The Apprentice School - Binnacle Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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D€DICRTIOn To the all important role played by the shipbuilder in the fight for our American way of life, we hum- bly dedicate the 1942 BINNACLE 4

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In this, the second edition of THE BINNACLE, it is the aim of the Staff to present, on behalf of the faculty and student body of the Apprentice School, a brief outline of the work and activities of America’s young shipbuilders in this time of world- wide strife. In so presenting this Apprentice chronology we gratefully acknowledge the aid of the following men and women who contributed unsparingly of their time and efforts in furnishing the material so essential to the authentic portrayal of Apprentice life: — Mr. T. C. Skinner, for the use of his oil paintings; Mr. E. P. Griffith for his help with the photographic work; Mr. E. F. Hill and Mr. W. T. Radcliffe for their help at the Mariner’s Museum; Mr. Hancock of the Hydraulic Laboratory; Mr. D. G. Moorhead for the use of his official U. S. Navy photographs; Mr. Dalton Morris for his aid to our Art Staff; Mrs. Frank Swelling, her secretarial staff, and Mrs. Edel M. Pullen for their cooperation in helping the staff at work. It is our desire that this volume of THE BINNACLE be representative of the high standards of workmanship now being displayed by the members of the Apprentice School on the production line. May these standards stand as a symbol of our all-out effort to all Apprentices of future years. CONTENTS THC SCHOOL AWARDS ACTI VITI6S » music PUBUCATIOnS SOCIAL ACTI VITI6S ATHLETICS FCATURCS ADVCRTISCmCIITS 3

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OUR HERITAGE A toast to this, a land wherein A man will have a chance to win His name and place, with learning full, And, with his knowledge, learn to pull, Though he be small, with all the rest, To make this land of ours the best. And too, a toast to those we know, Who earned so well their right to show That when they speak, and say “We can,” Their words are true; and to a man, There is not one to shun his work, Or ever from his duties shirk. Take one of these, and there you see Just what the years have made him be. A worker? Yes, his hand is trained. A scholar, too, for he attained His goal. You’ll find his mind as keen As will his soul be ever clean. And what inspired in him this might To do his job and do it right? The answer’s rooted deep inside Of one and all. They point with pride Toward yonder aging page of rock, Their HERITAGE, this granite block. O. K. Goodwin ' 44 5