Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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Tnl luuu. . . The shop has probably been more directly affected bythe demands of the war than any other part of the school. An after school course in machine shop technique was begun last year and because the need for apprentice mechanics isgrowing, it has been continued with increasing vigor this year. ln the afternoon it is open to girls and boys, sixteen years or older, at night, to adults. After the completion of this 200 hour course, thestudent iseligible for placement in the machine shops of almost anywar plant. The course covers blue-print reading and lay- out workg the making of apart from a blue print: uselofmachines, such as the lathe, shapers, grinder, mil- lers, and precision instruments, and assembly of the parts made. A few students who are farther advanc- ed learn to weld. Over fifty junior trainees com- plete the course in a full school year, according to Mr. J. Howard Cooper,industrial arts instructor. Their status after they finish depends upon thedemand for workers at that time, he continued. Related work,such asmachine-shop math, blueprint reading, layout work and use of precision instru- ments, issupervised by Miss Louise Sanger,who heads the art department during regular school hours. Mr. Leon G. Pancoast, a graduate engineer, isan instructor from the National Defense Training Board, and is not a member of the regular faculty. T LQ 1 TRAINEE sconce noncs Avptiss Funomzunt xnowtzoct i L ormnuou or METAL urns. GAINED T0 SKILLFU RELATED WORK INSTRUCTOR MISS SANGER, EXPLAINS T0 BENCH TOOL TRAINEES. BY MEANS OF AN ENLARGED MODEL THE OPERATION OF A CUTTING TOOL. 15

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0 WHAT'S FLASH GORDON GOT THAT WE AINT GOT? , V' v, A - .AA .. .6 , , - . . .uv ' 1. -2 AM uv ' '- ' 'f av , . GIRLS GYM CLASS RUNS THROUGH PACES ON COMMANDO COURSE. eornfnanlod earning up. . - Classes on the east side of the building were distracted thisyear by the boys going through the commando course out on the field. The course wasapart of the new physical educa- tion system inspired bythe war. Mr. Edward Flynn, director, also had the boys working on the apparatus all winter using the ropes,parallel bars, springboard, and horse. An addition to the boys' athletic program wasMr. Alan Chase, who took over Mr. Helmcke's work when thelat- ter joined the Merchant Marine last fall. The development of st rongen health- ier bodies was also the aim of the girls' gymnasium program this year. The girls, under thedirection ofMiss Lewis andlvliss Oppel, were given spe- cial exercises recommended by the army. At first there were many stiff limbs on days following gym, but by the end of the year most of the stu- dents were able to follow the routine gracefully and with little effort. The girls also used the commando course in mild weather. tilts. GYM STUDENTS ALLEI, OUSTERNAN AID DALY WORK OUT ON SQTA TOWN ON THE LINES BUT IT LEADS TO SQUNDER PARALLEL BARS FOR SPORT NITE. BODIES AND HEALTHIER AMERICANS. I6