Dedication

TO OUR first graduates, upon whom rests the responsibility of justifying vocational education to the people of Camden County, this issue is dedicated by their fellow students, with the sincere wish that these graduates may not only realize their most cherished ambitions, but that they may also be enriched with a vision of service to mankind.

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THE V O C A T I O N AL I T E

Vol. 2  JUNE  No. 5

Exchange

Published from October to June, by the students of the Camden County Vocational School, Pennsauken Township, N. J. Office of Publication, Camden County Vocational School, Merchantville, N. J.

The Vocationalite staff wishes to extend thanks to the following school newspapers which have faithfully maintained their exchange column; and in so doing have accomplished much toward developing a spirit of cooperation among the schools.

We wish to be kept permanently on the mailing list of each of these splendid publications.

School Spirit, David Hale Fanning Trade School, Worcester, Mass.

The Hawk, Pennsauken Jr. High School, Pennsauken, N. J.

The Evening School News, Public Evening School, Dallas, Texas.

Cleveland Jr. Journal, Cleveland Jr. High School, Newark, N. J.

Curtin Jr. Citizen, Curtin Jr. High School, Williamsport, Pa.

Advance, State Home for Boys, Jamesburg N.J.

Progress, Boys Vocational School, New Brunswick, N. J.

The Vocational Messenger, Industrial High School, Albany, New York

News and Notes, Vocational School, Bayonne, N.J.

Brewster Vocational, Brewster Vocational School, Tampa, Florida.

Vocational News, Boys Vocational School, Newark, N. J.

Producer, Boys Vocational School, Atlantic City, N. J.

The Worker, Boys Vocational School, Newark, N. J.

The Vocall, Boys Vocational School, Elizabeth, N.J.

Hatchet, Hatch Jr. High School, Camden, N. J.

Green and White News, Florence Ave., Jr. High School, Irvington, N. J. 

"He who hath a trade, hath an estate" —Franklin

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Two New Courses Next Term

When the school opens next fall there will be two new courses added, Radio Mechanics and Oxyacetylene Welding. These will bring the enrollment up to six hundred boys.

The positions open for skilled radio mechanics in this section warranted the addition of this course to the trades of the school. Dr. Haigas, chief Radio research engineer of the R.C.A -Victor Corporation, and Jack Hill, of the Federal Radio Company, of Camden, were consulted. Both men were enthusiastic about the course and have consented to act on the advisory committee of this course.

The daily curriculum of the students of the radio course will include three hours of shop work, consisting of radio assembly, testing, inspection, adjusting, trouble shooting and installation. The boys will also receive training in the theory of electricity, blue print reading, applicable mathematics, english, history, civics and physical training.

The purpose of this course is to train boys for the field of radio sales and service and the manufacturing field where they will do plant assembling, inspection work, trouble shooting, repair, etc.

The instructor of the course will be Henry A. Crissey, Jr., formerly with the R.C.A.-Victor Corporation, and at present, local representative for the Greybar Electrical Company.

The other course, that of Oxyacetylene Welding will include instruction in the welding of sheet metal and tubes for airplane framework. The U. S. Department of Commerce requires that all airplane welding, including repair work and new construction, be done by licensed mechanics. Students who complete this course will be prepared to take the examination for a government license and will be in a very advantageous position to secure employment.

Since welding requires close attention for considerable periods of time, boys applying for this course should have good eyesight.

This course is not recommended for boys under sixteen years of age.

These two courses will be given both in the night and day school.

Conowingo

In 1926, Conowingo was a quaint little town of about two hundred inhabitants, on the Baltimore Pike, in Cecil County, Maryland, near the shore of the Suscpehanna River. Today, a lake covering an area of about fourteen square miles hides all trace of the little town, and two miles down the river is the great dam and power 

house which turns the water of the Susquehanna into electric energy. This hurdles seventy-four miles through the air over a steel tower transmission line to Philadelphia.

The present hydro-electric development at Conowingo is not the Susquehanna's first use for power. As early as 1882, a flint mill located within a mile of the site of the present plant, used water power, as did a paper mill later. The Conowingo Hydro-Electric Project is an outstanding achievement in electric power development. The speed of its construction is without parallel in the history of projects of similar size. Construction was started on March 8, 1926 and on March 8, 1928, two years later, the first units were placed in regular operation.

