McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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I4 THE CARNATION LITERARY SOCIETIES The llterary socletles contrlbute a great deal to the education of hlgh school puplls The llttle flrst termer who approaches wlth trepldatlon the front of hls lLngllsh classroom and recltes blushlngly and haltlngly hls blt of platform work presents qulte a dlfferent appearance after a year or so of tralnlng IH a llterary soclety WIthOUt showlng the sllghtest trace of nervousness he can address a larf e audlence IH debate or declamatory contest as easlly as he could talk to one of hls companlons ls not the 'lblllty to hold the lnterest of a large number of people fully as great an achlevement as the ablllty to translate Latln or solve problems ln algebra3 Together Wlth the beneflts derlved from these socletles there IS a great deal of pleasure also The programmes at the regular meetlngs are always lnterestlng and the varlous debates between socletles of the same school and those of dlfferent schools create a great deal of excltement l a great day for the rest of the school as well as for the members of the socletles themselves when a debate IS to take place ln the audltorlum I-low keen IS the rlvalry between the debatlng SOCICtlCSl How lmpatlently the audlence 3WaltS a declslon from the Judges whlch shall favor the partlcular SOCIETY of ItS cholce' The debaters themselves forget the audlence IH thelr deslre to con vlnce thelr opponents and certalnly there IS no tlme for nervous self CODSCIOUSDCSS durlng rebuttal Wlt and concentratlon are absolute ne cessltles here' The sublects of the debates vary greatly but questlons of moment IH the natlonal affalrs are the favored ones The soclal beneflts derlved from these clubs are worth a great deal also Dances and spreads are glven qulte often 'XI H RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY One of the fund lmental prlnclples of tne world not only ID clxlllzed but also ID savage parts whlch an lndlvldual must learn and learn early IS the proper respect for authorlty The younger generatlon has had a tendency to exhlblt our denlocratlc prlnclple that All men are created equal but at the wrong tlme Leaders however must be recognlzed ln all walks of llfe Wlthout thelr guld lnce success lsn t posslble A team must have IIS cslptaln l buslness ltS manager 1 government lts executlxe a schoolroom lts telcher Authorltles should md must be respected' We must remember that they are ln posltlons of honor galned only through a tedlous walk along the hlgh and narrow paths of lndustry Lack of respect constltutes Bolshevlsm and surely that lsn t our ldea of llfe Respect authorlty dlsplay sportsmanshlp ln short be a gentle man' Each SULQCSSIVC lssue of The Calnatlon beconles more dlfflcult due both to the lncreased cost of productlon and the hlgh standards es tabllshed by the precedlng staffs In presentlng thls book we have done our best to portray school llfe ln in lnterestlng manner and we hope that thls lssue wlll meet wlth your approval When we conslder the stralned condltlons of the day It may be easlly comprehended how dlfflcult a task the edltlng of The Qarnatlon appeared last term But that dlfflculty was transformed IHTO a qulet antlclpatlon of success by the ready and thorough co operatlon of the students and faculty As edltor I take thls last opportunlty to thank the staff l also extend . - , . , . I 53 . , . , . x .... y - , D ' l. . 1 . , , K -, . , , , - , . K 'C ,z . . ' ,rg . ', ' . 1' . .. Q . . , . K v., . ff . , , . , - Q , A 4 K , , , , .

