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

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ACADEMIC FACULTY Top row, let to right: John J. Carvil, Engineering Drawing, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Johns Hopkins University: Mayo M. Clarkson, Hull Drafting, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Raymond A. Dery, Hull Drafting, I irginia Mechanics Institute, University of Virginia Extension; Luther H. Flowers, Leadership, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Second row, left to right: Paul B. Givens, Mathematics , B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Lynchburg College; William Heltzel, Chemistry, B.S., College of W illiam and Mary, M.S., Brown University; O. Reid Hudson, Jr., Marine Engineering, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Charles R. Lamm, Hull Drafting, Apprentice School of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. 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; D. Boyd Thomas, Mathematics, B.S., M.S., North Carolina State College, Duke University, University of Michigan; Fairmount R. White, Arts, A.B., College of William and Mary, American University of Beaune, France. Pictures not available: C. Eugene Moss, Marine Engineering, B.S.. Duke University, M.S., University of Richmond; G. G. Poletika, Mechanical Engi- neering, B.S., St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, Russia. Each Apprentice spends from eight to ten hours a week in the classroom during which time he is under the capable instruction and guidance of the gentlemen presented in this section. Here is acquired the academic background and training which may be applied as he gradually assumes his position in the shipbuilding industry. To these gentlemen, for their invaluable academic tiaining and the ii kindness and cooperation in all matters, the Apprentice is forever grateful. 4 10 r-

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ADMINISTRATION F. R. White Director of Education and Training Stenographers Miss Jane Dibble S. A. Hickey Assistant Director of Education and Training L. H. Flowers Staff Supervisor 4 9 • Miss Glenna Howser J. C. Smith Staff Supervisor

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VOCATIONAL FACULTY T. B. Baird, Machinists F. J. Brown, Jr., Electricians D. L. Carmines, Sheet Metal M. Christie, Machinery Installation M. R. Cutchens, Pipefitters S. Davis, Machinists C. C. Donegan, Pipefitters J. G. Foretich, Patternmakers F. B. Gall, Ship Carpenters G. G. Givens, Electricians C. L. Griffith, Machinists W. K. Hunt, Jr., Foundry F. L. Johnson, Machinery Installation L. B. Jones, Sheet Metal S. Lascola, Welding A. J. Madsen, Machinists A. C. Marshall, Machinists J. McBride, Machinists H. J. McCarthy, Pipefitters W. E. Michie, Shipwrights J. W. Murden, Machinists A. L. Poindexter, Machinists O. E. Schade, Machinists F. L. Stokes, Machinery Installation J. E. Torok, Coppersmiths G. H. Waters, Shipfitters To these men the Apprentice owes his trade knowledge. When an Apprentice enters the school, he is put under the skillful supervision of these men. At first they teach him the fundamentals of the trade, and with the passing of time the finer points of the craft, thus molding and making him into a skilled craftsman. The Apprentice wishes to express his appreciation to these gentlemen for the encouragement, understanding leadership and training given him. 11 ■