From the standpoint of installed capacity Conowingo is the second largest hydro- electric development in the United States. Niagara Falls is the largest with a capacity of 425,000 h.p.

The delivery of the energy from the hydroelectric plant at Conowingo to Philadelphia is a great undertaking. This has been accomplished by means of two steel tower transmission lines operating at 220,000 volts, each line consisting of three aluminum cables (with steel core) of approximately one inch or 750,000 circular mils in diameter and each capable of transmitting the entire output of the initial installation without any noticable effect on the voltage received by the customers in Philadelphia. 

This is an important factor in the reliability of Conowingo power service because automatic protective equipment will isolate a defect in one circuit while the other circuit remains available to transmit the entire load. An unusual feature of the design of the spillway is the overhanging crest which is surmounted by fifty movable steel gates by which the reservoir level is maintained constant. 

These gates each weigh forty-two tons and measure twenty-two and a half feet high by forty-one feet wide. Another interesting feature of the plant is that it is seven stories high,, five being below the level of the reservoir and two above. The generators and water wheels from the standpoint of physical dimensions are the largest ever built. Each main generator is approximately thirty-eight feet in diameter and weighs over 500 tons. The total output of the plant is 270,000 watts. With this power we could light enough 300 watt lamps, placed 200 feet apart to go around the world one and one third times.

ALBERT SCHULZ

Extract from the booklet "Conowingo Hydro-
Electric Development"

This operation was visited by the members of the Electric Shop.

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There are many people who think that the woodworking industry is on the ebb, but they are sadly mistaken. Some feel that metal furniture is coming more into style and putting the woodwork out, but they are also mistaken. Who would want to go into a home where all the furniture was made of metal, and the chairs were uncomfortable ? Perhaps in offices there may be seen large amounts of metal desks and furniture. They are all right for an office, but when it comes to furnishing a home what could be more beautiful than a house full of wooden furniture?
     In all branches of work or building in the world, wood plays a very important part. In any

country wood is used more than any other material.
     When a piece of metal furniture gets a dent from something hitting it, or a kick, it can never be made to look the same as new again, while if a wooden desk should get the same knock or dent, it can be easily sandpapered or planed down to look like new again.
      Wood is strong and can be relied upon to do great things. It has always been a great material, and always will be. The only thing needed is more skilled labor and this school is turning out some of the boys whose skill will be known to all manufacturers before long.

ROBERT LENT, Wood (A)

STAFF

Seated from lef t to right—JOSEPH SHAW, Sport Editor; CALVIN LEEDS, Editor; THOMAS RUNGE, Exchange Editor.
Standing—RICHARD MASKA, Make-up Editor; SARA KERCHER, Assistant Editor.

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Do You Know

That no member of the New York Giants Baseball team was born in New York City or lives there. 
      That almost any Pullman porter can tell at a glance after looking at your feet who manufactured your shoes.
      That mice sing like the faint twittering of a canary.
      That the only animal with four knees is the elephant.
      That Shakespeare used slang expressions in his works. "Be Yourself" and also "It's a riot!"
      That there isn't a trolley car in Aiken, S. C. More power to hikers.
      That a terrier is a better mouser than a pussy cat.
      That a half dollar and a piece of paper of the same size fall at equal speeds. (This one is a safe bet.)
      That you cannot count up to fifty million in a life time. 
      That it costs more to maintain a hat than to buy one.
      That the plumbers have been digging a manhole for an education.
      That there is such a thing as a square ring. The boxing ring.

Landing Gear of the Aircraft

The landing gear is the understructure which supports the weight of an aircraft when in contact with the surface of the land or water, and reduces the shock on landing. There are five common types of landing gears. They are the boat type and float type which are used for landing on the water. The skid type and wheel type are used for landing on the land. The ski type is used to land on snow or ice. 
         The main support on the float type is the float which is a completely enclosed water- tight structure attached to the fuselage. The main support on the boat type is a water-tight structure, which usually has the form of a boat. It also accommodates the passengers and crew. Both of these types have a small float to support the weight of the tail and also a small float on the tip of each wing to keep the wing from coming in contact with the water.
          The wheel type of landing gear is furnished with two wheels for the main supports of the plane. The wheels are made of metal with wire spokes, and are fitted with rubber balloon tires.       There is a small wheel to support the tail.
           The ski type is fitted with two large skis which are made of wood. They are bent upward on the front end. There is a small ski at the rear of the plane to support the tail.

