Lorain High School - Scimitar Yearbook (Lorain, OH)

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X Here seated are several students studying the prin- ciple of steam power. The steam engine may be a mere toy, but it Works in repre- sentation of a sound physi- cal principle. Tu entx Two Science Department Science is a branch of study concerned with observation and classification of facts and with the establishment of verifiable general laws, chiefly by induction and hy- pothesis. We all enjoyed the study of physics and know it has a future use for all of us. Some students Will, probably, continue in that field of work. The foundations received in thigh school science will better prepare one to meet the responsibility and problems that arise in the future.

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Girls, as well as boys, pre- pare for future occupations in industries. Woodworking develops the skill of the hands and produces many useful and beautiful articles for the home. TlL'C71lj FOll7' i --.....,...,.. Industrial Arts Department The first step in America toward industrial training as a part of the public school system was made about 1870 when mnual training was introduced into many high schools. Manual training had no relationship to voca- tional education, as it was merely an element of culture and general efficiency. Today industrial arts has be- come an important phase of education in high school, with large modern, Well-equipped shops, and teachers especially prepared in this subject.