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Show Monday, May 6, 1940 Pago Two Welding Where Lathe Is King . . . Refrigeration Carpentry LORENZO PETERSON FRED MOESINGER G. L. McPHEETERS THE SIGNPOST Publisher Semi-Monthly During The College- Year NORMAN BOVEN, Editor-In-Chie GLEN JACK BRANHAM, Assistant Editor REED ANDERSON NEWS EDITOR EDITORIAL COUNCIL! Chairman Jesse Jensen Members: Barbara Reeve, Robert Peterson, Mary Huggins, Claramay Patterson, Dick Thomas, Mildred West. SPORTS: Editor Dan Bradshaw Assistant Kathleen Davis SOCIETY : Co-editors: Jenkins Shirley Critchlow, Donna REPORTERS Member of IN A CHANGING WORLD By President H. A. Dixon We wish to welcome the Rotarians to Weber college this afternoon and to show them what our school is doing to meet the needs of youth in this changing world. Our philosophy of education can be touched upon herd in this editorial, but we hope that this afternoon's assembly and the tour of exhibits will show our program more completely. Briefly, we feel that we are meeting the problem.I. By broadening education's purpose. Some people say that education is to make a life. Others say that education is to make a living. But most college students in their preparation for successful living feel that their education should be both; namely, a combination of the cultural and practical, or vocational.. Weber college subscribes to this point of view.. As a result of this philosophy, the distinction between academic and vocational courses is becoming less and less. Acadamic courses are being taught with their vocational values in mind, and instructors in vocational courses, on the other hand, consciously seek every opportunity to promote rounded, cultural development.The emphasis is also being shifted from subject matter to student growth, from subject content to student needs, from the accumulation of information as an end in itself to the modification of behavior. Along with this liberalization of purpose and offerings, the college has persistently sought to maintain high standards of scholarship and performance in all fields. II. By enlarging its scope in order that all may learn. The lack of employment and wage opportunities for young people has caused the college to expand its offerings to serve many who were heretofore neglected. Specific curricula have been developed for at least four major groups of students as follows: (I) those preparing for upper division standing in institutions of higher learning; (2) those seeking a cultural education in courses that terminate at the end of the college sophomore year; (3) those desiring two years of technical semi-professional training that will qualify them to enter the commercial and industrial world, and (4) those whose needs are best met by short term courses and cooperative programs. At the request of those who are working in the day time, the night school has been organized. Its total registration this year was 915 students. III. By the addition of a terminal vocational division. It soon became clear that a terminal vocational division was needed to supplement and to give balance to the College Preparatory Division before Weber College could achieve its objective; namely, to "combine the cultural and the practical" in the preparation of its students for successful living. Consequently, the new developments at the college have been in the terminal vocational fields, while at the same time the standards of the college preparatory courses have been raised and the values of a broad general education have been emphasized. The steps which the institution has followed tn establishing its vocational courses are described CLASSWORK (Continued from Page One) practical knowledge of motors the students have torn it apart and are now reassembling it. A huge section of redwood log 7 feet in diameter and 1700 years old has been donated to the carpentry department by the forestry service. It will be used by a class in materials and uses as an example of grades and sizes of lumber and in determining which portion of the three they come. Of interest, are tags on the section indicating its growth since various historical events occurred. To make their class practical the carpentry students build and tear down various types of construction work. At present they have built the corner of a house and the forms for cement work in detail. Under the engineering of Mr. Mc-Cormack, students of welding and machine shop have torn down an Austin automobile and reconstructed the chassis as a mount for the victory bell. BODY AND FENDER By BLAIR EVANS On making a visit to the body and fender department of the vocational building, I was amazed to find upwards of thirty-five damaged vehicles of all makes. Some were only slightly damaged, others practically demolished beyond repair, yet most were being vigorously worked on by several vocational students. I became interested in one car in particular. It was a 1939 four-door Dodge sedan. Obviously, it had been in a collision ith a telephone pole and had fared badly. A number of young fellows had gathered around the automobile, inspecting every part of it. One boy in particular Official Student Paper of WEBER JUNIOR COLLEGE Ogden, Utah FEATURES: Wilma Perry, Willis Ohorn, Mildred West, Kathleen Davis, Fred Foulgcr, Robert Peterson, Clyde lllerM, Jessie Jensen. CONTEST EDITOR CIRCULATION AND EXCHANGE: Dick Thomas, Kent Baggs TYPISTS: Beth Wheelwright, Charlene Clark Thekla Holmes CONSULTANT CM Nilsson Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Press