HENRY FLURY

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Before the season ends we expect to have a Liberty twelve-cylinder motor running in our engine room. For about two months, two of the boys have been working on the control and three other boys are busy on the engine. We have the motors up on the mount and the control is working so well, we are nearly ready to go.
      Sam Fox and John McElvarr found chicken feathers in a motor.
      Mr. Meyers is going to start a Glider Club. Membership is open to the teachers and airplane mechanic students.
      Edward Toole and Edward Klutowski have been working on our observation sea plane.
      We expect to get many outside jobs to repair, overhaul and test next term. Pilot Shank, of Central Airport has given us the job of overhauling a Curtiss C-6, six cylinder water cooled motor.
     The Aero-Mechanics course is now quite complete due to the number of new engines which we have acquired. We have received twelve rotary engines, two fuselages, two sets of wings and various other parts. This gives the student a wider range of work and knowledge of aviation.
     Scharff, Steelman and Rapp are cleaning a fuselage of a "Jenny. This plane was inspected September 1, 1918, and probably served in the war.

The great novel by Webster gives as the definition of racket, a loud noise or an oval-shaped bat used in the game of tennis. 
      The modern world has expanded this definition until racket means the business, trade or profession you are in. This may seem funny to you to think of yourself as being educated to go into a racket. Think of the printing racket, the chemistry racket, or by chance, the cafeteria racket. Now the part which has not been officially finished is the idea of admitting this new word racket into the better English language.
      Racket! A noise. The origin for this name may be traced to Chicago where the gangsters were called racketeers because of the noise they made when they were shooting up the town. This name gradually came into the eyes of the public who used it as a matter of course for any business trade or profession. The repetition of the word made its use for other things natural. 
     This word and its modern use will probably drift into infinity the same as all other popular hobbies of the public. The Blackbottom, the Charleston, the shifter pins and other odd ideas of the public have gradually stepped into the background for other things.
       New reforms are always under the process of becoming prominent. There is the possibility that this will stay while the others have faded.

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Lettermen 1929-1930

Since the Camden County Vocational School opened on October 15, 1928, we have participated in three major sports, football, basketball and swimming.

Harold "Teen" Steelman has received the most letters, five in number, one for football, two for basketball and two for swimming. 

The following boys have received letters during the course of two years:

Aero (A)
     Edwin Callopy, football

Aero (B)
      Charles Hollopeter, football
      Peter Lacovara, basketball

Auto Mechanics (A)
      Wallace Guetens, football
      Robert Wray, football
      Frank Panden, basketball
      Harold Wallace, football and basketball

Architectural Drafting
      Carrol Turner, basketball

Chemistry
      John Byrd, football

Electric (A)
     Robert Chance, swimming
     Robert Pedrick, swimming
     Joseph Gruber, football
     Morgan Harrison, football and swimming
     Hubbard Magowan, basketball
     Daniel Thompson, basketball and swimming

Floriculture
      Joseph Shearer, football

Machine Shop (B)
      Joseph Fielis, football
      Joseph Matera, football
      Stanley Zuzga, football and basketball

Machine Drafting
      Edward Gontarski, football
      Thomas Runge, football
      Calvin Leeds, football and swimming
      Minar Pierce, football and basketball
      Thomas Pooley, football and swimming
       Harold Steelman, football, basketball and swimming

Painting (A)
       Joseph Shaw, football

Plumbing
       Joseph Drew, football
       Walter Haas, football
       Cecil Picou, football

Woodworking (A)
       Stanley Rowand, football

Woodworking (B)
       Edwin Yeager, football

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Football Prospects Good

Our Red and White football squad is looking forward to a successful season next fall, when they will compete in their second year of scholastic football.
      Six lettermen are expected to return and also several substitutes who showed up well last year and "hopeful" new material.
      The squad will sorely miss the services of Captain Harold Wallace, Tom Runge, Morgan "Bud" Harrison, Stanley Rowand, Joe Gruber, Edward Gontarski, Cecil Picou, Stan Zuzga and Edward Yeager, who will graduate, and Joe Matera, Joe Drew, Joe Shearer and "Bud" Callopy, who have left school.
      The remaining lettermen are Joe Shaw, John Byrd, Charles Hollopeter, Tom Pooley, Harold Steelman and Wallace Guetens. Al Pohl, Edward Haines, Joe Lydon and several other substitutes who saw action last year are expected to make the varsity.
      Our local gridiron is in good condition and we have arranged a nine-game schedule. Four games are away, two home and we have three open dates.
      The complete schedule is as follows:

Election of A. A. Officials

On Tuesday May 2oth, an election was sponsored by the civics department for the purpose of electing officials for the coining year. 
     The winners of this election are as follows:

Harold Wallace, Auto (A), President
Joseph Packard, Arch. Draft., Vice-President
Robert Spratt, Paint (A), Secretary
Stanley Rowand, Wood (A), Treasurer

The Constitution, as printed in the March issue of this paper, was adopted by a large majority.

