Central Middle School - Ceejay Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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PRACTICAL ARTS JOINERY MECHANICS FOODS CLOTHING MECHANICAL DRAWING

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iQiaoffiiM Btaoaop ioaiBiBB MM ieBS Industrial iArt If your hands are skilled, you are useful; If your head is trained, you may be clever; If your head and your hands are both skilled and trained You may make your own self a noticeable quality, and a strong citizen. The industrial Art classes in Room 113, under the supervision of Miss Ada Sim- mons, have many interesting projects under way. Any day the visitor may find every child in the class working out individual problems. Two or three boys may be making book-ends for their homes. Others may be making molds from very carefully worked out designs. After the molds have been shellacked and oiled, any number of casts are made from them. The casts are painted in different colored enamels or finished in ivory. All clay forms are fired and then glazed. Correlating with English literature there are high reliefs of The Ride of Paul Revere, Lincoln, Washington, Mars, and Marines. In connection with domestic science the pupils are building vases, flower bowls, ship models, and electric lamp vases. The girls are interested in scrap-baskets, work baskets, handkerchief cases, and many pretty objects made from silk and cretonne, tooled leather pocket-books, bill folds, and leather writing cases for envelopes and paper. One of the most interesting projects is in the field of science. Hand-made books reveal the careful study of the great branches of industry, cotton, silk, wood, steel, leather, and coal, all illustrations drawn by students. The love of history is shown in the beautiful historic ships made from wood — perfect little models of the Santa Maria, Mayflower and the Viking ships. Each pupil is trying to live up to the class motto: A thing done almost right is wrong. | BB I UIffl l lW «W Page One Hundred Fourteen

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IHB«e nei BiUH O eBt Ei ' Mechanic lArts The aim of the shop work is not so much to make expert workmen but to in- troduce different trades and much knowledge of trade vocations to the boys so that they may more intelligently choose a life work. Under the instruction of Mr. Harris, the boys are taught the care and use of tools, the fundamental principles in woodworking and cabinet making. The boys are allowed to make any articles they wish, according to their ability and interest. Some articles made are teapot stands, flower pedestals, magazine stands, hall trees, chairs, and piano benches. In Mr. Doutt ' s room, the pupils are taught the fundamentals of carpentry, also the elements of cabinet making and the art of wood finishing. Interpretations of draftings, drawings, and blueprints are given. A beginning is made in pattern- making and wood turning. Some elements of the plumbing trade are also presented. Mr. Campbell has charge of the metal shop and teaches auto mechanics, the exploration of the anatomy of cars, and their respiratory and glandular sys- tems; machine shops, the use of the metal lathe and the making of metal articles; forging, the making of hand tools; sheet metal work, the producing of such articles as funnels, pans, tin boxes, etc.; electricity, dealing with wiring of bells, lights, and transformers. The above courses offer opportunities for boys to acquaint themselves with trades that may eventually lead to a life vocation. ;xr.. z:xz t %m xzx ;m Page Or.e Hv ,dretl