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THE. CARNATION nature-the snow covered mountams the stupendous chasms the glorxous waterfalls how we are thrllled w1th emotxon and awe' XVe should even lf we neglect none of these vanous phases of lrfe stlll make a fallure of our lives lf we were to neglect the splrltual slde lf there were nothmg ln us that m ide us dlssatlshed wlth ourselves that made us yerrn for somethms., better and hlgher and nobler we should mdeed fall lamentably short of realllmg the complete llfe We must set our llves ln tune with the lnflnlte ln the same category are loxe for our fellow men sympathy for those who are afflicted and charlty toward all Now l dont pretend to have told you anythlng new l have wanted merely to brlng all of these matters to your attentlon for lt rs good for all of us to take stock every once ln a whxle and Hnd out whether we are getting out of life what we should Lordlally ARIVIAND R MILLLR EDUCATION The prlmltlve man kllled his food wlth a stone and slept rn a treetop Flndlng condltxons unsatlsfactory he trxed to lmprove them Thus xt was that man advanced from savagery to barbarrsm barbarlsm to seml clxlllzatlon and then to clvllxzatxon It was through education that thls vast amount of progress was made posslble Wlthout eclucatlon a man mwht learn to cook hrs food but hls nexghbor would ne .fer learn of lt and probably upon the dlscoverer s death the art would be lost Thus lt IS that we owe our clvlllzatlon to educatlon XVltl'l0llt eclucatlon our government would not exlst today But It does exlst and lt provrdes educatlon to lts mllllons of cltxzens so that they Ihlffllt enjoy llfe and help others to enjoy xt It IS to educatlon that we owe 111 of the hner lnstlncts of llfe lVlus1c and poetry those lncentlves to xalorous deeds and nobler llves would soon be lost nay they would nex er have come lnto existence were rt not for educatlon Nor are prac tlcal things left outsxde the realm of educatlon On the contrary the practlcal side IS the one most affected One trip through any large ln dustry 13 entxrely sufflclent to show that education and the effects of It are not mlssmg Comparxson between the laborer and the general manager prox es the 'ruth of the saying Knowledge IS Power And knowledge IS the result of educatlon Throughout the world the educated man has the advantage Russla owes her condltxon today to the lack of eclucatlon of her masses while It ls to education that Amerlca lS indebted for her present prosperxty Therefore let lt be our arm to learn all that we can not only for ourselves but for humanity the world over and our lives w1ll be worth llVll'l0' L W DeYong A MESS AGE TO GARCIA How many tasks do we complete wlthout the and of those wlth whom we daxly rub shoulder to shoulder3 How many times do we cross the last t and dot the last I without havlng asked mnumerable ques t1ons3 Xlo not questions of curxoslty nor of utter ignorance but ques tions which clothe us rn '1 garb of pure mcapabllxty Darly we are passmg up the golden opportumtles whlch are offered to us because of our station rn soclety and dally we make half hearted at tempts to carry that Message to Garcla Rely on your own abllxtlesl You can do lt' If your path IS obstructed by Fate or Fortune don t glve up Remember the battle cry of the Brltlsh Tommy Carry on and do lt and you wlll reach your Garcia and be rewarded l ours Brandenburg 1 . - , . . ., A , - A - . Y y T . . K . 4 . . , w f 7 . ' r . k 1 ' . f V , . . I . v , , . . . ' v A A . 4 1 . rs r ' ' 1. , - V V K f . . , 55 K Y Y . . . A v y I . , . y V 1 ' ' . ' V , - - , 1 nn - uv T 1 . , D . 1 . , . . . v t 1 fs- . . . . ,, ,, ..... , . . . A , V - - r 1. . . V - 4 ' ,, . H Y ' - ,. .. .. H . - 1 . i 1 v

