Maple Avenue Evening High School - Progress Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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one of the most admirable possible means of increasing the knowledge and power of those who use them and I can think of no advice I could give that would be more useful to the average man and woman of ambition and high purpose, than to gain all the benefit they can from this adult educational Work. It is not, of course, given to every man or woman to be great, in the sense that we ordinarily use that term but it is given to every man and Woman to become useful citizens through demonstrated character, ability and service and to become great in this respect, in the work that is allotted to them in life. ' It is the sum of the effort of citizenship of this character which lifts democracy to higher levels and makes a people, in the noblest sense, the leaders of an advancing civilization. .1 'W d'Jewelry'Class 'I H V E Page Thirty-four

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Adult Education Essential By WILLIAM GIBBS McADOO Former Secretary of the U. S. Treasury Y experience in life convinces me that, no matter how long a man may live or how much he may learn in schools and colleges and in practical affairs, he can never get too much education The world is so vast in area and diversification, populations are so great and of such varied races, social, economic and political problems are of such com- plexity and magnitude, that human brains of increasing power and know- ledge are required to deal with them. These brains cannot be developed with- out constant application and study and even the most powerful brains, at the end of a long lifetime of strenuous and intelligent effort, will know little at best, in comparison with the vast storehouse of knowledge which a superman would have to possess to contend successfully with the greatest problems that are inseparably connected with human life and progress. It therefore behooves every man al and Woman to acquife 311 the know- Underwood 8: Underwood Studios ledge, theoretical and practical, that they can possibly get if they want to add to their effectiveness and increase their chances of success. Life is a continuous school and there is an unconscious and constant absorption of knowledge by the intelligent individual, in addition to the conscious knowledge he gains from actual and direct effort. Adult schools, especially of the vocational character, supply, I think, Page Thirty-three L

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A plan Reading By HOWARD B. BERRY Head of Architectural Drafting Dept. HE old system of apprenticeship has broken down and nothing has been evolved to take its place. Now-a-days, when a boy leaves school, systematic training in his daily task ceases. Under the apprentice system he was required to work to a standard set by the master Workman. The apprentice was taught the how and why of things. Youngimen who go out in search of employment now, bluff their way along until hiring and firing becomes a frequent occurence. ,Schools must be provided, if this problem is to be solved, where every man who wishes to learn a trade may continue systematic study and practice in his chosen work. Lack of confidence and technical skill soon lower the stand- ard of production. If part-time day schools and evening schools were provided for the boys of apprentice age, many would avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded. One of the biggest handicaps confronting the average present day mechanic is his inability to read architect's drawings. Cannot Build Without Plans Every .building structure of any kind is evolved from a set of pre- arranged plans and drawings, detailed and dimensioned sufficiently to ex- press the ideas of the architect or' person who conceives them. A practical knowledge of architectural drafting is vitally essential to the builder or contractor who expects to win success in the building business. The builder who is able to interpret plans readily has a decided advantage over the one who does not know the architectural symbols on a drawing or the method of projecting intersecting areas. The men who actually do the- work of erecting a building but cannot read the plans from which they are supposed to work, may be numbered by the thousands. Schools must be provided for them where they can ifaga-Pfhmyiiae