San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-30
NIGHT SCHOOL
FOR MECHANICS
TO OPEN HERE
Meet Monday Night at
Main Avenue to Per-
feet Plans. ,
EXPERTS In CHARGE
Classes to Be Held in Built-
ings Of Motor Car
Dealers.
EXPERTS in CHARGE


work in the day and wish TO
learn something more about their
trade or profession. one of the largest
B and most up-to-date evening schools in
the state will be started by the San
Antonio public schools October l. s.
Glasses in auto mechanics, machine
shop practice, drafting for machin-
lists, Industrial mathematics, drafting
and estimating for plumbers, pattern
drafting for sheet metal workers, esti-
mating for building tradesmen, pattern
drafting for custom tailors, electrical
work, architectural drawing for build
ing tradesmen, roof framing and the
steel square, garment making and mil
linery.
In addition to these courses, 9TH
ers will be added when the demand
for them warrants.
= All trades people and mechanics
:. Interested in the courses should at
tend q meeting at the Main Avenue
High School, Monday night at z 80.
School will be free the first night.
Courses to Be Offered.
The following courses will be offered
Tor automobile mechanics and automo-
bile service men: Storage batter
les, carburetion, ignition and genera
tors, the automobile engine, the SELL
ing of automobile service and welding
for automobile mechanics.
The classes will be held at the Wine
rich Motor Sales Company, the San
Antonio Buick Company. the Clifton
George Motor Company and the Yam
it's Motor Company, and will be con-
RI cd m hoe
bining the technical informatio with
the practical work. Instructors have
been employed to teach one subject
only, thereby providing for an expert
1 in each line Of work Each instructor
will start his class Monday evening at
one of the above named motor COM
panies. and will put on twelve lessons
at that place, two being held each
week. At the completion of the twelve
lessons, each instructor will shift 10
another establishment and put on the
same courses, continuing until he has
taught every class. Automobile me-
chanics re requested to enroll ut
the places most convenient for them
or at the Main Avenue High Seohol.
In the machine shop practice course.
practical work will be given on the
operation of the drill press, speed
la,ne, SNAPPER, planer, engine lathe.
milling machine and grinder. Work
also will be done on tool making,
forging and tempering.
The function of the night school
class in machine shop practice is to
make it possible for the apprentice
machine shop mechanic, in a limited
time, to acquire sufficient knowledge
of the how and why of various ma
chine shop operations.
The work in the machinists draft
ing class will consist of free-hand
working drawing of machine parts,
blue print reading and making work
ing drawings to scale.
To Consider Problems.
The industrial mathematics class |
will be a review of the tradesmen's |
general knowledge of mathematics as |
/ applied to his particular trade. There |
will be two classes in this work |
one will be devoted TO the mechanical |
trades and one for the building trades. |
In each class the instruction will COLI
sist mainly of problems taken from |
the various trades, and of individual |
problems with which the students |
meet in their daily work. The course |
has been so arranged that the STU
dent who has had limited amount of |
schooling will be benefited as well as |
the student who has more education.
The drafting and estimating class |
for plumbers will teach the students |
how to draw iay-outs for plumbing |
jobs, and the methods of taking guam
titles from layouts and estimating |
costs of the job.
There will be two classes in the |
pattern drafting for sheet metal work
ers' course; one for apprentices and |
one for journeymen. Pattern drafting !
of parallel, radial, triangulation and ir-
regular forms will be given. In the |
journeymen class special attention will |
be given to problems that may con-
front the students in their daily |
work.
Practical methods and short cuts in
taking off quantities and estimating
costs for all kinds of building con-
struction will be taught in the estimat-
ing for building tradesmen's class.
A complete course of instruction in /
the art of designing and cutting pat
terms for all kinds Of mems garments, |
whether for professional, business. So
cial or sport occasion, will be taught |
in the pattern drafting for custom tail
orr class. Strictly modern and proven
systems of drafting will be taught.
VIII Study Code.
Much time will be devoted to the
study of the National Electric Code |
and the new city ordinance. with il |
lustrations and practical demonstra-
tions. in the class in electrical work. |
Residence wiring. business house wir-
ing. theater wiring and testing for
and clearing trouble are other subjects
tn. will hr taught in This cltss.
The course in architectural draw