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

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student's mind the reason for the application of the particular rule to the branch of the subject being treated. We have found that this logical treatment of the subject of electricity in preference to the highly technical and mathematical methods, produces better results and more nearly meets the requirements of those enrolling in this school. In future it is the intention to classify the students in the electrical class having one department for those who have already had the advanced fundamentals but who desire more scientific research Work, another for those seeking practical Wiring and engineering Work and a third for the beginners . Class in Electricity QPage Fifty-six

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him the equipment which will enable him to gain a foothold in the profess- ion. His stay and further progress therein depends entirely upon his own efforts. A We have received, from several former students, letters of gratitude testifying to good positions secured or advanced Wages received as a result of instruction received here. 1 Electrical Department In our Electrical Department, as in all others, the aim is to stress the more practical and logical treatment of the subject rather than the techni- cal and mathematical methods. 'There seems to have been a generally accepted theory in the past that the whole subject of electricity and electrical research was a deep and mysterious and complicated one and that it could be approached only by highly technical and scientific methods and through complicated mathe- matical calculations. While mathematical methods cannot be dispensed with altogether and there is no attempt to do so, for they are an ,essential part of the subject, We realize that the great majority of the students this school is called upon to serve have been compelled to start to Work early in life and have not had the training of the high school graduate in the advanced fundamentals and our 'aim is to give them practical, everyday engineering and electrical practice through methods easily understood and in plain, everyday lan- guage. v All that is required of the student is a will and determination to learn with the necessary stick-to-it-iveness. r For those Who understand the elementals and have already advanced themselves Well along the Way to the higher technique, there are, of course, more advanced methods in electrical science and research Work but even here the simpler forms of language and the more practical methods are employed. So also With the,National Code, the Fire Underwriters' rules and the local ordinancesg the-aim is to teach such portions of these as apply to a certain subject in conjunction with that subject and in that way fix in the - Page Fifty-five

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Tw There ls A Cultural Side e ALIFORNIA citizens are proud, and justly so, of the position their State holds in the field of education. A survey of the situation shows, California well to the front in all branches and holding a decided lead in many of them. In the matter of adult education splendid progress has been made and the people of California owe much to those who, both in administration cir- cles and in the school rooms, have given so much study and intelligent effort to this phase of the schoolwork. It has not been an easy task, for conditions change rapidly and the system had to be adapted to the changing conditions, and new theories and practices adopted. There were, besides, criticisms and doubts to overcome and prejudices to eliminate. ' However, those charged with the administration of education have long since realized that the educational system of at city means much more than the provision of education for immature people. Democracy demands that educational facilities be provided for all the residents of a community desirous of improving themselves either by acquiring a general education or receivingspecific instruction in a given occupation. No other form of school activity has met this demand more satisfactorily or successfully than the eveninggvocational work. gr Adult education differs from other aspects of education in that it expects from the student a greater sense of responsibility. The motives which lie behind the desire of the adults for education make a peculiar contribution to their studies because those motives are prompted by their daily experiences. The education of the young is controlled by others, in technical edu- cation of the young the choice of subject and method of treatment are de- ' 4 Page Fifty-seven