Displays Show Both Quality and Kind of Terminal Work (Continued from Page One) door lining are shown. Air Conditioning Air conditioning and refrigeration department exhibits the following: Furnace setup, oil burner, fast freeze unit, coal tray, demonstration boxes (refrigerators), and a walk-in box (large refrigerator).Auto Mechanics The auto mechanics exhibit includes reboring and refinishing motor block, complete modern engine tune-up using latest type equipment, motor over-haul, valve grind-was making a very intensive study of the car. My interest being aroused, I approached him. Before the boy actually told me that I was ctazy because of the numerous questions I asked him, I discovered many things. This particular fellow, Max Bond, had purchased this wrecked sedan for two hundred dollars. The machine was in need of another frame, a windshield, a drive shaft, fenders and doors. Max had figured the entire cost to repair the car, including the purchasing cost, to be somewhat over three hundred dollars. He estimated to sell the repaired vehicle for approximately eight hundred and fifteen dollars. This practice is being followed by many of the students in the body and fender shop. One bought an old car for one and a half dollars and sold it for three. Other students who have done this sort of work are Frank Berglund, Dee Mc-Farland, Richard Weaver, and Dean Clayton. Editorial Offices 40B Idoench Building BREWER, BueJness Manager .Mary Hugglni Members of Journalism Class Association THERE IS HOPE By LE ROY BLASER, Trades Coordinator. Every boy and girl reaching maturity, and an age where he or she is expected to be self-sustaining, has been asking for a number of years, "Where do I fit into the scheme of things?" Talk of depression, unemployment ,war, and the uncertainty of the economic world in general has muddled the minds of youth with despair and a hollow feeling of insecurity. For many years we have been talking about guiding youth, but guidance must be emphasized in a different light, and training must be thought of from a vocational as well as a professional aspect. Headwork alone cannot save modern civilization. "We learn to do by doing" is a truth we all recognize. Then why not practice it in our educational program? Vocational education can stand upon its own accomplishments as a step in the solution of this problem. Our civilization needs the greasy mechanic, just as it needs the wise educator and executive. All of us are at the mercy of the mechanic. Industry has been changing rapidly in both policy and methods and today it has become one of the most desirable places for employment. We still have opportunity for youth if we will consider some of our needs. The farmer needs millions of rods of fence; he requires paint, labor and equipment, the country needs ten million homes, new roads, airports, new equipment, new products, industry needs new equipment, products, inventive genius and thousands of young apprentices. It is true that the cogs of industry have not been meshing as they should. Some gears have been stripped. To correct this, industry, government, and the school must work together. in detail elsewhere in thi$ paper. They are lum- marized here as follow: A. THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. The coordinators and faculty members concerned always make a survey of the area served by the college before recommending instruction in any occupation. The chief purposes of the survey are to determine (I) the number employed; (2) thefr age; (3) the turnover; (4) openings, and (5) the type of training needed. B. THE ORGANIZATION OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The advisory committee selected usually consists of five members representing workmen and employers in the occupation. C. THE TRAINING PROPER. The course of study is determined by the instructor with the help of the dean of instruction, the coordinator, the survey and the advisory committees. It calls for five hours each day in trade-training and related fields. D. THE PLACEMENT. After the training period, and frequently before the two-year course is completed, the student is placed on the job as an apprentice or cadet. E. THE FOLLOW-UP. While on the job he is given some supervision by the coordinator and instructor, and often induced to return to night school in order that he can keep developing, and that he can learn while he earns. ing demonstration, generator testing on test bench, front end and steering gear aver-haul, and grease rack facilities. General Metals The general metals class, which is conducted to give the students a chance to orient themselves in so far as choosing a field to specialize in, exhibits the following: lathe work, thread cutting, knurling, taper cutting, shaping work and milling. Welding Exhibited in the welding department are displays of pipe fabrication, pipe cutting, oxygen lance piercing, electric welding and heat treating. Drafting In the drafting department are exhibited drafting problems in connection with descriptive geometry and maps drawn by surveying students.Bridging The theme of the demonstration in the business department is "Bridging the gap between school and business." The cooperation of local merchants makes possible an exhibit of modern accounting procedures intended to tie in the work of advanced accounting students with the type of accounting problems they are expected to meet on a job. The exhibit also includes a number of timely charts of business activities which