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

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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

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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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Rel De 19422 for Army and Navy Centers. A Ways and Means Committee plans ways of raising money to finance the various defense groups. Raffles, dances, and similar entertainments are being conducted for this purpose. The Rhode Island School of Design has also contributed materially to the personnel of the armed forces of our coun- try. To the Army have gone Evald Albrektson, Maynard Bennett, Armando Cinami, Peter Ferrante, Dennis I[zz1i, Charles Jarret, Richard Martin, Elliot Plummer, Stanley Rames, and Karl Rittman. In Army Ordnance are Hugo Jarret and Victor Russillo. To the Army Air Corps have gone David Atwater, Donald Bamford, Frederick Bedford, Warner Dickey, Grant Essex, James Foster, Kenneth Hindersinn, Lynn Howick, Carl John- son, Steve Karas, Frederick Leigh, Robert Mancini, Frederick McCloskey, Stephen Moore, Richard Mullin, Clinton Sperry and Felix Wywal. In the Naval Air Corps are Paul Babel, Roger Byrne, Henry Palmer, and Kurt Schoenthaler. Theodore Halpern is taking part in Civilian Defense at La Guardia Airport, while Edward Worth is in the Naval Militia. Raymond Lacombe is seeing active duty with the Royal Canadian Air Force. This glance into the defense activities at the School of De- sign is necessarily only a surface appraisal. Plans have been laid to further the development of all of these defense activi- ties. We know that, if everyone shows the co-operation being shown at the School, our efforts in this emergency will end in a complete victory. M. S. Lat