William “Smitty” Smith - Class Description (clip)

William Smith: Well, it was a room that had a pile of bricks, a pile of sand, and bags of lye. Just an open space. Then we had a project, and the projects began with a 6-brick lead. 6-brick lead being you lay out 6 bricks and the next course is 5, the next course is 4, the next one is 3 and that’s how we did this. And you did this over, and over, and over until you got the hang of it. You had to learn how to spread the mortar. You had to learn how to make the mortar and then you had to learn how to put your projects together.

Danielle Dulken: Would you collaborate with other students or were you responsible for your own stack of bricks.

William Smith: It was an individual thing. You had to do your own. Nobody can lay bricks for you. You have to do it yourself.