Ottawa Hills game ee.,,,,,,,,,,Here 16-Creston game .. ,.,Here 2-l-Lansing Eastern,,Here 30-johnson Brothers. Lyceum Sl-Holland game ..., Here 6-Hi-Y Matinee Dance 7-Grand Haven ..,. There 13--Armand, the Magician 1-l-Benton Harbor game ,...,...........W....,....'l'l1ere 2lQMuskegon game, There 23-Debate 25---Junior Evening Dance Z6-Thanksgiving 27-No school lHurray!J 3-Pamakasika Pets, Lyceum 4-Alumni Basket Ball game -l-Senior Matinee Dance 11-Debate 11-Manistee game .,.. Here 15-Fall and XVinter Concert 18-Grand Haven game 23-Soph Evening Dance 23-School Closed for Vacation 29-Benton Harbor game .....................,...,..There 8-Peppy Booster Club Dance 9-Kalamazoo game. Here 12-Hi-Y Movie February March April May June 1936-37 15-Holland game .... There 22-Muskegon game, There 29-Grand Haven .... There 29-Debate .29-Semester Ended 29-Junior Matinee Dance 5-Benton Harbor .... Here 8-Mr. Bendell, Lyceum 11-Holland game ...... Here 12-Commercial Club Party 16-Hi-Y Movie 19 -Holland ..,....,.c,.,... Here Z6-M uskegon game, There 3-junior Play Cmatineej -Junior Play Qeveningj -Albion College Band Z2-Ben East, Outdoor Editor 5 17 2- The Spring Swingu 22--College Day ZS-Rip Van XYinkle 27-Spring Concert Z8-NV. 5. T. C. Glee Club 29-Rural Visiting Day 4-Hi-Y Movie 6-Girls Gym Exhibition 7-All-School Mixer 15-Regional Track Meet at Kalamazoo 19-Senior Class Play Qmatineej 21-Senior Class Play Ceveningj 13-Baccalaureate 15-Class Day and Senior Breakfast 17-Commencement 18- The End of the Trail