(tod-t0st0-10123] cw) wo i ee en 3\p\ Potruary 16, 1965 Mr. John D. Fitch, Instructor Grate Training Lintsoy Hopi:ina Education Center O 1510 Hele 2nd Avenue - . OF Miazi, Florida ; - Res Lear Hrs Fitchi . ; “hte ts in roply to your comonts on the last erading cheet rogarding + the above captioned individual. I appreciate your passing along thoge COLLERTC S _thica T “would like to. ano 4n to ace me today and foola that he would like to tho mechenkeal drafting aa well aa in. tho bacic prolini~ nary work which he has beea. taking in drawing. There are aone things a95 along to you of witich you may not bo’ AVAL. | Up usttl a yoor azo, a3.8 dsvere opileptie and had many ccizires. At that tito, ho Rad a cranVal ogeration which hea helped him conzitcrebly. Koro recently in the last efcht contha, he atates that he: has kod 11 gedzurea, one of wiich was in your ¢lesse Tulsa da liable to - karen on oceasten, but fot very freqrvently; ond, of course, if the claaa anova £¢ end you aro auare of it, thoro is no reuson to be disturbed by ite Mo2e sericus 10 probably the fact that he is under modicaticn -= barbitue Protes ‘of one Xind or another - under greecription of a doctor to prevent hic, fron bovine acisures, and thie tenda to make hin oporata alowly and,- of course, to bo drowcy. Wowever, he astatea that he has novor fallon agleep in tho class. Previczs to + 4a, ho had takon one yoar of electrical engincoring in Hayora. - Ne ia vory cericus about learning machine design ond is intercated in this area. Ie atatea that he hag nevor copicd a oinglo drawing and haa done everything on his own. I also qucotioned hin au to vhethor ho untor~ eteos your lectures and what you put on the blackboard, an! ho ctates that ho dsca but that he works slowly. I thought that 4f he could ap. ly core tine, that ho probably would bo able to keep up casier boins one who worka . elesly and drafting being a courae bascd primarily on the amount of tise Qppiled.e Ne sald that he thourht that he could coae in about 15 minutes early acd do a little work before the class atarted, but that he eauld not wor< at Loue for lack ef instruments and that the room wag oloaed to bia except for thia 15 minute period. . . i
14-00000 = a ’ . Fobruary 16, 1965 : a Page 2 4 ; , i acpreciate your suscoction absut archit-ctural drafting. I fesl th.¢ 4f . his Caslish ds o ys.blea, that he will not probibly do any bottor thore than bd -. ho would ta yout clata. The t-sto givea at tho University of tunnd, which ' waco Siven beta in lish and in Snatch, inilented that Ur. Mercasdeg hed. .aptituce for eechanical or architectural eraftiag, advortioing layo.t work, pattera aniing, coalom!.c, etching, ongr.ving and various bench end eraft work. Alsa,.on tuo. Revised Bota. cxcnination ho scorod a rating of 93 wich da everage t6 ‘olishtly audq-avoragee: It is folt that hte ability and exills ere hold back consiturably by hia dioavility and that otherwise, he would bo porhana above averagos ot ‘xe it 4s nocesc-ary to drop, hia fron the elnoz, of Courad, this 14 soscthing . waich ig up to you, Sut we think that he whould be given evory opportunity - concidering his interdat in the wore and hic trying to make g go at thige Thani you for any courtesy extended tila nattor. ve vee Sincerely yours, oe a ead Vocational Rehabilitation | GDSseab a . : : tee eos Mra. Maria Svane rn Se Do Dre Ae Maceo , Ke, Garvin Midler r Gordon De Saith, Counselor . oe ste a en ae 4 ' i 5 t + lie, i