Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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1 NE phase of human living has been developing, S A until today it has become exceedingly complex. l This is the industrial aspect of life-that aspect Y, 4 .fr J which takes the materials provided by nature and of A makes them even more useful. So We have today school buildings, books, furniture, equipment, and tools available for use. Today the Work of making these is largely done by machine. This has been true only for about one hundred sixty years. Previous to this time all such Work was done by hand. The student of this generation comes to school already accustomed to using these industrial products in some fash- ion, but he knows little about the process of making them. He takes these things as a matter of course. Their avail- ability seems obvious to him. He has no basis for judging their value in terms of intrinsic Worth of materials used in their manufacture, nor in terms of human effort put upon the process of manufacture. This lack of knowledge is general and not unexpected. Students are almost without attitudes about these products, judgments of their worth, or appreciations of their quality, yet they are learning to choose and use them. To live Well students need to be taught to become better choosers, better users, and to become possessed of better attitudes toward industry and its products. This can be accomplished to a large degree by the type of study you are here projecting. The outcome will be to make life more livable and happy. E. C. FISHER, Superintendent Twelve

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S YOU turn over the leaves of your year book you 1 Z varied industries that industry plays a large part . srr - , if will see constant reminders that Peoria is a city ot A li . it . . . . . in Q H 1 ' 'V elf ' 1 ' ,ff Q ' ' ' . ' K . I Q W, in the lite of our city that in many respects our P 4 rr very existence and well-being depend on the in- dustries that man has built up for his own uses. lt will be well to keep two things in mind as we think of this subject. First, that much of our material prosperity and comfort in this age of the machines depends on the industries of our city, either directly or indirectly. Our city is prosperous and a good place to live, because these institutions are operat- ing normally and producing the wealth for which they were created. We could not have our school and other educational facilities if it were not for the material prosperity which they bring to us. All of us have our living from this source, either because the wage earners of our families are directly engaged in some of them, or indirectly because they serve those who are so engaged. That is, our material well-being is very closely linked with these industries which create the busi- ness activities ot Peoria. The second thing to remember is that very soon - a year or two years or more-that most ot you will be seeking your career either first-hand or through service given in some of these same plants. lf you remain in Peoria, these same giants that have made her a bright spot in this depression, will be needing your help and you will be looking to them for sustenance. lf that is the case and it you will think the matter through, l am sure that you will agree with me, that it behooves you to so do your tasks here at Manual that you will not only be ready and equipped to meet the call, but will be so well equipped that you can command respect and add much to the well-being and prosperity of our city. W. G. RUSSELL, Principal. Fourteen