Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL MR. LEASE MR. RILLING MR. McMURRAY Purpose. The Vocational Department of the Community High School is intended for boys who do not have the opportunity or the inclination to attend college. It gives the boy a background of trade training which enables him to go into industry and become a more efficient workman than is possible with the apprenticeship system or, in the absence of the apprenticeship system, of learning a trade the best way he can. The background of theory in his trade together with the science and mathematics is not given in apprenticeship system. He is unable to get this information when learning a trade by working in that trade without schooling. The English in this course is intended to enable the boy to make intelligent reports to his superiors which is necessary if a workman is to advance to the position of foreman, master mechanic, or supervisor of the work of others. Schedule. The course as provided begins in the sophomore year and covers a period of three years. With most boys this brings them out of school at the age of 1 8 which is the lowest age most industries will employ boys in the actual trade work. Should a boy attempt to complete a trade course at 1 6 or younger when he goes into industry he is usually given what is known as a blind alley job which leads nowhere in the trade in which he is interested. There are some exceptions to this general rule in industry, but the great majority of boys get into this kind of job. Page T wertty-T wo

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MISS ROBERTS MISS KOTTMEIER three Literary Societies which meet once a month in closed meeting and once a semester in an open program during assembly. 1 he Department has charge of The School News which through the courtesy of Mr. Lindley appears each Tuesday in the Press Record. The department has also created for those who are linguistically inclined an honor class in Public Speaking and a debating society. The students who are doing work of this type each year have a chance to compete with other schools throughout the state in intellectual meets and debates. For the ambitious students who enter into the various activities of the English Department and for those who are superior in the class work, there has been created a point system. A certain number of points are given for each and every activity. When the student receives 250 points he receives a gold G. C. pin. and with the accumulation of 500 points he receives a school letter. The faculty members of the English Department hope that their efforts to make more worth while citizens have been in some degree accomplished and that they shall make “good books’ and “high ideals the best friends of boys and girls. We regret that we have no photograph of Miss Jansson. who is also a teacher in the English Department. Page T Wenty-one

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THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL MISS SPENCER MR. HUMPHREYS MR. Dc GROFF In some instances where a mature boy of 16 comes to the High School, he may be admitted to a two-year course in either one of three shops, electric shop, machine shop, and pattern making. This two-year course is not open to boys in the industrial chemistry or drafting due to the necessity of a better background in these two lines of work. The trade course as provided at the present time consists of three-year courses in drafting, electric shop, industrial chemistry, machine shop, and pattern making. A course in auto-mechanics can also be provided by giving two years of machine shop work and one year of ignition starting and lighting in the electric shop. The demand for auto-mechanics in this vicinity is not great enough to justify a department giving its entire time to this work. We regret that we have no photograph of Mr. Treech, our machine shop instructor. Page Twenty -three