Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA)

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r-O L SOM TYPOGRAPHICAL ARTS Three thousand reserved seat tickets for graduation! Five thousand pro¬ grams! Four hundred warning cards! Fifteen hundred programs of study sheets, return envelopes, notices, reports! These and many others are the types ' of work produced by the Printing Department under the direction of Floyd A. Folsom, Lasf year nearly two hundred jobs, comprising nearly a million impassions, were turned out. One job may have several impressions. For example a sixty page Shurtleff Shavings yearbook would have thirty-one impressions for each book. Your reserved seat for Class day or graduation, each with a different otter or number, means many different forms. It ' s ail in the day ' s work. One thousand—three thousand—five thousand—yes sir! Right av ey. WOODWORK DEPARTMENT Do you need a repair man? Apply to Mr. Jackson, efficient supervisor of our Woodwork department. His boys are stilled workers, experienced in this ' r °, ° Wor ; , 5ince the V do a! general school repair. Besides these tasks the students bu.lc cabinets for their own home use as well as for outside pood, ■ non, hey perform some duties for the city of Chelsea which are connected won „.c-u regular class work. This year, moreover, they have mads modern book -ases pupd s writing desks with book racks attached on the side, combination ooo. troughs, end tables, medicine cabinets, and many other such useful imole- ments. ' 1 —-rv. .►, i i r r vs V , . V .. k . - — :r JACKSON HASAN AUTO MECHANICS The automotive course, although relatively new. has increased in oopularity wiln each passing year. This has been due partly to Ihe increase toward voca- acnoi education. But, ,t may also bo traced to the fact that the pupils are ■earning someth, ng which they know will be extremely practical and ' helpful to Them upon graduating, The purpose of the course is to familiarize the pupils with the principles o. automotive engineering and all types of automotive tools including lathes. The results of the course are, indeed, extremely pleasing and gratifvino Mr. Hagan, for a large number of recent graduates are now workino in de.ense ,nousfr.es, and they gladly admit that they owe their positions to‘the oa. ic knowledge that they obtained in their automotive course. PRINTED MATTER YOU COMPOSE IT—WE PRINT IT WOOD-WORKERS CARVED BY HAND WE CLEAN ’EM—FIX ' EM—PARK ' EM GARAGE SERVICE f sge Sovortoer MM ' ’’ ' •••( s ' .i » ' i Vi «.( ,ii i

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Pardon ihc smudge! Help! termites! These boys are hard a work in the Printing Woodwork, and Ac to Mechanic classes. The students are receiving a solid foundation of Knowledge in the various courses listed aoove. Nowadays, with the automobile such a pre¬ cious piece cf property to its owners, the boys will fmd their knowledge an outstanding aid in paving the way for their mechanical careers. The members of the printing classes pnc: the various cards and announcements that are used by the school throughout the year, (including warning cards!) No gas . . . No tires . . . No mechanics. n Mfi t ' ATTi Hi n Ti inii n iTT rirn in mrnr ii fir i nnr n ■ htt

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SOCIAL STUDIES Tie vocifl studies, a very im¬ portant part of every high school ■ idc:rst ' s curriculum, deal realis- ■ •: ly with current, unsolved prob¬ lems of ou r society. Tnese studies become oi prime importance er - pecia ly during war times. Our department includes Commercial Geography Economics, Problems of Democracy, and history. Only by viewing eacn one of these sep¬ arately can we really appreciate their value. Although geography is offered solely to commercial students in the sophomore year, its Impcr fance can In no way be mini¬ mized. In fact, even the President advises its study so that Americans GF.ARAN ISRAELITE MacMiLLAN STEARNS HU8NER LEADER OBRIEN THOMPSON Problems? Blues in the night. may understand the difficulties presented by our current war prob¬ lems. Only recently have the American people realized how neces¬ sary is the knowledge of distribution of raw materials and natural resources, and of marketing goods and prices. The students are even taught the different seasors in which certain products are marketed and the related prices arc increased. The study of this subject is becoming more essentia! every day. Economists have become the most valuable men in our capital. By reviewing the topics covered in economics, we can easily understand this. The course in economics includes the practical aspects of con¬ sumption, the problem of production, the organization of industry, and many other problems of current importance. Of special notice are the discussions dealing with wages, labor, rent, insurance, anci taxation. The problems covered are of such varied nature that they could never all be enumerated. The aims, however, are to prepare the student so that he may meet more successfully the problems of today and the future. There is no doubt that democracy will endure and succeed if our citizens are interested enough to inform themselves and to study current issues in order to find a reasonable course of action based on sound and logical information. Such is the task of Problems of Democracy. This subject is devoted to the training of citizens in civic affairs. Therefore, debates on local as well as national issues are held. Discussions are also conducted or the constitutionality of laws, and on civic problems. This department develops a better equipped and more efficient citizen. History consists no longer of a series of lessons, dates, and famous names to be memorized. The modern study of this subjec deals with the consequences of the acts passed by Congress, or the differ ent technological revolutions rather than the events themselves. Besides, a thorough study of the Constitution and of our great heri¬ tage is included. Thus, h istory becomes one of our most interesting subjects not only because of the classroom discussions but also cf the oral topics given by the pupils. Every student who graduates should be well acquainted with the history cf this great nation. Orly this way will he be able to appreciate the hardships endured by our ancestors before our present system could be efficiently devised. SOCIAL STUDIES