The Election Board was as follows:

John Lofland, of Chemistry; Thomas McKendry, of Machine Shop (C) ; Robert Lear, of Aero (A) ; Daniel Thompson, of Electrical (A), with Edward Gontarski, of Machine Drafting, as Judge of Elections.

Gabreana and Lamon have been winding tiny armatures on ten cent motors brought in by Treadaway.
     The (A) class took two of Trapnells valuable skein wound coils and threw them in the waste can. They thought the coils were scrap wire.
    Harry Graham has been learning the principle of a cheap vacuum cleaner motor.
     MacArthur and Jaus have been overhauling a welder for the welding shop.
     Scarborough is working on an induction motor.
     Cooper and Jackson have been general cleanup men in the shop for several days for putting on a boxing bout without permission.
     Nagle was imitating a loud speaker so Mr. Cummins changed his job.
     Due to arguments over our highly valued tin shears, Mr. Cummins has put Charles Cooper, Robert Jackson and Stephen Walinski to work on stamping the words "Electric Shop" on all the tools.
     All the boys in the Electric Shop who ride on the Clementon trolley are jealous of Jake Dairs because all the girls sit near him on the car.
     During the last month Reid has been trying to get a small generator running. After a few weeks of working on it, he came to the conclusion it was no good.
     Francis Plot and Patrick McHugh have been running a ground wire through the house which the Wood Shop made. 
     R. Jackson and K. Snuffin have been making braces for Mr. Bonn's room.

How Chemists Help Humanity

Chemists have proved a salvation to humanity since the early days of the Egyptians. They explained the workings of the stars, produced perfumes and dyes famous even today. They also had a secret method of embalming which has won admiration. They experimented with herbs and other substances to produce medicines. 

This work has been going on for thousands of years. Fifty years ago a chemist illuminated the world by inventing an incandescent electric light. Now all industries are linked with Chemistry. We would not be able to live without Chemists. They made it possible to purify the water we drink, produce medicines that heal almost every disease. They can make dyes of every color of the rainbow from coal-tar make rayon silk from wood and many other important things.

R. WILLINGMYRE, Chemistry

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Right Off the Press

Linn Youtz, one of our best pressmen, is now setting up 25 receipts to be run off on the 'pony press'.
     The majority of the (B) class members are helping to set up and run a job for the Haddonfield police. This job consists of several booklets which contain the laws of arrest, state crimes and the meaning of words used by policemen.
      John Townsend has just left school and is working as an apprentice at the Franklin Printing Company, Philadelphia.
     Irwin Jensen and Eugene Zalewski have been working on the time reports for next term.
     Ed. Decker, the vertical pressman, is running off the certificates for the graduating class of 1930.
     Charles Uhland and ''Reds" Ferguson are working on the large job press.
     Charles Fritts has accepted a job with the Parkway Baking Company.
     Tommy Boyle is working on a job for Miss Rudderow.
     Clarence Reckard, Print (B), is back in the shop after a week's experience in industry. He still claims it is easier to go to school than work.
     Albert Snyder keeps Mr. Morrow's feet awake with "Rudy Vallee's Crooning."
     Charles Yatzus has been very busy running a job off for Lakeland Hospital.
     Anthony Colavito has a job as a vertical pressman in Philadelphia.
     We received 100% for best kept shop during the week of May 3.
     Our 1929-30 Championship Basketball Banner is now in our shop.
     There are two fellows working at the same plant; they are Edward Brimfield and Carl Simmons.

As most of you know, Aero (A) and Electric (A), are the two remaining opponents out for the inter-class baseball banner. Aero (A) has a good team with Kling as their captain, Hess and Lodge as sure hitters, Dobbins as a pitcher and a whole class in back of them saying, "They can't be beat."

