Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-11
REV. C. H. RICKETTS, SPOKE
ON BROKEN CASTINGS
Ninth in Series Of Shop Talks at
Mecrum Howell Plant,

At the McCrum- Howell Co. shop on
Wednesday the ninth in the series of
noon-hour shop talks was held, Rev.
g Ii. Ricketts, of the Greeneyilie Con-
gregauonal church being tine speaker.
Mrs. Louis o. Potter sang two selec-
tons with much expression-H Thou
Art True (Robinsonl and My Name in
Mothers Prayer, an Alexander favorite.
General Secretary Starkey of the y.
NJ c. A., under which the MEETINGS are
feid, was present.
Poor Castings was the topic upon
which Rev. MIR. Ricketts, made his brief
and instructive talk.
Rev. Mr. Ricketts, spoke in opening
ct the two KINDS OF scrap heaps which
might be found outside foundry, one
consisting of the pile of poor castings
that await inspection, the other made
up of the old junk that represented
Annotated machinery.
1t was 10 the hrst pile, the articles
spoiled in the making, that he referred.
Observe, if you please, what poor
| casting presents All the precious
time and labor put upon it are virtual
/ ly lost; at least they are worth no
more than the actual value of the
! casting. If its object is not realized,
/ it is practically a dead loss. If the
! inspector finds that it is the result of
| carelessness, then someone's reputa-
! ton as a workman is damaged, for the
| law of cause and effect works every
| where Perhaps the defect is due to
| accident that tests the value Of some
apparatus. Keen inspection may go
| SC far as to discover something wrong
| in the sand, or iron, or other things
/ that enter into the makeup of the
/ casting The point / want to make is
I fTaoT CT WO1 no G4TnT ms
! the cause, come to light sooner or
| later.
A foundry is not the only place in
| the world by any means that some
| times makes poor castings. Every
r,ant does some work that it is not
proud of. A little keen inspection will
reveal a scrap heap not far from any
! school, academy or college. Schools
Of every grade turn out some castings
hat are mighty poor. The school is a
SORT of foundry for molding the mind.
When a boy or girl is thrown upon
the mental junk heap as a poor cast
inc something is wrong somewhere. If
these received the just inspection that
is paid to poor iron castings it might
be found that the sand, or iron. OF
limestone. in the makeup was defec'
tive: or. it might be found-and this
is quite within the range of possibility
that the poor casting was due to the
shab by workmanship Of some teacher.
But, men. we need not look outside
our own homes to see the quality OF
our workmanship When your child
comes from school with card marked
low in conduct and studies, your first
impulse is to scold the child who. no
Goubt, is largely to blame for the poor
casting. Then you feel like hauling the
teacher over the Goals, who. doubtless
has some shade in the blame But why
is it you do not go back step and
trace that defect in the child to the
man who is responsible for his exist
ence?
But the BOYS themselves sometimes
make poor castings in their early
| manhood. ] was hardly able to keel
| back the tears as read Of those three
young fellOws--with bright prospects
before housekeeping to hold up al
: inOffensive old man for a few naltrV
dollars! The die they cast with theii
t own hands has put the criminal staml
: upon them! 1t is a part of the eterna
{ order if one man plans TO iD'ure an
ctter man he puts a scar on his owl
} I'fe that will not fade away. Macbeth
: may wash his guilty hands. but tn
= moral bloodprints remain! These boy
{ may repent of their deed. and lead use
/ lUl uRtS III veal ; " N'lllNs 'hhN Ali'
moral lockstep will follow them t,
; their graves! The law Of cause ant
t effect has no mercy. and it has ordain
I Ell that a man must reap exactly wha
he sows. One can never quite tax
] | hack a poor casting.
e The best wav TO prevent moor cast
S irgs is to get your man back Of tn
, | workman On warships they say it j
r the man back of the gun' that counts
l so it is in the workshop. the class
n | room. the Office the farm. EVERYWHERE
| We shall always have the iron scra
pile. but it will be small just in pro
= portion as we GET strong men into tn
! Workshop 7 have bright visions q
| tie future of humanity when ] really
!. | how much is being done to imDrov
| human conditions The outcome g
a | these mighty uplifting forces will b
, | stronger men everywhere doing tn
= worlds work. and then shall we Sc
the new heaven" and the new earth.