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

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ACADEMIC FACULTY Top row , left to right: John J. Carvil, Engineering Drawing, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company — 1916; Johns Hopkins University; Elmer B. Givens, Physics, B.A., Lynchburg College; University of Virginia; Paul B. Givens, Mathematics, B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Lynchburg College. Second row, left to right: William Heltzel, Chemistry, B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Brown University; George C. Mason, Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture, B.S., North Carolina State College; Yale University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; S. K. McFall, Marine Engineering, American Locomotive Company Drawing School. Bottom row, left to right: Carl Norwood Robeson, Arts, B.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology ' ; Emory University; Joe D. Smith, Naval Architecture, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company — 1938; D. Boyd Thomas, Mathematics, B.S., M.S., North Carolina State College; Duke University; University of Michigan. [ 22 ]

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ADMINISTRATION Fairmount R. White Assistant Director for Education A.B., College of William and Alary; American University at Beaune , France Frank L. Stokes Chief of Craft Instruction Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company — 1916 Samuel A. Hickey Assistant Director for Training Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company — 1917 Constituting the administrative staff are the following: Assistant Director for Education, Fairmount R. White, a former faculty member, who develops ihe prospective educational outlook for the Apprentices; Assistant Director for Training, Samuel A. Hickey, alumnus Apprentice and former assistant to Mr. Via, routes the Apprentice toward his future security; Chief of Instructors, Frank L. Stokes, also alumnus Apprentice, serves as an intermediary be- tween the administration and instructors and as a “general trouble-shooter” for both the school and shop training programs of the Apprentice. The shop instructors are informed on modern practices by means of conferences, programs, lectures and visual aids. Their duties are of the utmost importance, as their personal instructions to Apprentices convey his future craftsmanship to the student. Miss Marilee Rosenfield has charge of the secretarial staff, which she handles very efficiently with the assistance of Misses Myrna White and Frances Biggins. Miss Marilee Rosenfield Staff Secretary Miss Myrna White Staff Typist Miss Frances Biggins Staff Typist [ 21 ]

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VOCATIONAL FACULTY Top row, left to right: T. B. Baird, Machinist; E. E. Brockley, Machinist; F. J. Brown, Jr., Electrician; D. L. Carmines, Sheet Metal; M. Christie, Outside Machinist; A. E. Cullen, Mold Loft. Second row, left to right: F. J. Davis, Shipwright; S. Davis, Machinist; C. C. Donegan, Pipefitting; L. H. Flowers, Out- side Machinist; J. G. Foretich, Pattern Shop; F. B. Gall, Ship Carpenter. Third row, left to right: G. G. Givens, Electrician; C. L. Griffith, Machinist; E. E. Heath, Jr., Machinist; W. K. Hunt, Foundry; F. L. Johnson, Outside Machinist; L. B. Jones, Sheet Metal. Fourth row, left to right: R. P. Lentz, Machinist; A. J. Madsen, Machinist; A. C. Marshall, Machinist; J. McBride, Machinist; H. J. McCarthy, Pipefitting; M. T. McCracken, Pipefitting. Fifth row, left to right: J. W. McCreery, Outside Machinist; W. E. Michie, Shipwright; J. W. Murden, Machinist; D. B. Parrish, Coppersmith; A. L. Poindexter, Machinist; O. E. Schade, Machinist. Sixth row, left to ri ght: R. W. Sherman, Electrician; E. B. Snyder, Machinist; V. G. Stockman, Boilermaker; J. E. Torok, Coppersmith; C. H. Waters, Shipfitter; E. H. Wright, Machinist.