Seneca Vocational School - Chieftain Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Armature Winding Shop MR. THEODORE E. KESSLER The old adage seeing is believing does not hold true for this picture of apparently studious junior classmen. These boys are all good actors, for they all appear to be working. f'Smitty, at the first table to the left, is probably the only one actually working. lVIr. Kessler seems to be quite insistent that Charley Wagner winds his armature properly. Bucki, on hir. Kessler's left, is testing for a ground in an unwound field. Brown is actually rewinding a field. Bennett is the bird whose bean is buried behind the bulb. Hurley. the begoggled student, is mystified by the intricacies of the single phase motor. VVasinger, the ferocious mallet thrower, is calmly inspecting a starting switch. Belcher, the smart boy of the class, is off in the corner, present, but not ac- counted for. However, fooling is not all that is done hereg Mr. Kess- ler sees to that. In this room motors from every school in the city are brought to be re- paired. This work gives the boys enough experience to be able to acquire a job as a motor repair apprentice afte' graduation. Power Distribution Shop MR. RAYMOND A. Paossaa This shop is known to the students taking the power course, as the power distribu- tion shop. As the name im- plies, its purpose is to acquaint the students with the methods of distribution and maintenance of the dif- ferent power systems. The work taken up in this shop includes a theoretical study of alternating currents, methods of measuring power consumption, which gives the young electricians a thorough knowledge of switchboards, industrial maintenance problems and, in addition, the automatic control of electric motors. Although most of the students show keen interest in their work there are some that have other ambitions. George Speth would like to be a jockey in the Kentucky Derby. Pfeil is still looking for a clue that may lead him to an A. C. storage battery. john Grandits is still wondering why his name wasn't mentioned in the all high standing for basketball. page thirty-one

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The Alternating Current Laboratory MR. WILLIAM T. FISHER Besides the hard work and study involved in the alternating-current course, there are many humorous happenings that take place in the laboratory. John Clor appears to be the champion at blowing the circuit breakers, Roy Grimm, who is always looking for something to eat, has yet to sample a mite of alternating current, Bob Steiger tried to use a transformer on direct current and is wondering why he got no results, Frank hlorrow and Ed Beitz always seem to guess the wrong answers during the oral quizzes which take place after the well-known lectures. ivlr. Fisher our instructor, is trying to get Jack Tony Gehl a job at the Singer Sewing Nlachine Company as a reward for his delightful singing. In the picture the following students are included: E. Beitz, M' I' VV. Bender, E. Chapman, J. Clor, R. Collin, L. Gannon, J. Gehl, G. Grau, R. Grimm, VV. Hahn, J. Kohler, R. Lang, N. Liemherger, D. Mergler, O. Meyer, F. Morrow, E. Reichel, R. Sch-oening, G. Simons, R. Steiger, P. Unetich, E. VViechec. The instructor is Mr. VVilliam J. Fisher. All of these students are Juniors who are pursuing the power course. Direct Current Laboratory MR. DOBBINS The purpose of this shop is to explain how direct- current electricity is gener- ated, transmitted, and used, and to afford an adequate foundation for further study in the application of alter- nating-current electricity to modern practice. We are instructed in the simple but practical form, the operating characteristics of direct-current generators and motors, including the parallel operation of generators. Also we are given in a thorough manner, the most important principles of electrical science in language which the student can understand. A thorough knowledge and understanding of direct current is very essential, since most of the controls in steel mills and other large manufacturing establishments are now operated by direct current. page +l1ir+y

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POWER GENERATION Steam Engine The engine used in the Industrial Power Generation Plant is a one-cylinder, horizontal Ames Una-Flow. It is a 100 horsepower engine connected to a 75 KVA. alternator and operates at 250 revolutions per minute. After telling so much about the equipment in this shop. I think it would be a good idea to introduce some of the boys who are included in the group: Joe Suto snores in perfect rhythm with the knocking of the steam engine. Lester Boneberg studies Cryptography as a hobby. ls it really a hobby, or is he studying it in order to read his own hand writing? Paul VVitzleben, the slickest looking fellow of the Seniors, tells yarns about the days of old when the New York Central Station was not yet in existence. Henry F. Jozwiak should learn the meaning and spelling of Psychology before he attempts to use it in a sentence again. Ray Schim- mer seems quite worried about his big problem since she left for Florida. Cut Diesel Engine MR. JAMES J. SMITH This machine is a four- cycle, direct-injection, verti- cal Diesel Engine. It is a heavy-duty engine of the latest design, incorporating new features to insure long and satisfactory operation. It was loaned to Seneca by the Worthington Pump and llflachinery Corporation for instruction purposes. It can be operated with natural gas, with gasoline, or as a Diesel, that is, with crude oil. When the engine is run on gas or gasoline, a magneto furnishes the necessary electrical energy to produce combustion. To operate it as a Diesel Engine, the rate of compression must be increased by removing the spacer rings and lowering the head. The magneto and spark plugs are disconnected and combustion is caused by the heat of excessive compression. The crude oil is pumped into a spray nozzle where the oil is vaporized. The engine delivers 25 horsepower and runs at a speed of 514 revolutions per minute. A 220-volt, direct-current generator is connected on the same shaft with the heavy flywheel. page thirty-two