Still let us have a look at Electric (A) with Wright as their captain and pitcher. For batters Harrison, Fairbanks and Burke come out on top with a good many hits. Each team has won three games. You are probably wondering what became of the old champs, Auto (A). Well, they lost to Aero (B) in their first game.

JOHN F. REESE

Attendance Quotas

The number of students permitted to enter the Camden County Vocational School from the various Camden County districts is becoming larger each year. Next year's enrollment will show quite an increase over last year's. The new quotas for each district are as follows:

William Van Istendal has finished his smoking cabinet.
      Walter Petryk made an oak bench for the office.
      Miller and Valente are going around the different shops replacing the broken floor boards.
      Bob Lent has made a model boat.
      Mr. Packard, our instructor, took all the graduates and first year boys who were over 16 years of age to the R.C.A.-Victor. 
     All of the fellows are having a turn at the lathe. There are 40 drafting stools, 40 face plates and 140 legs to be completed by the close of school.
      He's just arrived! Who ? Detective Bush. He came to visit the school after being absent for over two months. Bush has been ill, but he will be back next September.
      Harry Wall made the pattern of the stool legs for the drafting class.
      Charles Hyder has nearly completed his two wardrobes.
      Yeager is the only letter man in Wood (B).
      Walinski has finished his utility cabinet.
      Stockdale and Waller have been repairing ladders for Mr. Strang's department.
      Boys from both sections of the Wood Shopare building a squad room for the school. This room is situated between the pool and the showers.
      Loges and Kirsche are building two wheel barrows.
      Shuts has just finished making a smoking and magazine cabinet.

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Have you heard of the Scotch policeman who shows his badge when they pass the collection plate at church ? 
     Guess the nationality of the man who put up two mail boxes so he would get more mail. 
     Now they are saying that the glider is a Scotch invention.
      Then there is the Scotchman who throws his whoopee parties at the penny arcade.
      Not to mention the Scotchman who sent his fiancee moth balls for her hope chest.
      And the Scot who married the tattooed hula dancer so he could see the movies for nothing.
      And last but not least is the Scotchman who visits the Zoo and throws empty peanut shells to the animals.

J. SHAW

Blowouts from Auto Shop

Mohr—Is troubled with sleeping sickness in English class especially.
      Heggan—The most bashful boy in the class.
      Our class has a quartet, believe it or not.
      Five boys in our class are going to graduate.
      Showell is so popular with the girls that they call him up in school.
      Wanzer is the assistant math teacher in room 101.
      Garrigues is always chewing gum and blowing bubbles. Why?
      Kilmartin—the class comedian.
      Walker—the quietest.

WILLIAM KILMARTIN

One of our members, Harry Evering, has secured a position with Mr. Linton in his new restaurant. Harry is to have charge of the receiving department.
     The members of our class who are graduating this year must run the Cafeteria for one week. Arthur Lee will manage it for the week of June 7, Harry Evering the next week and Margaret Bauman the third week. Eleanor Simpson will have charge the last week.
     Charles Wilson has left the Cafeteria and is now working in a garage.
     Sarah Kercher will be the editor of the Vocationalite starting with the September issue.

Mr. Cummins: What is the difference between conduit and water pipe?
      Walter Simpson: Water pipe is rough on the inside. 
      George Ulmer, from aside: No wonder the water comes out so lumpy!

ORIGINAL—DAVE HYMAN

During the past year our athletic teams, all coached by Mr. Forbes, made a splendid showing in scholastic ranks.
     Our football team, captained by Harold Wallace, won one third of their games, winning three and losing six. By defeating Atlantic City Vocational School we captured the South Jersey Vocational School title.
      Our Red and White basketball team, captained by Minar "Reds" Pierce, had a very successful season, winning fourteen out of seventeen games. By defeating Newark Vocational School and Atlantic City Vocational School we again carried off the New Jersey Vocational School Championship.
      The Swimming team, captained by Harold Steelman, had a fairly good season, winning three meets and losing six.
      Printing (A), led by Robert Bloxsom, captured the Inter-class Basketball Banner after a hard fight with Machine Drafting and Painting (A).
      Machine Shop (B) was victorious in the Inter-class Swimming Meet.
      Our school again won the Y.M.C.A. Water Carnival for the second straight year.
      The closing of the Inter-class Baseball League will end a very good season in athletic activities, one in which nearly every boy in the school has participated in some sport.

