McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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GS TH E A RTISAN Louis Thornton Herbert C. Roudenbush Industrial Economics Our work in this department gives us practical, training in citizenship and a knowledge of how the work of our particular trade tits in with the general busi- ness offthe world. There are four courses-Civics, Shop Hygiene, Commercial Geography andllndustrial History. lt is necessary to say at the beginning that the subject matter not that regularly associated with the names of these courses, but is especially adapted to each boy 's trade. In Civics we are taught the form ot the government and our duties as citi- zens, including practical studies about jury duty and voting. XVe learn practical politics, the way a man makes his start in the political game, the duties ot the oiidcials with whom we will come in contact 'ind in the buildine' tr-ide fvrou is a study of the local building code. :'a D f cs la Hygiene studied from the point of View of the worker. We learn practical health rules in regard to clothing and lunches. Wie are instructed in simple first aid, safety first and general health habits. The worknian's compensation law is explained and we are shown how to take advantage of its provisions. The Commercial Geography course is divided into two parts. A general study is made of the four factors of industryg primary production, including growing and mining, transportation, manufacture and consumption, These are studied largely in 'relation to the United States. The second section of the work is devoted to a study of forestry, milling and the raw materials we will use in our work. There are three principal, objectives for the Ql'ndust.rial History course. First, we are taught the growth of the modern industrial system. Second, we are shown the important place the worker has filled through the ages, the story of workers' organizations such as guilds, the unions, and finally the important place the worker fills today. The third section of the course tells us the story of our own trade. Vile learn about the master builders, the actual development of trade methods, and the history ot the tools that we use. To suinmarize, the 'purpose of the course in Industrial Economics is to turn out a boy who will understand his place as a worker, have a, broad background for his trade, and a. practical knowledge of his duties as a citizen.

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THE A R 7 'ISA N , Making a Man Iilurry the baby as fast as you can, Hu1'1'y him, worry him, make him a mail. Off with his baby-clothes, gc-t him in panis, Feed him ou brain-foods and make him advance. Hustle him, soon as l1G7S able to walk, into a Qj1'?1H1l1'lE1I'SCil00lg cram him with talk, Fill his poor head full of figures and facts, Keep on a-jamming them in till it cracks. Once boys grew up ai' a rational rate, Now we develop a man while you wait. Rush him tlirough college, compel him to grab Of every known subject a dip and a dab. Get him in business and after the cash, All by the time he eau. grow a mustache. Let him forget he was ever a boy, Make gold his god and its jingle his joy. Keep him a-bustling and clear out of breath, Until he Wins-nervous p1'ost1'atioi'1 and death.

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THE ARTISAN 69 Cut Museum ' The starting of a Natural Science Museum at Meliinley Vocational School marks the beginning of a new and profitable aid in the teaching of Commercial Geography. It has aroused considerable interest and enthusiasm througgliout the school and a hearty co-operation is evident trmn the response which we receive in the way of contributions from parents, faculty members and students. Witli their assistance we have made this new addition a real asset to McKinley School. Various manufacturing concerns tlireughout the country have sent us many interesting exhibits which help in lll'lllQ,'lllgl' about a clearer and better iniderstanding of the numerous problems in commercial. g'e0g'rapl1y. They give in a visible form splendid information regarding the by-products of many of our natural resources. For instance, the exhibit on cement shows the stages of manu- facture frcnn the raw to the 'finished product, that ol? wood shows the domestic specimens of this ecnintry, while that of asbestos is shown in its original state and through its stages of development to the finished product. The museum is a benefit to us boys learning the various tradcs as it deals with all materials used in the shops of the school. The exhibit of wood has caused very much interest among the boys of the cabinet and earpentry shops. The display consists of twenty-one kinds of wood with the name of each printed on the back of the sample. A great number of boys at the present time can name the niajority of the ditlferent samples without referring' to the printed matter. The exhibit of iron ore, manganese, Hnor ore, silicon and carlnn'undum attracts considerable attention froin the machinists and plumbers, because their know the iron, steel and pipe which they use are made from these ores.