J Sterling Morton East High School - Mortonian Yearbook (Cicero, IL)

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TUDY BY ITSELF IS DRY and uninteresting. It is drudgery. But study as applied to the work one is doing is a revelation and 'Ji intensely interesting. Webster's dictionary says that, Work is a physical or intellectual effort directed to some 'endf' Either physical or intellectual effort taken lone is drudgery. Properly combined they give pleasure and develop the enthusiasm, initiative, and application iiecessary to' success. Either, by itself, produces a mere operator, combined, produce the mechanic. The work of a mere operator-the man who works with his hands and not with his brains,-is deadly monotonous and offers little or no chance for advancement. It is cheap help. The man who 'istudies while he works,', is the man who is always wanted everywhere and for all kinds of work. o o 0 o o o Some years ago it was thought that, with the advent of automatic machinery the demand for the mechanic would lessen. But, on the contrary, it has increased. It is now generally recognized that the production from even the most automatic machine, in both quantity and quality, is directly pro- portional to the brain power and knowledge of the man or woman who has charge of it. By brain power and knowledge, we do not mean a large amount of academic lore, but a knowledge of the fundamental subjects of mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, and electricity, and their appli- :ation to the job or work one is doing.-Anon.

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ITI-IIN THE WALLS OF MCRTON IS QUARTERED AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER CF CVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED YOUNG CITIZENS. This center is known as the Vocational-Indus trial Arts Department. I-Iere boys of all high school ages work together on a schedule planned to challenge their interest in the technical world and prepare them for entrance into useful jobs. - - - Somewhere is written, like father, like son. Approximately six of every ten fathers of Morton students work during normal times in the manufac- turing industries, automobile, building, electrical, etc. These parents want their sons educated and trained for a useful life work. Boys from such surroundings naturally follow home interests into vocational courses. - Previous to 1921, the student interest in shop work pursued only a gener- al manual training course. This experience sent him into different shops but did not provide for specializing in one shop. As a result, men of in- dustry were uninterested in the product. In many quarters, indeed, there was discrimination against high school graduates, the claim being made that they were ill-prepared by the courses they had pursued. - - Leaders of Morton, understanding the demands of the community, pro- vided opportunity to actually train for junior employment in industry. The vocational courses were established for this purpose. - - The first graduates completed their workin 1923. Today the list of grad- uates, practically all of whom graduated from the four-year course as well, number almost nineteen hundred. This roll, established through a span of twelve years, almost one-half of which has been during a national de- pression, reveals that the great majority are employed in their chosen oc- cupations. ----- The results of the Vocational Department may be credited to the selection of equipment according to the demands of industry and the manning of these shops and drafting rooms by instructors selected with pains-taking care. The instructors not only must have had the best technical and pro- fessional training but also experience in industry. - - - Much of the work of vocational students is the repair, replacement, or enlargement of equipment for the department. One-third of all equip- ment has been created by the students who use it. The building of twen-