Fullerton Union High School - Pleiades Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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• WELDING • FOUNDRY without cost to the stu- dents themselves, tour major projects of use to the school were planned by Mr. Ames. The first problem was building eight wood shop work benches completed and installed January 1 , 1933. The second was the build- ing of twelve typewriter tables finished in approx- imately 2 weeks. The third project was build- ing one hundred tablet arm class room chairs; and the fourth, nine work ta- bles for the classes in the science department. Tivcniy-six The method of fasten- ing metal parts together permanently is an import- ant art and the main in- terest of the welding stu- dents. An all metal elec- tric refrigerator and a 300 gallon high pressure tank were the major pro- jects of the class this year. As the work is strictly a trade course, practical jobs of repair- ing and building equip- ment are done for the va- rious departments at a great saving to the school. Many students who have taken this work in the past are now suc- cessfully following it as an occupation. Considerable interest was shown this year in a bronze bookend of an In- dian head design pat- terned from a photograph of a real Indian. The Foundry depart- ment also took an impor- tant part in making the chromium plated bronze ball to replace the glass gazing ball on a pedestal in front of the school. To enable students in the wood shop to obtain more shop experience WOOD SHOP •

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Advised by Mr. Otis LeRoss, the High School Journalism class puts out 30 issues of the weekly Pleiades during the school year. The staff is chosen each semester according to the peculiar abilities of the students. The work on the Annual Pleiades and a senior edition of the paper is also a part of the publications pro- gram each year. One of the most com- plete of book stores is found at Fullerton Union hiigh. In order that the store might operate on a more efficient basis, iv was recently divided into two departments, one the center for the distribution of high school text books and the other where the departmental and Indi- vidual supplies, such as paper and pencils, are sold. Mr. Don Brunsklll Is faculty adviser. Miss Ger- aldine Rockwell, manager; and Miss Edith Canfielld, assistant manager. Fullerton high school students maintain their own banking institution where all money derived • BOOK STORE BANK from school functions is handled. The bank is chartered by the State of California and operated in conjunction with the Security- First National Bank of Los Angeles. Students In Directed Business Training, advised by Irma L. Tapp, account- ant instructor of the Jun- ior College, serve in the capacity of tellers. A sum of approxi- mately $100,000 passes over the counter during the year. Tiventy-fiiie

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Mechanical drawing is taught by R. M. Mars- den as a foundation for advanced courses In Both architecture and egineer- ing. The course here consists of drafting plans for cottages and two- story houses. Such de- signs include floor plans foundation plans and ele- vations together with tracings and blueprints. Altogether the training for skill and understand- ing in this line of work Is a very practical accom- plishment even for those students who are not planning for this to be their life work. One of the class pro- jects designed and built by the machine shop this year was a sander. It is of the vertical type with an endless sand belt and Is in almost constant use In the wood shop. Another project is a 16-inch orna- mental brass ball for the cement pedestal in the front lawn of the school. The foundry and machine shops have both worked on this, polishing It to take a beautiful chromium plate finish. e BUSSES MECHANICAL DRAWING • MACHINE SHOP • Twelve busses and a touring car which carry about 725 students and cover about 600 miles In a day are run by Fuller- ton hHigh. They make 17 trips in the morning and 19 in the afternoon. Thir- teen J. C. boys are em- ployed to drive the busses. An Interesting report given by George Boddy, head of the de- partment, is that up until the first of February of this year, the busses trav- eled 56,233 miles and carried 182,112 students. Tzvenly-seven