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THE CARNATION my appreclatlon to the judges of the Short Story and Poetry Contest MISSCS Dockery Donelly and Hawken and to the members of the Art Commlttee MISSCS Barbee and Regan and Mr Flarllng for thelr klnd ald The staff JOIDS me ln thanklng Mr Hoffsten The Carnatlon s able sponsor whose untlrlng efforts have alded so greatly IH the reallzatlon of all our hopes A TRIP THRU A ROLLING MILL A group of boys under the dlrectlon of Mr Card VlSlt6d the Na tlonal Enamellng 5: Stamplng Works at Granlte Clty llllnols Saturday O t I8 The party was escorted thru the plant by lVlr J W Nlllls asslstant superlntendent The process of maklng Shlp plate and tln plate there IS essentlally as follows Plg lron scrap steel and llmestone are shlpped ln by rall These ma terlals are proportlonally mlxed and out lnto charglng boxes whlch are plcked up by a charglng machlne and fed lnto an oll burnlng open hearth furnace where they are melted at a temperature of 2800 to 3000 I7 Xvhen the metal IS melted It IS allowed to run out of the furnace lnto huge ladles holdlng 65 tons The llmestone serx es as a flux gatherlng all the lmpurltles of the lron and steel causlng them to float on top of the molten mass A powerful electrlc crane plcks up the ladle and carrles It over to the moulds whlch are on small cars The metal IS poured IntO these moulds and allowed to cool for about 45 mlnutes The moulds are then removed by speclally equlpped cranes leavlng solld lngots I5 X24 X5 6 The lngot IS then reheated and taken to the rolls where It IS rolled out lnto a sheet of the deslred dlmenslons The one we saw go thru was rolled to 3 I6 X5 x30 Durlng thls operatlon salt I9 thrown on the metal and when It comes ln contact Wlth the water whlch IS belng contlnually poured on the rollers an exploslon occurs thus keeplng the metal free from scale The steel IS then passed thru smoothlng rollers marked and cut to length and then to wldth by rotary shears The lndlvlclual plates are 2-utocnatlcally welghed and then carrled to the stock plle by powerful magnetlc cranes ready to be shlpped to the shlpyards to be put lnto the hulls of boats In the maklng of tln plate the plates descrlbed above or sllghtly heavler plate IS sheared lnto what IS called tln bar whlch IS 6 to 8 lnches ln Wldth and of the same length as the Wldth of the tln plate to be made These tln bars are then reheated ln a coal flred furnace and then rolled ln PHITS untll they are about 4 feet long and of the deslred Wldth The heavy sheets are placed ln palrs and rf-heated and passed thru the rolls agaln comlng out about 8 feet long and the same wldth as the orlvlnal length of the bar These sheets are then doubled together maklng a pack of lron of 4 sheets ln thlckness reheated agaln passed thru the rolls drawlng the sheet out about 8 feet ln length Thls pack whlch IS 4 sheets ln thlckness IS reheated maklng the pack 8 sheets ln thlckness They are then replaced ln the furnace reheated and agaln passed thru the rolls gIVlHg them the flnal thlckness and length deslred The sheets are now 8 plv about 32 gauge thlck and 6 to 8 feet long The wldth of the sheets belng the length of the orlglnal bar whlch IH turn was the wldth of the sheets deslred These packs of sheets are then squared by shears and the men separate the sheets Wl1ICl'l are conveyed to the plcklers where they are plckeled a 7 sulphurlc 3CId solutlon after whlch they are put lnto a furnace and annealed for I2 hours and removed and allowed to cool for IZ hours They are then passed thru cold rolls to pollsh and then plckeled ln a sulphurlc acld solutlon to remove all surface lmpurltles The plates are then dlpped lnto molten tln passed thru a set of felt rollers and pollshed Wlth pulverlzed bran The tln as It IS erroneous ly called for It IS ln reallty sheet steel plated wlth tml IS taken to the as sortlng room where It IS sorted and packed for shlpment 1 v 1 1 . , . . . . . .. . 1 -1 . , . , I . . Q . . 1 - 1 ' . 1 1 1 C . . . . . , 1 - ' A 1 . ' ' , . 1 1 . ' 1 1 , . r . ' ' ' ' ' H N 1 fr 1 . . ' v rr f 1 ' ' ' ' . . - 1 1 . v 1 - Q 4 . , . , 1 1 L 1 Q . 1 :1 1 , 1 1 - 1 , . 1 1 1 ,1 Q, v . ., - , l. . .1 . I, . . . . , ln 4 , . 1. . 1. . . . . - 1 v -