Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Jeetppieal Department. : Si M -• : « ■■-::: © »© S8»g © S fKl ! §e a a !i gi THE OBJECT OF THE TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT. 7j LTHOUGH our school is now three X jL and a half years old, very many peo- ple, even of this city, do not understand the object of the technical department. The question, Does a boy learn a trade at the Industrial Training School? is ex- ceedingly common. Upon its being an- swered in the negative, the next question is, What is the use of it all, then? Are you not wasting much valuable time? In answer to this, let us ask another cpiestion : Could any one expect a pupil graduating from a common high school to immediately enter upon the profession of a lawyer, doctor, or clergyman ? Cer- tainly not. Yet no one would condemn the high school for that reason. It is there that the student gets that stock of general knowledge which he will use daily through- out his life, which prepares him for the col- lege or law school, and which is essential to the highest success in any line of work whatever. It is what the parent rec- ognizes, in sending the child to the high school, as the foundation upon which the knowledge of a special trade or profession must rest. It is evident, then, that the wider and deeper this foundation the bet- ter, and it is just here that the industrial school has the advantage over the com- mon high school. The field of information and experience which it opens before the pupil is vastly superior, inasmuch as it gives an extensive knowledge of mechanics and technics over and above the regular high school course. It is plainly, then, as unfair to expect a pupil to enter a trade on leaving the In- dustrial Training School as it is to expecl the high school pupil to enter a profession immediately upon graduating. The ab- surdity of expecting a graduate to know a trade will be evident when it is known that, on the whole, the boy spends on]}- about fifteen days, of ten hours each, in bench work. Could any one become a carpenter in that time? In some depart- ments the time given amounts to twenty or twenty-five days; but in none does it- exceed thirty. It is, however, a matter of fact, learned from experience, that more may be learned during this time of fifteen days than in a factory or workshop during six months. Thus the system puts within ready grasp of the learner an immense store of knowl- edge which could not otherwise be ob- tained without ruinous loss of time. Will R. Ballard.

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is MIND AND HAND. Far more valiant is lie than Hector, his chieftain father; May, too, the heart of his mother leap with proud exul- tation As from the conquest a victor ' he bears the spoil of his foemen. So prayed the famous Trojan in tones of solemn entreaty, Then put the beauteous child in the welcome arms of its mother And she, with tearful smiles, pressed the babe to her sweet scented bosom. Hector perceived her weeping, and, stirred by kindly affection, Held forth his arms to embrace her and soft words of comfort thus whispered: Solace thy cares, dear wife, and grieve not thy heart with deep sorrow, Since, against fate, no mortal can haste my descent ' o dark Hades; Destiny none can avoid, be he coward or glorious hero, For, on this earth once born, man ' s doom with the gods is intrusted. Cease then from grievously pining and tend thou thy course to our dwelling; Here, with thy maid servants fair, let thy sorrows in spinning be buried. War is a care to all men, of those who dwell in high Ilium, But chief of all unto Ime, the foremost man of the Trojans. Then, with a longing for battle, he seized from the ground his huge helmet, Hastily bade farewell and moved toward the dread din of action, While his dear wife going homeward, with trouble and sorrow o ' erladen. Oft faced about midst her weeping and gazed on the brave Trojan chieftain. Soon had she come to the dwelling of the undaunted, man-slaying hero, And had stirred her maids and home with deep lamen- tation. Thus then bewailed they Hector, the bulwark and pride of all Ilium, Fearing lest death would o ' ertake him in the deadly brunt of fierce battle. Meanwhile he sped on to action, with valor and cour- age intrepid, Eager of heart to give battle and vie with his dear- country ' s foeman. John F. Engelke. PHYSICAL LABORATORY.

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20 MIND AND HAND. TURNING. w OOD-TURNING occupies the sec- ond half-year of the work in the technical department. The shop equip- ment for this course consists of twenty-five lathes, w ith as many benches, and a set of turner ' s tools for each pupil, besides a band-saw, jig-saw, universal trimmer and drill-press, which are for the shop in gen- arranged progressively. In the latter part of the term, however, some useful articles are made. Each pupil is required to make what is commonly known as a spool-box. It is an exercise in built-up work, and con- sists of twenty-five pieces, usually of two different kinds of wood. Besides this, each draws an original design, from which he makes a project. These are usually fancy vases, powder-boxes, match-safes or the like. It has been customary on our • WOOD TURNING. eral. Tools may also be obtained from the tool-room by any pupil on depositing his check. The work in turning consists chiefly of learning to use the tools and make the several different cuts, of which all turning, however complicated, is but a combination. The exercises are ten in number, and are annual visitors ' day for the turning classes to make small pine goblets as favors. The course gives a practical knowledge of small turning and a great deal of valu- able training. It is the first experience the pupil has in using a power outside his own body, and so opens up an entirely new field to him.