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

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THE FABRICATOR 19 3 (18)

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1930 THE FABRICATOR T THE COTTON YARN DEPARTMENT HE C. Y. P. Department is the part of our school where the student is taught the principle of making strong and even yarn which is the foundation of all good cloth. Here are found all the necessary machines of many different makes on which the students have the opportunity to work and to produce yarns of their own making. This course is very practical, as the actual work is done by the student. Mr. Holden is the head of this department and is ably assisted by Mr. Gourley who give the students every attention as to detail. The theoretical part of Cotton Yarn Preparation is stressed in the class room, and the subject of Testing yarns is taken up with the very able co-operation of Mr. Manning of the Knitting Department. The testing room is equipped with the latest and best testing machines, the automatically controlled humidifiers, and is up-to-date in every respect. There is no doubt that this room will soon be increased in size, in order to take care of the work which is necessary to correctly judge the quality of yarns. (17)

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19 3 THE FABRICATOR MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT ALL students, at some time or other, during their course at school, come in contact with some branch of the Mechanical department. Steam engineer- ing, elementary electricity, physics, mill engineering, drafting, and machine shop, all fall under the category of this department. As a part of the machine shop routine, the Popular Mechanics render first aid to the sick and needy machinery from the C. Y. P., Weaving, and Knitting departments. In this, the Mechanical department more than earns its salt . Two excellent drafting rooms, an electrical laboratory, a steam engineering laboratory, a lecture room, and splendidly equipped machine shop, enables the students to obtain a thorough knowledge of the course. New Bedford Textile School is indeed fortunate in having such a depart- ment, made possible by the tireless and efficient work of Mr. Crompton, head of the department, and his assistants, Mr. Bayreuther and Mr. Walton. (19)