Arsenal Technical High School - Arsenal Cannon Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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The Agriculture Course 18 THE ARSENAL CANNON 1 1 r sells from the market house, located at the gardens, in the spring and on through the summer and fall all the products they raise to neighborhood customers and teachers. At the end of the season the vegetables are sold to the school lunch rooni at cost. The market house with a salesrooni and a prep- aration room was built in the spring olf 1926 as a project of the vocational carpentry shops. All nia- terials were 'furnished by the Agriculture clepartnient. Vocational ceinentry, painting, and architectural drawing helped in their relative positions. The Agriculture Club meets every Friday morn- ing in the classroom. Planning their program, the boys take charge of the business of the club. To give the boys more impressions of general farm conditions is the aim ot the organization. r All farni topics a1'e discussed, and trips are taken to places of interest: creameries, stock yards, packing plants, and model and ordinary farms. Practice in speaking before the other menibers trains the boys to present their ideas before farm meetings which they will later attend. 'i Agriculture Club and Gardens To instruct pupils in the rotation of crops, the value of fertilizers, the activities of bacteria, and the properties of the soil is the purpose of the course in agriculture. Classes meet in ltoom 71 in the basement of the Barn. Studying -dairy Work, horticulture, hog and poultry raising, the pupils learn how to solve general farni problems. Hot beds adjacent to the classroom are sown with the best seeds obtainable. Then the plants are set in cold frames in the school gardens. Asters, zinnias, and inarigolds were planted for the first time this year, while live tulip beds have been set out. Seedling trees are being planted back of the gardensg needy shrubs about the campus are being sprayed. Gardens were the first means of production in the early days of the class in 1913. Each boy taking the course had his own plot to'care for and study. After the World War it was taught as agriculture and the gardens were used by all for practical pur- poses and experiments. As the crops are put out in seasonal succession, they ripen at different times. 'l'herefore, the class Class in Cooking ' v Q,

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three branches are again subdivided so that in reality there are six distinct channels leading to six kinds of work in industry. There are tln'ee series of courses. The first of these consists of five-period vocational work and con- stitutes the abackbonei' of the department. The sec- ond consists of groups of unit courses, integral parts of which are used in evening classes and in a few individual cases in day school. The third series con- sists of two-period pre-vocational and pre-engineering courses in electricity. In general the Work is administered in six-Week divisions. This is done by equipping rooms for a given kind of work and rotating classes through these rooms. Example: A second-semester pupil spends his time in a basic course which includes six weeks of elementary testing and measurements, six Weeks of foundation circuits, and six Weeks on rudimental operations and practical applications. In succeed- ing semesters rotation occurs in the same manner, but through such divisions as light and power wiring, motor control, machine testing, transformers, alter- nating current machinery, and others. The advanced courses include foremanship, junior electrical engi- neering, radio service, and public address work. 1 Electrical Appliance Service The Arsenal and the Quadrangle mechanicjs trade to do practical mechanical processes that aim to develop ability in the use of the correct tools and practices of the trade. The first three semesters are primarily for the purpose of learning construction, fundamental op- erating principles, names of parts, materials used, methods of servicing various units, clearances, and tolerances used in the many parts of the various units and the different types of each unit. The fourth semester is used to do actual repair work on cars and to learn to diagnose troubles in all the various units. , After completion of the two-year vocational ' course, the pupil may elect advanced Shop Practice , A and continue his experience in garage service. If the pupil's aims are toward aviation, after completion of the ttvo-year course, he may elect ad- vanced Shop Practice in Ground Mechanics. This does not train for flying. lt is primarily a repair man's course in construction and repair of the air- plane, its engine, and accessories. The organization of the Electrical department is adjusted to give opportunities for study and experi- ence in the major branches of the electrical field, namely: construction, service, and engineering. These 1... .... . .. .. .1 .1- The Vocational hops 17 THE ARSENAL CANNON

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An opportunity for every girl to learn the practical arts of foods and clothing is offered in the Home Economies de- partment, which began in September, 1912, with sixty-one pupils enrolled in three sewing classes. The first Foods class was founded in September, 1914, and was for girls only, but in September, 1930, a class for boys was begun. With this beginning the department progressed rapidly until at the present time there are eleven hundred thirty-five pupils in forty-six classes. Courses offered in this department are: a gen- eral course in Home Economics for junior high school girls, courses in Clothing, I to IV, Foods I and II, Home Economics IS-meals and table service, and Social Practice. Advanced technical courses are offered in Dress- making I an-d II, Millinery I and II, and Foods III and IV fBake Shopj. Boys may take Foods I, II, III, and IV. However, many pupils do not wish to major in Home Economics, but merely desire to take only one yearts work. To these pupils certain courses in foods and clothing are offered. Home Economics Club Class in Sewing One of the most interesting divisions of this de- partment is the Foods classes for boys. They not only learn to cook delicious food, but they also study etiquette, table manners, and other phases of being a courteous, refined young man. A comparatively new class, begun in September, 1932, is Social Itractice, offered to freshman girls. A two-semester course, it is the study of good taste in dress, manners, and conduct. Vocational Sewing and Millinery classes hold spring exhibits, displaying dresses, toys, pillows, scarfs, hats, gloves, lamp shades, fashioned by the pupils, and renovation problems. Last spring marked the eighth exhibit of this kind. A new feature of the Yocationa-ls Sewing exhibit was the display of suits made by the girls for needy youngsters. The Needlework Guild supplied the money with which the material for the suits was pur- chased, and the girls bought materials and made the suits. Thus, the Home Economics department teaches, aids the needy, prepares pupils for business, and makes better men and women of its members. 1 - - .-.- Home Economics Department 19 THE ARSENAL CANNON l.