New Bedford Institute of Technology - Fabricator Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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THE FABRICATOR 19 2 7 F. Weymouth R. Brickley F. Busby A. Brooks -- { 14} «-

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£ 1927- -THE FABRICATOR MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT T HE Mechanical Department of the New Bedford Textile School trains the ■ ■ students to fill positions in machine shops, electrical shops and in drafting and engineering offices. Mr. Crompton is head instructor and confines himself to the theoretical side of the department. Mr. Walton and Mr. Bayreuther, assistants, handle the practical side in a most efficient manner. Besides the student work, this department has been able to give valuable assistance to the different departments through their well equipped machine shop, electrical laboratory and seemingly unlimited blueprints. .-Hj( 13J8H--

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1927 - - THE FABRICATOR CHEMISTRY, DYEING AND FINISHING DEPT. rrt HE Chemistry, Dyeing and Finishing Department gives instructions in ■ ■ Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Textile Chemistry, Dyeing and Converting. The head of the chemistry staff is Fred E. Busby, B. S., and the assistants are Abram Brooks, Organic and Quantitative Analysis; Robert I. Brickley, Textile Chemistry and Dyeing; and Frank Weymouth, A. B. The object of the courses in this department is to give the student a thorough knowledge of the chemistry of textile processes, both dyeing and finishing of fibres and fabrics and the manufacture and analysis of the various chemicals used in textile plants. Besides two chemical and dyeing laboratories, this department has a converting room, a printing laboratory and an analytical balance room. The stockroom contains an adequate supply of apparatus for experimental work and a large stock of dyes is always on hand for the student to use. The graduates of this course find employment in dyehouses, print shops, chemical laboratories, bleacheries and dyestuff manufacturing plants.