Wentworth Institute of Technology - Tekton Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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V-Hi-DI w gm nam THE TEKTON BEAM TRAWLING As the firsteclass power plants were not in need of a firstfclass embryonic power plant engineer, and being a citizen of one of the greatest fishing ports in the world, I tried my luck along the waterfront. I finally got a sight on board a beam trawler. Bluffing the skipper into the fact that I was an old hand at the game was no easy task, though I had had some experience on Hshing schooners. Cn the following day we steamed out of the quaint old town bound for the fishf ing grounds, which were some three hun' dred miles away. As we nosed around the point a stiff no'wester greeted us, and a nasty swell was rolling up from the bot' tom of the shoal waters. The ship, though staunch and strong, trembled as she bent to the task of plowing through the comb' ers and did considerable pitching and roll' ing-much to my discomfort, for sea legs are not developed in a few hours. Arriving on the Banks and taking the usual soundings for depth of water and samples of the ocean bed, we prepared the net for the first drag. The net was lowered over the side with two hundred and fifty fathoms of steel cable for towing purposes. The ship steamed on for an hour and a half, then stopped her engines so that the propeller would not get tangled up in the net. The ship maneuvered in such a position as to have the net come upon her weather side, as a little rolling makes the work easier. Steam Winches took up the slack of the wire cables and willing hands pulled up the web of the net until the bag end was well over the rail. A wire stopper was made fast around the mouth of the bag, a steel crane hooked in the strap and fifteen thousand pounds of fish were hoisted on board. Yes, this beat schooner fishing, for we had pulled in seven and a half tons in ninety minutes. Une of the men had to loosen the slip knot which held the bottom of the bag, standing directly under the bag while doing so. Vxf' hen the last hitch slackecl a little he stepped aside and pulled on the free end of the rope, this released the entire mass of fish into the checkers, which were boards fore and aft and others abeam, forming pens on the deck, the purf pose of these being to keep the fish from sliding all around the deck. The net was immediately cast over again. The men stepped into the checkers to pitch what fish that were not desirable over the side, as the net drags all sorts of marine life-dog fish, cat fish, skates, star fish, sharks and others, too numerous to mention-from the ocean bed. On one occasion I remember seeing a yellow object slide out of the bag. Being curious, I rushed in with a raised fork but halted in my tracks, for I beheld one who had given his all in the toil of the deep. Clothed in his oil skins, two heavy sweat' ers beneath them, heavy socks, and mitts, he had evidently lost his life the preceding winter. The body was sewed up in can' vas, weighed down with a couple of hunf dred odd pounds of ballast and placed on a hatch cover, draped with the Canadian colors which were tacked down at one end. After the skipper read a line or two from the Bible, the body was borne to the rail by the twelve fishermen. The engine stopped and as the ship coasted silently on, the body was allowed to slide off the hatch into the sea. An unknown into the great unknown far off the Banks on the rocky bottom where no good fisherman would cast his trawls. The crew, rough and rugged men, gazed silently on, thinking that some day that fate might be their own. +5 26 141--

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nw: -u a arms THE TEKTON THE TEKTGN STAFF 1915-197.6 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: E. W. CLEM, 1925 ' BUSINESS MANAGER: R. Bosca, 1926 THE ALUMNI: G. A. Puancn, 1913 G. E. HENNESSEY, 1912 P. D. DILLINGHAM, 1919 THE FACULTY: E. MANSFIELD - HUGO JAHN - W. W. JAMISON Volume Five Number Three Editorial LETS CLEAN UP Irrespective of how many janitors there are to try to keep the Institute clean it is almost impossible to do so without the cofoperation of the students. Unless our students exercise at least a little care in their work the janitor has almost an endless job in picking up behind them. To get the men to change their habits toward good housekeeping one factory put up to them the following personal appeal through the pages of the shop paper: Let's clean up! - It's a lot easier to maintain order and neatness than disorder and confusion. It's safer. It's better. You'll personally feel a lot better if things are neat and clean about you. Therefore, help to make them so. Next time you feel tempted to throw something on the floor or into some outfoff thefway corner-don't! Put it in its proper place or in a receptacle provided. You'll thereby save somebody else the trouble of picking it up. You'll help to save janitor expenses. And you'll feel a good deal freer in having your surroundings neat and clean. Let's all clean up! Let's respect our surroundings, our fellow workmen, and ourselves. Let's be thoughtful and decent enough to cut out the rough stuff in the way of promiscuous spitting, wall defacing, and litter strewing. Let's clean up! And stay that way! ...MI 25 Jw..

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OLLDI - u aero- THE TEKTON They lowered him down in the salt, sharp sea where all good seamen go. In an hour we were back on the Banks, and as the fish were coming in fast, it was necessary to keep both watches on deck. A watch consisted of six men, two men ripped the fish with keenfedged knives, while three more removed the entrails-a fisherman expresses the facts more simply -while another iced the fish in the hold. For sixty hours both watches remained on deck without relief-allowing only time for meals. When any members fell asleep, they were so dead to the world that they could be awakened only by a goodfnatured prod in the ribs. The ship, filled with two hundred and fortyfodd thousand pounds of fish, heavily nosed her way into Gloucester harbor. Cver one hundred and twenty tons of fish in ten days was our record. And by this trip I was formally initiated into the order of The Old Salts-the men who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great watersf, ' Students who are graduating in June will be especially interested in the follow' ing list of questions sent out by the West' inghouse Electric EG? Manufacturing Com' pany of East Pittsburgh. The company states that industry is concerned about the correct answer to each of the following questions when hiring men. Are you cheerful? Do you have a sense of humor? Are you neat and tidy about desk and clothes? Are you honest? Are you dependable? Are you unselfish? Do you have selffcontrol? Do you have ini' tiative? Are you shy? Are you a good loser? Are you selffconfident? Are you careful with books, pencils, etc.? Are you punctual? Are you truthful? Are you sensitive to criticism? Do you take responsibility for your own acts? Are you obstinate? Do you persevere? Do you excuse your own faults and mistakes? Do you abuse privileges? Are you conceited? Do you demand more than your share of time and attention? Are you sensitive to beautiful things? Do you stick to a job until it is finished? Do you use your leisure time advantageously? Are you a bluffer? Are you industrious? Are you suppressed? Do you consider the rights and feelings of others? Are you willing to help others? Will you meet others halfway? Are you courteous? Are you a snob? Do you like to tease? Are you rough in your play? Do you lead on the playground? Can you handle people well? Do you take an active part in group activities? Do you take your share in group activities? Do you endeavor to dominate by good personf ality? Are you quarrelsome? Are you popular in your own group? Are you interested in what others are doing? Do you obey school rules? Do you respect authority? Can you organize your ideas effectively? Do you understand explanations and directions quickly? A Do you have ability to concentrate? Do you use it? Do you work independently? Are you a good team worker? Do you apply your own experience and thought to the subject at hand? Do you have good habits of work and study? Do you ask intelligent questions? Can you express your ideas well? Are you persistent? Are you a quitter? -'inf 27 111+-