Argentine High School - Mustang Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Industrial Arts MANUAL ARTS The industrial arts field is not a separate form of education, but is one part of the general scheme of education. This view has many advocates, chief of whom is Dr. Prosser, one of the Deans of the industrial art field. He says all education consists of giving the child training in desirable and efficient habits of thinking and doing which have been found desirable for him to have in later life. The thinking and doing are not and cannot be separated, and the thinking and doing still be efficient and full. Thus our industrial arts courses should involve not only the muscular activi' ties but also the thought processes necessary for the complete performance. The industrial arts program for the junior high school plans to give the boys of the seventh and eighth grades a wider range of exploration than the program for the ninth grade and the three years of senior high school. A new class using production was started this year. Students having had one year or more of wood working arc eligible. This class gives the' boys an in- sight into factory methods and acquaints them with furniture manufacture on a large scale. The cooperative spirit of large industries is shown by the fact that both the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, allow hour-forhour credit to their apprentices who are former students of the indus' trial arts department. The beginning class in w x d working has made tie racks, bread boards, foot stools, attention being centered on squaring up. In the advanced classes the choice was much greater. In these, solid walnut cedar-lined chests, chifforobes, tables, writing desks, medicine cab’nets and other attractive useful pieces of furniture have been made. The production class made nineteen sets of lawn furniture of modernistic design. The sets consist of chair, settee and table. This class made all necessary properties for class plays and operettas. MECHANICAL DRAWING Present courses in mechanical drawing are given to only three grades: seventh, ninth and tenth, with hopes that the eleventh and twelfth may be included in the near future. The course given in the seventh grade is never longer than eighteen weeks. The work done is very elementary and has for its purpose acquainting the pupil, as early as possible, with the language of drawing. . i :s nEaa Twenty-seven

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 ftArg enfiaTv Home Maying DOMESTIC SCIENCE In the days of our grandmothers, only such subjects as history, Latin, and mathe- matics were studied in school. Now we believe that in addition to these subjects, every girl should learn to do better the worth while things she is doing or is going to do. The course in foods and home making includes units of work which teach the girl the proper selection, preparation and serving of food; the care and training of children; the wise spending of the family income; and the selection, planning and care of the home. The above picture is of the cafeteria. The f xxJ is prepared by Mrs. C. M. Davis, Mrs. M. L. Morse and Mrs. Katherine Gates. Six girls help serve the food at lunch time. CLOTHING The general objectives of the courses in clothing are: First, to develop in the girl ideals as a basis for home membership; second, to cultivate good standards of judg- ment and taste in dress; third, to create a greater interest in her home and develop an ability to apply the principle of good taste and judgment in its furnishings; fourth, to teach the girl to spend wisely not only her own, but also the family income. In the courses this year we have studied the following: First, a historic review of period fashions, in order to better understand those of today; second, the selection of lines and colors best suited to each individual type of girl; third, the selection and wise buying of textiles; and, fourth, the selection and good arrangement of house'fur- nishings. Since every girl will become a home-maker we feel that the home-making phase of the course is one of the most important units. More attractive homes and an appreciation of the better things in life are the purpose of this unit in the course. Each girl in the high school clothing classes constructed a school dress, an after- noon or party frock, and a spring street costume. Emphasis has been laid upon suit- ability, appreciation of beauty of line and color, and modesty in dress. Twenty-six

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 erilia fir The pupil soon becomes familiar with the meaning of working drawings, ah phabet of lines, and a few types of pictorial representation. He not only learns the proper use and care of tools used in the drafting room, but establishes habits of neatness and those habits that lead to a healthful life in the drafting room. He learns to make working drawings, and also to read them. The mystery of blue-print making is also revealed. Opportunities offered by industry to those who can readily express ideas by drawings, are also given due consideration in an attempt to guide the pupil who may be especially qualified for commercial drafting. In the ninth grade, the work in drawing is suited to pupils who have had no drawing experience beyond the eighth grade. Pupils are given a broader field of application than is called for in previous courses. Pupils are expected to show a greater advance in technique. They should also have a fuller and broader understanding of the true relation of mechanical drawing to industry and society in general. The work in the tenth grade is a step in advance of that of the ninth grade. The problems used become more complex, the field of application grows larger, and a more nearly perfect technique of execution is expected. Trades Information The work provided in the trades information classes is organized for the eighth grade boys only. The sch(X)l year is divided into four periods of nine weeks each, and each nine weeks period is devoted to one of the following trades, sheet metal, electricity, auto mechanics, and carpentry, plumbing and cement and brick. In each division no attempt whatever is made to train the boys to become skilled mechanics. To do so, in so short a time, would be like making an effort to accomplish the impossible. The short time given and the elementary nature of the work could, at best, only fail to meet the qualifications of a good helper. However, the boys do have an opportunity to know about and try their ability on a few of the many simple processes called for in the few trades mentioned. These contacts, however few or simple, prove to be invaluable to a large number of boys as a means to an end in the form of both a finder and a warning. The concrete work done in the class room is perhaps of less value to the pupil than the general information he gathers. The general information has for its purpose, a kind of guidance training. The general information touches the essentials to be considered when choosing one of the trades mentioned as an occupation, such points «as possibilities in the trade demands, qualifications needed, both physical and mental, training and cost of same necessary to qualify, and the possible monetary return from such industry. Last, but not least, is the first hand contact the boys make with industry by visit- ing many of the local industrial plants. These visits are many and by the splendid cooperation with the managers of the plants the boys are permitted to study actual factory procedure as it exists under local conditions. Upon returning to the class room from these visits, a thorough discussion takes place of the condition found. A few of the many points l(x ked for are sanita- tion, safety-first appliances, lighting and ventilation, training provided workmen, hours per day on duty, and any brotherhood movement or organization established between officials and workmen. Dramatics The dramatics classes arc conducted for the chief purpose of developing the stu- dent’s power of self-expression through training in the co-ordination of mind and body. The study of a play as a classroom exercise encourages team-work on the part of the members of the group, as well as individual effort. An opportunity is afforded for the improvement of speech and for effective oral reading. Twenty-eight