McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Our Sheet Metal Shop

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THE ARTISAN 43 Leo J. Burgoyne Bennett Hull . Sheet Metal As the school year draws to a close, it is with a feeling oft S2lllS'litll2l2l0ll that we may say, it has been a successful one for this department. The registration was increased over last year and the new fellows, the juniors, soon got the spirit of the school and the meaning of the slogan. In leaving, it is with a feeling of regret that we must close our associations of the past year. Yet, it is witha feeling of great satisfaction that when we take our places in industry we at least have had the opportunity to equip ourselves with the fundamentals of the trade. Our shop is equipped with the latest tools and machines used in the trade. The Shop is well lighted, heated, and ventilated. The instructors are men of many years of practical experience in the trade and, in addition, are trained teachers from thc.State Normal School. Our work during the last year carried us through many complicated prob- lems and, in addition, we turned out many commercial projects of real Value to the school department. The hood in our own shop erected over the soldering bench removes from this shop, in particular, and the school as a. whole, the acid Fumes and gas fumes tha.t are unavoidable in the work. A hood for the same purpose was erected in the plumbing shop. We also lined some sand tables tor the kindergarten department and made more than three dozen ash cans and pails for the school department. Aside from the serious part of our work, we also participated in all the associated activities of the school. More than sixty percent of our boys played in the band or orchestra. In athletics we olfered much material. Seven of the liftecn runners on the cross country team were from our shop. Hannes was cap- tain of the senior basketball team and Wliitclier captain of the track team while V ieau managed the senior swimmers. In every event sheet metal fellows could be found. For the indoor meet we sold the most tickets and received the first and second individual prizes. The Gecks' Booster Club originated in the sheet metal shop. This club lives up to its name a Booster doing everything it can to help the school. The qualiilication for membership is participation in some athletic event. All of the officers are sheet metal workers. YVillia.m 'XVhitehcr, President 5 Earl Hannes. Vice-president, Duane Getzin, Secrctaryg Joseph Fisher, Treasurer, and Neil Vicau, Sergeant-at-arms.

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THE ARTISAN 115 Bartholomew D'Arcange1o Plumbing YW, thc Senior P.ll'll1'1lJCl.'S of 1926, are convinced that the Plumbing Trade is one ot the most essential trades connected with the building industry. Plumb- ing is not only essential but a necessity because without it we could not perpetuate health and cleanliness in our homes and cities. Plumbing is an old art existing' in the time of the Roman Empire. Evidence to prove this fact has been uncovered in and around Reine which at one tnne was the seat of the great Roman Empire. We have been taught in a Very proficient and skillful way the various processes necessary for a plumber to know in order to become a skillful mechanic. The following are some of the elementary projects on which we have worked, thread cutting, measuring' and cutting pipes from shop sketches with all the various fittings such as water, gas, drainage, soil, a11d nickel plate all of which are essential in the Plumbing' Trade. During' the two years we have installed with soil and wrought iron pipe various .layouts such as sewers for one and two -family homes with waste and vents for the bath rooms. For lead work we have made root Hangcs, lead fer- rules, soldered seams and wiped horizontals, flange and tee branch joints and constructed lead drum traps. lfn our shop we have a frame building, twelve feet long, twelve feet wide, and twelve feet higli which has been directly con- nected to the sewer, a house trap, fresh air, inlet and all the necessary stacks, vents and waste lines have been installed for two complete bath rooms, two kitchen sinks and two laundry trays. All the piping is tested with water as required by the plumbing ordinance of our city. After the Hroughing' in the work of l'in.ishing is started which consists of setting' and connecting' all the fixtures for the bath rooms, the kitchen sinks, laundry traps, range boilers, and conneetring' with gas heaters. We then go over the entire job for a final inspection, nlling all the fixtures and discharging them to discover leaks and to note if water flows out freely. The gas heaters are put into operation and inspected to note if they heat properly. Our work is C0111 ylete in ever detail havinw sewers Wastes vents, and cold . A y D I 7 ' and hot water to every fixture. We are taught to be able to read blue prints and not only to read them but to be able to visualize our work because building plans show only a plain view of the location of the fixtures and we must be able to draw sketches for the elevation of the iiino' and in that way be able to . . . . . . D ' 1lJSt3,ll our work in a skillful and workmanhke nianner. A