Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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O of 'O ' Q M uw Colmmon by towns and ullages, and the men from almost ex ery lndustrlal plant ln inc ld agara area They come here to be moulded IHIO shane for genulne seruce m the world Here these boys and young men study and work and grow together untll they are ready to go out lnto the great world and carry some of thelr skllls and ldeas and lllgll ldeals and transmute them 1nto llfc But you are anxlous to see the lnterestlng features of the school and so we are on our wav What have we here ln the school oH'lce'7 A master clock w1tl1 an automatlc slx program clrcult, an Auto call, a complete PPIVHIC mter communlcatlng system of house telephones, a three trunk Clty phone swltchboard, a vault for lmportant school records, and a pubhc ad dress or radlo mlcrophone and Ampllon panel through whlch all class rooms can be spoken to at one ume This IS the place where the pulse of the mstltutlon beats and where all EldllllIllSlIl'3llVC matters are handled The Audztorlum Lets walk across the hall to the Audltorlum It IS a dlgnlfied assembly hall, severely plam ln IIS plastered sldewalls but well appolnted ln 1ts equlpment Its 1200 seats are furnished wlth adjustable tablet arms so that xt may also serv. as a study hall The stage IS equlpped wlth a royal blue curtaln and mauve cyclorama and Slde draws To the rear there IS an lmmense double door, large enough to permit bflllglllg automoblles or aeroplanes on the stage for demonstratlon purposes 1-P., 16 ,4- K I I 6 . . . U .+J be x ---1 1 lb I Q-1-D 1 e1-- u ---.ca

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T 4 0 proprlate settmg of shrub areas and the attractne entrances The deslgn of the structure IS a comblnatlon of modern factorv and school arelu tecture the bulldmg bemv of buff orange brlck trxmmed wlth artlficlal llthollte stone On the maln front lt IQ 300 feet long with 24 foot ex tenslon for the gymnaslum and another -16 foot addltlon for the holler room, thus making a total overall length of 361 feet The wldth IS approxlmately 200 feet It IS four storles ln height with a fifth floor ln the tower You enter the mam lobby tl1I'0ll0'll three commodlous doorways and are lmmedlately lmpressccl wlth the plaln dlgmty of the bllllfllllg whlch becomes marked as you progress The doors to the AlldlI0l'lllIIl are open and you gllmpse a scene of the stage beyond display mg the Royal Blue and Whlte BURF ARD banner To the rlght and left are exhlblt cases for Athletlc trophies and speual dlsplays of school work Beautlful plctures purchased bv the student body grace the walls of thls foyer and full mam corridors You enter the prlnclpals office wlth the assurance that '1 warm welcome HWHIIS you X feeling has come ower vou of surnrlse at the magnitude of the plant Herc vou are ln an lnstltutlon of 2500 dav and evening school boys and young men the boys gathered not only from the Kenslngton dlstrlct, but from every elementary school dlS trlct, .38 parochlal sc hools all the slster lugh schools and about 30 near ww-1 x NI uw Lomax L C 6115 24-4- c Q lm Q Q ----4 :O -: Q 9 U ' ' I ' ' U ' ' Pi! I 5 f l',' 3 . - . n, 9 Y 1- . . I I L iv K' c f . . . 'I 1' l. AQ ' , 4 v . I . . . . Q ,- V I pl! l i W l I 0 I ' ,Q 0---,f i A . bl . 'I+ 9' 1 s t a c f , .

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Jew 415' N... Installed at the right of tlu llI'0LLI'lllllll op1mn1' 1h1rt 15 .1 1omplete manually operated -1le1tne xnterlorkmff lllfllldlllldl remote control swltrhboard for dlmmfrs flltllllgllli border llU'lllQ9 and the Frmc System dlldll0I'llllIl lllfllle Un the OPIIUHIIL Slflf, 15 located the RC A Centralized Radlo N11trol1 .intl Pulrlu Xddres- lontrol panel and Swltilllltldffl from mlm ll point the room sp1 .1111 r- are pluvved ln DlfCPIl5 ln front of the Nlzlgl IH .111 or1l1estr.1 are .1 ampla for sc ating 11 musu lans at a time Two plpf organ lofts are prouded 1t the I'I0'lll .1nd left of the upper part of the stave for future use 'llu b.1l1ony seats about 200 Xt lts rear 15 the motion puture lrooth Cqlllpllell with long f0LllS stereop tlcon, stage spotllgllt and 1 latest model Slllllllffii motlon plLlllI'C marhme designed to txke .1 sound luad at somr future llllll for tfdkmg ple tures The Shops and Laboratories But we are sm fltllliff too murh tlme ln one plate and we shall have to mose alonff more ramdly Let s vo down the ramp and make the rounds of all room- and hops lnufmnmg at the bottom floor the way tlus 1 .1 one was automolnlr ramp tdung m fo11r oors and In order to ayold nossdrlc accidents, an dlltllllldlli ffre1n .1nd red slgnal system at earll landing controls up and down traffic at .1 pre set tlme lnterval of one minute and twenty suonds, thus allowlng ample opportunlty for a car to neffotlate the entire distance to the top floor Cl-'NFRXL 0FI-ICF .J A 1 fi 1, mmf -11 1 -.MM ,..,..,.., ..,. 4 .- ,t . ., A . f' 1 . fp 3 .. ' 'r .H , ' ' fzff' ' ' v ' . J 'FT' 1' ' been ' k KX' gt . mi--., f, 1- - -' 1 1 I 5 . h I1 . x I Q 1 .- I Q . , D . , fm' 1 . -L-. -'..' .' ... M . C. ,, , -f 1. . ' . . ' , . ' . ' . as - 1 1 ., . . .. .., ,, rf ., , 5 1- 9, I . . . l H. I. . . . 1 -. ? U .. . . . , , , , , il W u o 'u 1 v I. 'V 1 . U I , . ' . x b V 'l H' l . . Y V V . , . . UU, . , , l . . . .,.. . . N, ,.. ... . , .,, I ., E. ' . . I l ' ' -. K I . 1 ' ' a . A. , C , A , , Q U 1 -o g 1 g , 1 . - - 1 M 1 1 i , . D .... , i . . . A . .' . . i x . 7. i 1 Y- - . -.IQ . I Z I 4 . . . . ' . . 33, . V. , U - . . . . . . ' . V . . ,V 35. 1 Z., - '. . U , , 1 1- - . . . Q . . ' ' . , . . . . , . 'ills Y . . . D . . By H f. .- . . -. H - I - 1 . V n D .. f ', . ' D ' K-' . . . 1 . ' C - . X . -A 2 xg ., . 4. EL . H . 1 . i .1 1 I .7 ig , ,D . . . ,, ft T, 1+ .. L11 - pt. ff I A 1 at ' il? ' f f K5 ' 1: ,. . if . , f . f,C .,f. 1: 1 ,tk Wi,-x V Y .3 .2 4 ga 1? is 4, li I 11 . ,. :Qi E I 15 .. ...JS , 'Y i PLQQ 3 2 Q-5 1 . ,A R . Q 1. '. ' 1. E. 1 .K M. v. ly -e-7+ 7 +3-r X1 , -. A ,gg I. N-M. , . 1. 1 rg W..- .A . lx- Q. 1. 1' :P I .Q ' . . . - .1 l V ld' D A x V 'G Eli- - .......,- .tl M V V ,w5p