Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Cabinet Making The largest of the woodworking departments here at Trade High, is the Cabinet Making Department. The work performed by these boys is in constant demand both by the school and charitable organizations. Many disabled veterans are using articles made here 1 and distributed by the Red Cross. These | include hospital furnishings such as bedside tables, tilt top bed trays, small chests and lamps. Morse keyboard sets and games of var- i ous types have aided in rehabilitation work. Articles for the school department are numerous. All cabinet work for the building such as storage shelves and cabinets are designed and made here. Many fine pieces of furniture are made by advanced students. Drafting, furniture design and a study of various woods are as necessary as learning the actual construc- tion methods. Wood finishing, under Mr. Carl Johnson is also an important phase of this work. All students spend one-half of the school year learning to apply various finishes, as well as scraping down and refinishing fine old pieces. Mr. Harold Sherwood is the shop instructor James Leone and Francis Smith are working industriously on this house model which and Mr. Thomas King supervises the related will be shown at the Eastern States Exposition. work. Last year, there were more positions avail- Bill Peebles’ fine craftsmanship is shown in the carving and turned spindles on able than there were seniors to fill them. this bench. » The job outlook is an excellent one. Mr. Carl Johnson Shop Instructor Mr. Thomas King Related Instructor Mr. Harold Sherwood Alfred Artioli Shop Instructor in Wood Finishing Vv , , Harold J. Eckert Attilio Isotti, Jr. William Koretz Frank A. Silva Robert Ventrice

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Drafting The training of young men to be employed as junior draftsmen is the primary objective of this course. In completing three years of intensive study a boy progresses from the basic fundamentals of drawing through as- sembly and detail drawings. Drawings for repair parts performed in other departments of the school originate here, and this department is often called upon to assist in work for the school department. All students are required to keep a com- prehensive notebook of math and science as well as other information useful to draftsmen. Students spend a portion of their last year in the machine and pattern departments in order to gain actual experience in the operation of both metal and wood working machines. Success in industry is not uncommon among graduates of this course. Many have con- tinued on to become heads of departments, designers and supervisors. The employment possibilities far exceed the number of students available for placement. William O'Connor learns to use a drafting machine. These boys are taking preliminary measurements and notations before making the drawing for- a mew (piece. Mr. Joseph B. Elvin Shop Instructor Francis P. Coughlin Richard E. Johnson Wayne LaBonte William O’Connor