Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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ft. Bayne watches I). Ratclanth lrnu a floor Jan. Mechanics JOB SECURITY Enables Our Dreams to Come True No matter what career a boy enters, he wants to make sure that his pockets never have that 1930 depression emptiness. For that reason, many boys have been spending many hours during the week working with their hands, learning a skill that they can depend on to earn them a livelihood. Without a job. problems multiply, living becomes existing, family relations strained. The Industrial Arts department offers varied courses which meet diversified interests of boys and also girls. Students may choose among main electives mechanical drawing, surveying, metal or wood shop. The drawing of plans appears almost unfathomable to ninth graders when they are first faced with drawings. However, as the days and months quickly glide by. former complications become understandable. Observing surveyors in the community has often made many a boy wonder how streets can he accurately measured by the use of simple surveying instruments. Under Mr. Hershock's direction, surveying high school grounds and several surrounding streets becomes routine work. Boys find that a knowledge of drafting is extremely helpful as a background for engineering and similar vocations. The course includes a general survey of the field of aeronautics in the theory of flight, air craft engines, meteorology, and air navigation, supplemented by several field trips each year to aviation centers and air stations. Since the President s speech of last March and subsequent action by Congress, both younger and older boys hope to acquire more than just the fundamentals of aeronautics. A career in the Army or Navv Air Forces is being pondered by many of them and the oft-repeated warning by news and radio commentators stressing the importance of our Air Force is making them very much air-minded. With Mr. Aderhold and Mr. Hershock’s tireless effort, inexperienced workers soon discover latent skills and with a certain degree of initiative and perseverance produce projects of which they can be proud. It is evident that this course has even a deeper value. Kach person has his own work, his own responsibility his own satisfaction for a job well done. 22

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Pick and shovel, hammer and longs. Even a pencil or pen. These are tools for making a living And ihey’re used by the best of men. It’s the thing that’s done. There's no way out, You’d better prepare for it now. 'Cause one of these days for pleasure or pelf You’ll have to do it yourself.

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L. I). Morton employs his skill in wood shop. • Leach and S. Chilton work on small scale cedar chest. R. Featherer and I . Stine draw a motor on a smaller scale. Rates and R. McClaren using the circular saw. P- Von Zech. I. Default. M. Snyder enlarge a map of f.ansdowne for l)i. Abbott's office.