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

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ELECTRIC WIRING AND INSTALLATION MAN first learned to use spoken language; then he discovered how to make graphic symbols of his oral sounds; thus developed written language. How we learned to use spoken language is unknown, but through the dim mists of antiquity may be observed a few traces to indicate how written lan uaoe was evolved. The most primitive form of written language was picture writing, and the earliest attempts to make lasting records were by scratching or painting crude pictures on natural smooth surfaces, such as stone, shells, bark from trees, or flat pieces of wood. All of this occurred in prehistoric times. Printing is the principal means devised by man for making exact copies of works of written language. Like all other arts it has grown from simple beginnings. It ranks fourth now in economic importance among the world ' s industries. Great Britain and the United States to-day do the bulk of the world ' s printing. They lay no claim to having had a part in the invention, at least in its early stages, and have contented themselves with such later develop- ments as the power press and linotype. PRINTING 1 •■» Tlte-r ■ ' « v £k A j fc 9? WJl - 5 » HH ■ a ' 58

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— l«p i jw 1 ■ :.! !! i • ELECTRICAL SCIENCE LABORATORY SCHOOL DAYS are difficult, trying, and profitless days, say most students. All we hear from day to day is, get that book report in, solve that problem, do a better job, do this for homework, study for the exam, etc. What do we need all this for? Why not go out and get a job? Let us go into the future, say about five years from now. Where will you find the average McKee Electrical Grad? Will he be serving you? You are now (1945) getting along fine in your new job which you are justly proud of. As you review your average day, you find that electricity and electrical apparatus have been constantly at your service. Your McKee electri- cal alumnus will be in practically every electrical field. Some will be working in factories, building radios, motors, transformers, lighting fixtures, switches, refrigerators, telephones, and many intricate devices for special electrical de- vices such as automatic elevator control, automatic tunnel ventilation, and countless others. As you travel from day to day, your old classmates may be working for the Independent Subway System, The Staten Island Railway, the Edison Com- panies, the Telephone Company, and many other similar organizations serving you indirectly as electricians, power operators, and electrical testers. There are countless other positions that will likely be held by your own classmates, far greater in responsibility than these. Is this fantastic? Find your answers at an alumni reunion five years from now. Ask your old class- mates what they are doing and you will find that your stay at McKee was well spent. Greetings and best wishes to you all. MOTOR GENERATING 57

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DRAMATIC CLUB THE AVERAGE high school student stands reverently in awe of Shake- speare ' s dramatic gifts and the extreme variety of his talent. On May 9, 1940, Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh presented the lyric drama of the star cross ' d Romeo and Juliet. It cost more than $83,000 to raise the curtain of this revival. Obviously there is more to Shakespeare than is seen by the senior student preparing for his English finals. HOW MANY will admit that the ancient Greeks had a word for some- thing just as important as food, shelter or clothing? It was called music . To our old friends, the term music meant the arts. They felt that man, in order to be completely happy, should develop his brain as well as his body, and to accomplish this, ordered all their youths trained in various arts, especially music. Singing men and women are happy people, and happiness goes in partner- ship with success, in all walks of life. McKEE ' S ORCHESTRA 59