Plastic paint finishes often take the place of wall paper in beautifying the interior of a house.
      To prepare a surface for plastic paint you must have smooth surface without any cuts or holes. The wall also must have a thin coat of size with some plastic paint in it to give the proper foundation for the plastic finish. 
      Plastic paint is bought under the names of Textone, Paratex, Miraltex, Craftex, and Rufkote. It comes in powder form. Mix the dry powder with water until it is a fairly thick pigment, then apply to the wall with a three-inch brush. It must be put on and layed off smoothly. It is then ready for the texturing. The tools used most for texturing are spoon, fork, sponge, brush and bread knife.
     Let the plastic paint dry good and hard and then sandpaper it fairly smooth. Apply a coat of size and let dry. The panel is now ready for a coat of glaze.
      The glaze coat can be made from any oil pigment thinned to the consistency of water by any flattening oil. Put the glaze coat on with a brush. Wipe out the highlights with a large piece of soft cloth. Using a circular motion, work from the center to the edge of the panel.

HARVEY CALE

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On March 24 in the laboratory of the University of California at Berkeley, a startling discovery was made. Dr. Charles B. Lipman, dean of the graduate school at California, and professor of plant physiology, at the university, announced that the fondest dream of the scientific world was close at hand, that is—the preparation of synthetic life. Dr. Lipman, while preparing agar, a substance made from Japanese seaweed, and used as a medium for the cultivation of bacteria, chanced to examine a tiny smear magnified three thousand times under a powerful microscope, and what he saw there caused him to proceed into a further investigation. Dr. Lipman first saw what he thought to be a contaminating organism growing in the agar.

He also stated that agar is the sort of ground bodies which looked like bacilli and which absorbed dye as bacilli would. 

Annoyed by the presence of the supposed "impurities," Professor Lipman subjected the agar to a steam bath of 226 degrees Fahrenheit for about fourteen hours, in order to remove the unwanted organisms.

At the end of this period upon making another test the "living matter" was found to be still present.

Becoming suspicious of their origin he made a thorough investigation and became convinced that the rods were crystallizations of the agar, simulating in every detail one of the simplest forms of life. 

Dr. Lipman advances the theory that originally life may have risen in this manner— through the crystallization of colloid or complex substances.

He also stated that agar is the sort of ground in which life, if it did originate spontaneously, would be expected to develop, as it contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, some of the most essential elements of living matter. 

Dr. Lipman states in a preliminary report of his work :

"It may be that we are dealing with facts which may be easily confirmed by anyone. It is fascinating, however, and irresistible to speculate as to whether or not these artificial bacilli may, under the proper environmental conditions, take on properties of living cells. While of course this seems like a wild dream, I am investigating this possibility."

Whether or not Dr. Lipman^s discovery will be confirmed by the scientific world is unknown, but it cannot be termed an altogether "impossibility."

Condensed from an article in the Camden Courier.—R. WADDELL, Chemistry.

Printing Ink consists of pigment, vehicle and drier. Various other substances are added for different purposes, but unless some one is familiar with the composition of ink it is unwise to add something to it. It might do more harm than good. All doctoring of ink should be done by the maker. 

A large number of pigments are used in making printing-ink. Some are earths in a raw or natural state. Some are burned, some are separated from chemical mixtures and others are made by dyeing a base with some coloring matter. The object of the pigment is to give body and color to the ink. The pigments used in printing-inks vary in strength. Ivory black has greater covering power than either carbon black or lampblack. For this reason a higher-priced ink is sometimes cheaper in the long run than a lower-priced one because it will cover a larger area.

The vehicle is a varnish which carries the pigment and permits it to be rolled out and spread thinly over a surface. Varnishes for printing-inks are made from rosin-oil and linseed-oil. The better grades are made from linseed-oil. This oil is taken from the seeds of the flax plant which are crushed, heated and put Into hydraulic presses which squeeze out the oil. The oil is then boiled for a definite period. The longer the oil is boiled, the more sticky it becomes. It is then possible to obtain a varnish good for mixing ink for any purpose. Each particular branch of printing requires a different kind of ink. The inks used in lithographing and die-stamping are not good for letterpress work.

Information condensed from "Printing for School and Shop," by F. S. Henry. 