will be of interest. These include exhibits of special work done by students in the business department. Should the state supplant our free, voluntary institutions of charity, our Christian brotherli-ness will disappear, and a dread cold thing called by some queer ism will be found in its place. Archbishop Stritch, Chicago. By J. M. Demos "Steel manufactures of the future will owe a great deal of their efficiency and durability to a trade that Is fast assuming greater importance in modern industry." Such was the statement with which I was introduced to the value of electric welding as an occupation and to Fred Moesinger, welder employed by the Ogden Iron Works, where I interviewed him. Serving as an apprentice for four years with the railroad gave Mr. Moesinger both the training necessary to continue in his chosen vocation and the desire to do so. "For," he said. "Welding is a fascinating occupation that presents a constant challenge to your ability and your knowledge of the work. There is much to learn. I've been in the work almost eight years and I'm still learning every day. The Foundry As Mr. Moesinger talked I looked about the foundry that was his workshop. Mine machinery, structural steel, belt conveyors, gears, and sprockets as well as all-steel buildings, and even dairy machinery are manufactured at the Ogden Iron Works. But the youth seeking a place in the vocational field of welding is not limited to the manufacturing field entirely. Every construction company is finding a new place for the trained welder, as are shipyards, automobile manufacturing plants, and structural steel Industries. "The working conditions for welders are improving very rapidly," according to Mr. Moesinger. As an example he brought forth sample glass slides that are fitted into the goggles worn while at work. I looked at the sun direct ly through them without a bit of strain. "These eliminate almost 99.5 per cent of the ultra violet glare for the torches," he ex plained. Well Paying Job The use of electric welding has replaced much of the expense and inefficiency of the former methods of riveting, according to my in formant. "And for the youth who is will ing to work, has a sincere inter est in the work, and mechanical ability, welding is a well paying jOo, concluded Mr. Moesinger. "Welders, according to their abil lty, experience and the type of job, are paid from 90c to $1.00 and above an hour." By Glen Wade After one quarter of Instruction In welding at Weber college, a former student now has a job which pays $140 per month. Another student with the same training has a good job and Is reported by his employer to be making progress. These success stories are told by Clyde Decker, welding and general metals instructor. Mr. Decker predicts similar results for other students who are the right type and have the certain natural technique required of all good welders. At present there are thirteen students in the welding class. Three or four will go out on jobs this year. The rest will stay at Weber next year to finish one or two more quarters of instruction. Next year's welding class will comprise placed on jobs after completion of placed on jobs afte rcompletion of training. During the first two weeks of the quarter students will be selected who will be permitted to finish the course. Students finishing it will have at least 1,000 hours of welding experience. The greatest service America can do for the world is to clean up its own house and strengthen its own moral forces. Former President Hoover, to the Y. M. C. A. Rotarian Assembly Evaluates Brass Tacks' Program (Continued from, Page One) position in life which will bring them the greatest contentment."Half and Half Betty Lou Balch stated that increased emphasis upon co-ducational courses in vocational work have resulted in classes of office machines, secretarial science and retailing. One of the newest classes at Weber is known as the cooperative training class in retailing. This class was started last fall and has filled the demands of the employer so well that today more and more are asking for it; so let us see now the program operates. This program has as its general objective, training for a specific job on the basis of one-half the time spent in school and the other half on the job. The advantages to the student are that he not only receives practical training in his vocation but he also received courses along an academic line. This cooperative program is an asset to the employer in meeting the modern needs and demands of the business world. One of the newest classes at Weber will be the training of girls to operate the power sewing machine, A course in practical nursing was recently conducted by the Weber adult evening classes with about one hundred and twenty-five enrolled. A special course designed to train girls for domestic service placed fifty students and has been unable to fill demands for workers in this line. Personality? Yes! The discussion was concluded by Mark Austad. "A prophetic utterance dating back two thousand years hits the keynote of the primary purpose of Weber college. 