McKee Career and Technical High School - Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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BEAUTY CULTURE THE ART and science of Beauty Culture is as old as Eve. There is very little in the field of Cosmetology that was not used by our ancestors. One great difference to-day, however, is that everyone is expected to help Nature if she has not been too lavish with her gifts. Probably the highest peak in the use of cosmetics and perfumes was reached in Egypt, with the endorsement of the beautiful and romantic queen, Cleopatra (68-30 B.C.). Shakespeare pictures the scene as she sails to meet Mark Anthony: Purple the sails, and so perfumed that the winds were love- • sick. But Cleopatra seems conservative when compared to Nero ' s wife, Poppaea (1st Century A.D.). She had her daily bath in milk. More per- fume and incense were used at her funeral than could be produced in a year at that time. It costs less and is easier to be beautiful to-day. THE GOAL in all work done by Seniors in the Commercial Department of McKee is to become trained workers in the various activities. A student is permitted to concentrate on the activity in which she shows ability so that at the end of the course she may take the tests for trained operators given by each of the manufacturers. In the near future it is hoped to place commercial work on the basis of a shop . This would lead to a diploma in business practice. We are proud to point to our graduates who are now working in banks, insurance companies and department stores. A good many are working in small offices. Remember that the girl who merely knows about a machine or activity but is not proficient in it does not make herself a valuable employee. OFFICE PRACTICE 55

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HEATING AND SANITATION WHAT IS NEWS? — The early Romans were the first people to use lead for water piping and it is from their name for lead that the word plumber is derived. Their civilization contributed much to our modern sanitary advantages and it is interesting to note that they were also pioneers in air conditioning. The famous Roman baths were equipped with air conditioning in an elemen- tary form. Adjoining the plunge or pool were hot rooms, cold rooms and moderate rooms. The walls and floors of these chambers were hollow and heated to the required temperature by air passing from a central heating plant. A recent trade magazine article describes a patent granted to an Ameri- can inventor for a method of heating the floors and walls of a building through pipes imbedded in them. It is obvious that this new method of heating has directly descended from the Roman baths. ARTICLES that are comprised of sheet metals of one kind or another are numerous. It is no longer a tinker ' s trade, but a trade that is of equal importance to the other skilled mechanical arts. Aviation, air-conditioning, automobile, and truck makers, as well as metal furniture, kitchen equipment, and metal roofing manufacturers, are now look- ing to the vocational and technical schools for assistance. Sheet metal work is now, indeed, a most fertile vocation. Sheet metal work is not the vocation of a jack of all trades, but an occupation which provides the worker with a wide field for his talents. SHEET METAL WORK 54

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Im i Hi i IL..H v? c « k J9K lilf!] 1 MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE THE MECHANIC of to-day is a giant compared with a man in the earlier stages of society. The modern machine shop represents a high development in the appli- cation of scientific truths to carry on the work of the world. While the man in earlier days toiled with his hands, arms and legs, using the strength of his muscles as the only motive power on which he could de- pend, the man of to-day has at his finger tips an almost unlimited supply of power. The feeble grip of his hands has become the vise with a grip resisting tons of effort to move the object upon which it has seized. The stone in his weak grasp, with which he drove the stakes to erect his first barricade for protection, has developed into the powerful pile-driver, the steam hammer, and the bull dozer . It is the purpose of the machine shop practice course to develop the student ' s skill in the application of these scientific truths which have existed since the beginning of time. AUTO MECHANICS DR. DIESEL, the inventor of the famous Diesel engine which is playing such an important part in railroad, marine, and automotive power, disappeared a few months before the beginning of the Great War while on his way on board a ship crossing the Eng- lish Channel, September 29, 1913. It was a clear evening and the water was calm. Dr. Diesel was at the height of his success, in good health, and he was carrying many important papers with him. His bed had not been slept in and no one had seen him dur- ing the night. The next day his family received a telegram saying he was safe in London, but a check-up showed that the telegram had been sent from Geneva. Several weeks later a body was found which was identified as that of Dr. Diesel. 56