Rhode Island School of Design - Portfolio Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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Ral to)Deetle gl 4e2 The Student Council ATCHICeCLUTe en nets ee et lo RAKATANSKY. CW ADS WORTH Sostuine estore. fee ee? eels DROW NING. ViuANDY ducati ge woe, ae ere RUN TEES Tos) oLLOXIE GrapbiceAt Coan ne we eee DARKER SL SCUDDER InteriomWecorationa =). a re | ORAN TT bo OA WYER lndustrialDesigns 5) eee ere SU NSEORDS Lh OSEN Mechanical Design . . . . . . KR. ROBINSON, R. ALARIE Drawing and Calne oleae eee ees Cre BAY 6 Ran) ESSE I. flex tile messy, ape ae ee ee eee CeLIR Riven il ae LONIDAN DEE ( F. CampsELL, E. Crarts, ‘) P. RockeTT, A. RoceErs ( P. Hesse ’45, J. ARMSTRONG ’44, ' ) H. Buptone 743, R. Keane 742 Freshman Representatives Class Presidents Wireke lu bata es ole oP ae he i Vee DARNEROOK [ramatice ©. Das a e ne Sent ceed AOR eek ae ATT Ny astern Arts w.8 2). Pee eae. OL ARGO Advisers . . Miss F. BEELY, Miss E. Dowse, Mr. D. W. Hurp THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN’S PART IN NATIONAL DEFENSE As ARE NEARLY ALL groups and organizations, the Rhode Island School of Design is co-operating in the national defense effort. The school is fortunate in having the advantage of a great amount of talent which can be and is pains turned into defense channels. At present the school is conducting an extensive defense training program. This program is under the direction of Rudolph E. Griffin, head of the Department of Mechanical Design. On June 17, 1940, classes in Machine Tool Operation were opened for both day and evening schedules. On July 1, 1940, 9

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Raeo 1 Diane plays have been backed morally and financially by the student council. Plans for the annual New York trip were worked out but we were forced to discard them because of the war. The yearbook committee itself was formed months ago and with the help of many students throughout the school has compiled this book. In the midst of all this activity we decided to purchase student council keys for all members, believing that we were working hard enough to deserve some recogni- tion. Now, as this article is being written, a whole series of new plans, mostly related to defense, are being either discussed or actually started. One project is a bi-weekly news sheet which E. Allen and a committee are starting, and will distribute free toeach student. Miss Allen and her committee are enthusiastic about the paper and plans seem to be working out well. It is hoped that once the paper is started, many students will take an interest in helping to bring it out. It is also planned to hire the Hodgman Pool one day a week so that the increasingly frequent attacks of spring fever felt by the student body may be cured by cold water. The defense activities are varied. A defense stamp drive, as already started in many schools, has been mapped out. A forum with three guest speakers has been suggested for an assembly to help enlighten our minds on some of the complicated aspects of the war. First aid for school air raid wardens and more courses open to all of us have been recommended. A list of the addresses of R. I. S. D. boys in the service is to be posted, in the hopes that they will be flooded with letters from the students. Our job is not over for the year, but the yearbook must go to press, and this must stand as a complete report. It is up to you, whether or not in future years we function well or exist at all. Being your representatives, if we are not backed, desired and advised by you, we have no reason for existence. We thank you greatly for the help you have given us this year. A. R.

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Rilo @D areleo ac? this training work was subsidized by the Federal Government and was incorporated into a national training program. This work has been continued and expanded extensively. At pres- ent there are two classes supplementary to the Day School being conducted in machine tool operation. Over five hun- dred trainees have received instruction in this work. The majority of this group have been placed in industry. In addition several new supplementary courses have been instituted at the school having to do directly or indirectly with defense. There is a course in Camouflage under the direc- tion of Mr. Creer and Mr. Woolman given in the Architectural Department. The course follows closely methods developed by the United States Army for military camouflage by con- fusion concealment, lighting and painting as applied to models and drawings of various types of buildings. A course in Shelter, also taught by Mr. Creer and Mr. Wool- man, covers both civilian and building protection and the preparation of map data giving locations of all types of shelter. A class in Map-Making, under the direction of Mr. Hurd, Mr. Mast, and Mr. Swindell, is conducted in the Mechanics Department. It embraces profile, contour, culture, relief, and projection type maps, map and chart reading and construc- tion. Radio Telegraphy, under Mr. Almfeldt, is a course in fun- damental radio principles, station operation, message handling and laws governing amateur operation, with special stress on copying and sending International Morse Code. A Civilian Pilot Training course is also conducted. At present there are eleven men studying under the supervision of Stanley H. Haste. Navigation, meteorology, the necessary mathematics, and map reading constitute part of the curricu- lum. All the students enrolled are pledged to enlist in some branch of the armed forces at the conclusion of the course. In addition to these courses there are many extra-curricular activities supported entirely by volunteer workers. There is a First Aid Course, a Sewing and Knitting Group working in conjunction with the Red Cross, and a Books and Periodicals Committee organized to obtain interesting reading material 10