'What does it profiteth a man to win the whole world and yet lose his own soul.' Weber College's 20th Century version of these words is 'What does it profiteth a student to gain an education and yet lose sight of the A-B-C's of success namely the building of citizenship, the development of character, and the polishing of personality'." "In a recent survey of forty-eight hundred men who lost their jobs it was revealed that sixty-six per cent of the workers lost their positions because they disregarded these factors. Weber College attempts to build in its graduates those qualities which will enable them to keep as well as to get jobs." 1 James McCormac, machinist Instructor, pleased, watches student Clifford Wilson do a careful piece of work. f Machine Shop i JAMES McCORMACK By Blair Evans "Yes, sir," he said, his pleasant Scotch way of talking marred only slightly by some thirteen years in the U. S., "the machine shop gets the first crack at everything. Radios, refrigeration, automobiles, telephones, lights everything comes out of the machine shop." This voice, of course, came from James McCormac, better known as "Scotty," popular baird of the Weber college machine shop. According to Scotty, the good machinist is in great demand. Of the many chances for machinist jobs open today, very few can be taken advantage of by the common laborer. "Ogden lacks good machine men," averred McCormac. This, of course, means that opportunity is all around us. Advancement is unlimited as there Is always a job for the skilled workman. Scotty informed me that for the most part, American machine manufacturers have employed European labor simply because they are much more skilled than resident labor. Apprenticeships "This is not right," continued McCormac. "American manufacturers should employ American labor. Gradually, through the developing apprentice system, our own boys are being trained and the time will come when Americans will be just as well trained as the foreigners." Scotty pointed out that this is exactly what is being done in Weber college's vocational department. "There are sixteen boys taking the course. They are terminal students, most of them having completed high school, but have no intentions of advancing in school. They now are able to make their own tools and equipment. "I tell them they are geting paid at 90c an hour for making these tools," said Scotty, "and after they are through, if their total time spent and the cost of the material combined is not less than the market price at which the implements are sold downtown, I 'climb their frame.' This, of course, is excellent training for the fellows. I refer to McCormac's strict production requirement. Machinery Good Machine work is steadier than that in most fields as machinery is in constant demand. "And furthermore," claimed my informant, "machinery does not displace men. For every machine on the market, dozens of machinists and engineers have worked out their plans and developed the models. There are mines in Utah that could not be worked at all if it were not for the machinist's creations." Scotty himself is a great machinist and is well qualified with his position. As you can guess, he was born and raised in Scotland. In Dry Dock . . . George Ballinghani, at the tiller, a are putting the old derelict in In the home town of Andrew Carnegie, by the way. He was one of four who completed the engineering course in Scotland, out of the one hundred who started. He received a seven-year scholarship in an apprenticeship school in Scotland. It was a school in which the students were bonded by their parents and employers. The school was financed by Andrew Carnegie. Experienced Mr. McCormac finally came to the U. S., where he worked for ten years in the Christensen Machine company in Salt Lake City, and before that for three years for the Clear Creek Coal company. He then came to Weber college, where he has been for two years. I could see that he has the inventive and creative mind essential to all machinists. He has many of his own little invenions on his automobile and on others of his possessions. He is a wizard on the slide rule and knows numerous useful tricks of mathematics. And this is but a part of the thorough training and experience in engineering he has gained in his strict school work and trade experiences.CLARKE SETS DATE OF AWARD ASSEMBLY (Continued from Page One) winners, and 19 Orion awards as compared with 62 silver medal winners, 24 gold medal winners, and 20 Orion awards this year to sophomore students. Fifty-nine freshmen will receive certificates of honor for their activities this year as compared with 60 certificates awarded last year. "It is hoped that the winners of scholarships can also be announced at the assembly," Dr. Clarke continued in outlining the tentative program. "The program will also include the presentation of special awards and the introduction of the newly elected student body officers for next year." Lists of award winners will be posted on the bulletin boards before the assembly so that the award winners may sit in the proper section at the assembly, according to the committee. "We urge all student award winners, especially, to be present at the assembly to receive their awards," Dr. Clarke stated. By DANIEL BRADSHAW "Sorry I haven't a better chair to offer you," said George L. Mc-Phceters, refrigeration and air conditioning and refrigeration are a metal tool box that had been made by one of chc sheet metal students. It was a fine piece of workmanship neatly finished, and equipped with proper tool box fittings.Mr. McPheetcrs went right to work on my questions: "Every refrigeration job must be engineered; therefore students spend most of their time on practical engineering o.! jobs. Shop work is devoted to refrigeration and sheet metal work. Both are combined in shop by making small refrigeration units that use sheet metal duct work. Although air conditioning and