Lakewood High School - Cinema Yearbook (Lakewood, OH)

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Left to right-Mr. Garner, r. c loskey, Mr. oro M M C B fka, i D u I . My 22220331 Cockaynef Adam Smith says in his classic, The Wealth of Nations, At lathe-Mr. Doty. We Learn By Doing Page 24 that one of the conditions governing the prosperity en-- joyed by any nation is the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which the labor of that country is applied. Therefore our path is clear: in a progressive community we must ever increase our industrial eiiiciency. Lakewood High does its part through its Technical Department. Here one finds that part of American youth which tomorrow is to turn the wheels of industry, studying the problems of that industry, preparing for its task. Here, more than in any other cur- riculum, one finds practical application superceding theoreti- cal knowledge gained from books. Here are the future ma- chinists who will equip our factories, the skilled laborers that will turn out automobiles and airplanes almost beyond our comprehension in their capacities, the ones who in a few years will be supplying the reeds of the defense of America. Much of the mechanical part of the life of Lakewood High is run by students in the technical course. The Cinema and High Times are printed here, grade cards, permits, and miscellaneous notices also come from the machines of

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confined to the annals of technical, scientific, and engineer- ing schools and oflices. We no longer have the physical frontier of the westg we still have the challenge of the unknown in science. Industries cannot base their plans on an expanding physical economyg they must plan on an expanding technological economy. The increased efliciency which will result with more precision may be attributed to the undeiiable figures of production, consumption, distribu- tion, and exchange. Our entire industrial system reduced to its lowest terms spells mathematics. Each of us must realize its importance in our indi- vidual lives. Aside from what others' knowledge of mathe- matics has done for us, we must consider the invaluable addition to our thinking and reasoning powers which the logic and precision of this theory can give to us. A study of this subject develops our ability to think in mathematical terms. It is this clear cut, precise logic which will be an asset into whatever field of endeavor we venture. ln the removal of all unnecessary factors, in the discarding of all false roots, in the step by step procedure, and in the indisputably accurate answer may be found the success of the mathema- tician and tomorrow's community. Page 23

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the print shop. Music stands for the band were cast in the foundry. Much of our stage equipment is made in the wood shop. The running of Lakewood High is more closely associ- ated with the technical than with any other department in the school. In the rooms of the Men's Building may be found voca- tional backgrounds in printing, foundry Work, metal shop Work, carpentry, graphing, and specialized engine studies. Civilization is always gauged by progress in these, the indus- trial arts. Our mental advance from the days of Socrates has been negligibleg in physical science We have leaped over abyss and ocean With such breath-taking speed as would surely cause poor Socrates to gasp in uncomprehending as- tonishment. Thus on a keynote of technical skill are We pro- gressing. Lakewood's Technical Department is Well equipped. The community has given it to us so that We may send out into the community a group of trained specialists who will best bear its advancing colors in an advancing world. Industrial Arts Page 25