| Show 1 T fA f- f J i I A 3 t 4 I Fl Cv i t r 0 I yam F y k II I i f r j v x ry f M Mt t b f a it 14 L i 1 30 Heavy duty mechanics student puts in time on a fork lift Students are required to rebuild a diesel engine for a final grade Auto Dept Really Wheels Wheels' I of t i Y 1 By Dave DeKarver Students Get to know the Automotive Department here hereon on campus It is one of the finest facilities for learning and can call be of service to you the student Division Chairman Clair A. A Thompson of the Automotive and Metal Trades Department rates our graduate employment employment employment employ employ- ment as as- excellent They can place almost more students than there are graduating In comparison some 40 to 50 percent of the students in other schools are placed in the field Mr Thompson stated the quality of students has improved improved improved im im- im- im proved drastically throughout the past Our main main purpose is for instruction on but we can be beof beof beof of assistance to students and visa versa He feels our Automotive Automotive Automotive Auto Auto- motive Departments are are some of the finest and best d for learning Heavy Duty Mechanic student stu- stu student stu stu- dent dent We Wendell lr has lias S two years as an automotive mechanic and now working on his second year heavy duty mechanic says the school has four trucks and several pieces 0 fi R I 1 i Y S Yr t J r r. r h hV N t f f ff f f 1 t. t V a 1 J l- l J to r r. r Jr j lr 1 Y a rr x S S 'S S S SAuto J Auto mechanics student puts classroom knowledge to work under under- auto hood College boosts top instructors r h i. i it of off road equipment nt which 1 r work He 4 they on enjoys H J I He must being in hi his fourth F 4 f year 1 Wendells Wendell's instructor Keith Johnson does not like to think they ar are under automo automotive ive instead automotive is under j th them em One of our paint and repair instructors I Neal oGro Grover indicates we we 1 have ve 46 students both day and night Although work in this department de de- is very limited it is a great facility u In needing of an area more work to do is our chasis class class- The afternoon class instructed by by Mr Ace Martin and Roger Wright has n n 1 open door do r for r front end b bi yes ces es and work service to students Appointment is requested Freshman Ray Cooper in inthe n- n the Diesel Engine shop and his instructor instructor- Kent Burch s say the students are e required to rebuild rebuild re build a diesel engine provided i iby by the school and for a final grade t the e en engine e must operate Good luck Ray and fellow students The Automotive Engine ti over haul shop is another one of 01 our great areas According to Bill Duke an instructor the students completely overhaul N live and lab engines The cost costis is an en gine Mr Duke also feels this department is the best t Mr Robert Neilson in the 1 Drive Me Mechanisms Mechanisms- class has 20 students i approximately per quarter Each student is required required required re re- identify identify identify ident ident- and to take apart S' S parts Then they rebuild an automatic transmission consisting consisting consisting con con- of several th thousand usand de art art- parts Our Automotive department department depart depart- ment also has a very fine fine- rne fuel and electrical class with three fantastic instructors y a Who said the Automotive Department is creeping with 14 male students in cover alls ails Mr Thomson teaches a Business Business Busi Busi- t ness Class 80 upstairs Not exactly female mechanics but the department is glad to have them there |