refrigeration and over publicized, opportunities for well trained men with experience have never been better. Correspondence Work "Correspondence work is satisfactory for men who are already working in the trade in order that they may better themselves, but for the high school graduate who isn't doing work with a course where he may get personal advice or help, a trades course is advised. "There is possibly no industry that hasn't used refrigeration. All the concrete the Boulder dam used was cooled by circulating cold brine through a system of pipes in the cement," my man told me. Mac that's what everyone calls him because of his mustache went on to explain that there is not an air-conditioning trade. It is a com position of several trades some of which are refrigeration, electricity, plumbing, steam pipe fitting, and sheet metal work. Air conditioning should be understood to deal with control of temperature; of humidity, of cleanliness, of circulating and of ventilation. Two Types There are two types of conditioning. They are: Winter air conditioning, which is control of heating, humidity, circulation and ven tilation to some extent; summer air conditioning, is temperature control and ventilation in addition to cleaning and circulation. Then there is summer cooling which consists of cooling, cleaning and circulating of the air. "Mac, what do you think a young man who enters this trade should be?" "Well," he remarked, "a boy should be the type of person who nd Earl Martin, scraping barnacles, shape for another 90 thousand. in high school has had all the mathematics, science and chemistry he could get. As work depends on intuition, insight and correct analyzing he must be able to sit down and analyze before any other work is done. Like any other work good health and the ability to get along with fellow workers are essential requirements. Ability to meet changing working conditions is another requisite because he may be working in a private home one day and a factory the next." Pay Depends "What kind of wages may a person expect in this type of work?" "Pay depends on the man himself," he said. "Service men employed by companies can draw wages comparable with any other mechanical trade, ranging anywhere from fifty cents to one "Manufacturers of the Finest Quality' Dresses Suits for Women WORN BY The Movie Stars UTAH TAILORING MILLS 3088 Washington Blvd. By JAMES LL'VARIS Lorenzo Peterson, carpentry instructor, has worked as a licensed contractor for ten years. His teaching experience includes eloiven years in carpentry and three years in the academic field. Mr. Peterson acquired his training at Snow college, University of Utah, and the Utah State Agricultural college. "A survey made three years ago revealed that there are openings for fifteen new carpenters every two years In the local area. A more recent survey shows practically the same results," said Mr. Peterson. Apprenticeship "Four years' apprenticeship qualifies one as a journeyman in the trade. Journeymen are paid up to $1.12 per hour. Apprentices can hire out and receive up to 60 per cent of a journeyman's pay. "At present our program here is adequate. We offer two years' apprenticeship training. Of course, as our area increases, our equipment and facilities will need further expansion. Weber may eventually become a training place for carpenters for the biggest part of our state." In answer to the question as to how much schooling one must have in order to be admitted as an apprentice, Mr. Peterson said, "All our students so far have been high school graduates, a training which should be required of all entrants. There may, of course, be exceptions to the rule as circumstances warrant." The interviewer asked Mr. Peterson if any of the boys had found jobs. Positions "This is our first year of operation here, and our course for apprentices is a two-year one. So you see, this year we will not have a group who will have completed the apprenticeship training. But already a number of the boys have found work." What was Mr. Peterson's opinion as to the prospects for jobs in the field of carpentry? "The white-collar field has long been crowded. Only a small percentage of those who aspire to white-collar jobs will ever find them. Of course, the building industry is also affected by the gen eral conditions, but with renewed activity in other lines the demand for builders and carpenters will also increase." dollar and fifty cents an hour. When he has graduated above the craftsman, advantages are better and he can almost name his own price." "Refrigeration and air conditioning give many social and business advantages, don't they?" "Yes, they do," replied Mac, beaming all over. "Refrigeration service gives wide social contacts from association in business and home service. Sheet metal work on the other hand allows close contacts with architects, builders and home owners." "Of the boys that have attended for a period over a year those who showed the greatest intelligence are at work now," Btated Mac. "Their greatest problem is realizing the importance of the work they are doing. After that their personal problems are comparatively easy." When asked what his personal intentions were, Mac genially remarked, "I wouldn't mind fishing if I could catch any fish." He also plays a good game of tennis and likes to swim. HUNTER'S Manufacturers of Fine CANDIES Not the Biggest Store in Ogden but we have your Favorite Magazines, Frozen Candy Bars, Ice Cream and Pop. Shirley's Candy Shop 438-25th St. Phone 265 |