Provincial Institute of Technology and Art - Record Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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DRAFTING DEPARTMENT 3 N this mechanical age drafting is very necessary as a part of production and has definite commercial value. Every machine or piece of construction of any importance is first designed and drawn on paper. Some students are planning to spend a major portion of their time and effort at drafting while the aim of others is largely to understand the fundamentals of this universal language. The work of the Drafting Department consists of two definite sec¬ tions, the Vocational for students who wish to specialize in draft¬ ing, and the Related Drafting, a subject for students in other departments of the Institute. The Vocational work is given in three two-year courses: I. The Architectural, now called “Building Construction and Drafting” course is offered to students who wish to specialize in work related to the building trades. Their major interest is divided between building construction with wood, shop work and the build¬ ing drafting, Mr. M. J. Tomlinson is in charge. II. The Mechanical Drafting, with emphasis on machine drawing, under the direction of Mr. D. C. Jones, and III, the Survey Drafting, under the supervision of Mr. L. E. Harris. This year we have had a total of fourteen First Year and eight Second Year students in these classes. The related drafting work is given to students in Aeronautics, Motor Mechanics, Machine Shop, Electrical and Radio classes. The First Year Drafting consists of general fundamental work in mechanical drafting and freehand shop sketching, while the Second Year work deals with special drawing related to the particular departments. This year we have had seven First Year and five Second Year classes, with a total of over one hundred and seventy students. Frequently students who have taken this work have found it much to their advantage to be able to do some drafting. L. E. PEARSON, Chief Instructor. MACHINE SHOP 3 T would appear that the war has given a much needed stimulus to Day and Evening Courses in Machine Shop Practice, as the number enrolled in this courses is larger than for many years past. A recent article published in the Readers Digest by a leading executive of the General Motors Corporation would sup¬ port the view that machine shop practice is so fundamental and basic in its application and development that it is a most desirable foundation for any of the mechanical trades or. professions. The regular Day Course is of two years duration, the student spending half of the time in the shop and the remainder in the classroom studying such subjects as drafting, theory, mathematics, physics and chemistry. In the shop the work is confined almost exclusively to actual jobs supplied from other shops in the Institute. It is felt that students will acquire industrial attitudes and practices far better by doing real jobs than by doing exercise work or pseudo jobs. An endeavour is made to develop skill in the use of bench tools, in drilling, shaping, lathe work, milling and grinding, babbitting, simple heat treating, electric and autogenous welding, and in machine shop work generally. In addition, an effort is made to supply that background of information so vitally necessary in machine shop practice which enables one to perform processes and to operate machines intelligently, and which cannot be obtained in the regular way by merely working in a shop. Our policy has always been to lay a solid foundation of such information and knowledge as will enable the average student to later develop into a skilled mechanic, greater speed and increased skill being acquired by further experiences elsewhere. Many of our graduates secure positions in machine shop work, some even setting up shops of their own. Others have gone into steam power plant work and latterly, some have enlisted in the R.C.A.F. as armament artificers and machinists. E. W. WOOD, Chief Instructor. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ® HE time is approaching when young, trained men will be greatly needed in the building industry. Time was, when the apprenticeship system just about kept the balance between the demand and supply of skilled and semi-skilled men for the trades. But today this is no longer the case; nor has it been for some years, due largely to depression conditions and perhaps in some measure — though this is doubtful — to a so-called white-collar psychology among modern young men which made other lines of business seem more attractive. In many of the trades the appren¬ ticeship system is as dead as the Dodo. Particularly is this seen with respect to the woodworking sections. The system depended greatly on getting its trainees young, and that has not dovetailed well with our public school systems. In helping to supply the present and future need for trained mechanics, technical schools have an ever-increasing responsibility, which has been actively participated in by our own institution. Plad it not been for the present war, the demand for trained men in the trades must soon have become urgent; a demand that will not, in my opinion, be less when the smoke has lifted. It has been said that opportunity knocks but once and passes on. To those people, however, who have a successful background of technical knowledge and training, opportunities are continually appearing, and but seldom are the services of a skilled man left unappreciated. The men who come to our school are usually of a higher than average type, and the statement is definitely true of the present building construction class.es. It is a pleasure and privilege to work with them. . May their tribe increase, and may their stay be long in the land. M. J. TOMLINSON, Chief Instructor. Page thirty-c

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MECHANICAL DRAFTING G. McNEIL Medicine Hat R. A. C. GOODISON Calgary A. W. HAYNES Calgary Q. J. ALLAN Calgary G. SINCLAIR Calgary J. HARDY Irvine . J. BECKWITH Lousana BUILDING CONSTRUCTION G. BRIED A. H. COWEN C. J. DARKE Calgary Hughenden West Summerland, B.C. E. LAZORUK Rycroft K. MADSEN Dickson D. PETRIE B. TVETER O. J. TURRI Lethbridge La Glace, Alberta Kelowna, B.C. G. J. WALTERS J. WHITHAM Camrose Edmonton MACHINE SHOP H. C. BOSS W. H. CLARK C. P. MATHER C. W. UPTON Byemoor Calgary Calgary Fcshburn W. A. ATTRIDGE S. D’AMICO S. GERMANIUK Calgary Delia Stony Plain I. HUTCHINSON W. JENKIN Du hamel Calgary E. YEO N ANTON D. WOOD Calgary A. OAK G. THOMPSON Elnora Elrose, Sask. T. SULLIVAN Calgary Page thirty-three