CHARLES YATZUS, Print (B)

On April 25th a most enjoyable time was had by the members of the faculty at a party held in the school. The committee consisting of Mrs. Callahan, Mrs. Borden and Mr. Corson had a very well arranged program consisting of progressive bridge, flinch, checkers, peggity, five hundred, dancing and swimming. Following this an excellent lunch was served in the cafeteria with Mr. Rodgers acting as master of ceremonies. The wit of Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Taylor made the evening most enjoyable for everyone.

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The Painting- Class is working on textured panels. This is the last important step which we will take up in school. The Paint Shop is going to have three paperhanging rooms for the next term.
      Robert Spratt has been elected secretary of the Athletic Association.
      Forest Fidell is out of school suffering from a broken knee.
      We have finished quite a number of cafeteria tables.
     Jaep has just finished outlining the numbers on the door with gold.
      Painting (A) finished a large table for Mr. Hall's office.
      Reid refinished an old buffet and is starting on a radio cabinet which was made by one of the woodworking boys.
     There will be three graduates from Painting (A). They are Louis Bobo, Conrad Maurer, and Anthony Dzierzynski.
     New members coming into the Paint Shop seem to get puzzled when they hear of "a paint stretcher", "a bucket of striped paint" or "a can of chrome yellow ground in coal oil."

    Powell is our coming heavy weight champion.
    Joe Kanzler is our coming fight announcer.
    Neild is a Hudson specialist.
    Ford is our dog trainer.
    "Chick" is our coming garageman.
    "Dutch" Klostermann claims he is Irish.
    Bobby Zimmerman is a future boxing champion.
    Panden is our history expert.
    Dischert is a coming boss.
   "Prof." Wright is our most learned man.
Shorty Klostermann, Ciccotello and Zimmerman are working on a 1928 Essex coach.
    Harold Wallace who gives the Auto (A) the fighting spirit was recently elected president of the Athletic Association.
     George Boyer is positively sure that sleeping in the English class is invalid.
     Thomas Neild has a few more bolts to tighten and his career as a student of Auto (A) will be ended.
     Frank Panden is working on a Paige touring car. New pistons, rings and wrist pins were installed, brakes were relined and valves ground.
     Tom Neild and Joe Kanzler overhauled Mr. Hall's Hudson.
     Captain Wallace is overhauling a Chandler with "Gramps" Wray.
     Neild is working with "Little" Geutens on Mr. Morrow's Durant.
    No wonder Frank Panden is a great pitcher. He's a grease ball himself.

For the last two months our class has not received the banner for cleanliness, but we are working hard to regain it.
      The Chemistry class supplies the printers with a type metal cleaner.
      The majority of the boys in the Chemistry department are standardizing solutions, running moisture on soap and testing sewage which comes from the Pennsauken disposal plant.
      Allan Stewart has finished taking the specific gravity of alcohol.
      Ildo Pasqualine received all Ts on his report for the entire second year.
      There are three boys who are to graduate from the Chemistry class. They are John Lotland, Richard Willingmyre and Ildo Pasqualine. 
      Leigh Smith has been studying books on glass blowing.
      Some of the class are working on leather.
      Ildo Pasqualine and John Byrd are the lettermen of our class.
      The class enjoyed a pleasant trip to the Hollingshead Company on May 16, 1930.

A real fishing trip off Schellenger's Landing, Cape May, ten miles out to sea, was enjoyed by the men instructors of the school, on Saturday, June 7.
     On the way out the whiteness on Mr. Rodger's face and the distance of travel increased by direct proportion. Mr. Morrow carried along a few lead slugs and stuffed a fish in order to win the largest fish prize. Mr. Bohn took time out. He said it was because of the rain. Apparently his face was washed white by it. Mr. Cummins charged the rail proudly. Mr. Sheppard was troubled with internal chemical combustion. Mr. Corson also had some fine measurements in heaving. Mr. Herrington forgot his culture and greedily pulled out three finny tribe strugglers on one haul. Mr. Ray was so busy hooking fish that the captain requested him to divide his catch in order to balance the boat. Mr. Knittle, a novice, stuck to the ship but saved his lunch for the next time. Mr. Slater plumbed a basket full. Mr. Yates caught some fish and kept his troubles to himself.

CALVIN LEEDS

Al: Hello Bill, what are you doing ?
Bill: Selling salt.
Al: A salt seller huh, shake!

Jim: Go wash your face and neck.
Mary: I'll wash my face but I won't neck.

JOSEPH FIELIS