McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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BUILDING TRADES - counsrs INSTRUCTORS Mr Henry Rose ..... v... .......,................. B r icklaying Mr, William Massic .,..,.... ,..... P lastering Mr. Bart Darcangelo .......,, ,.,,... P lumbing Mr Ben Darcangelo ,....,.. ,.,.,,, P lumbing Mr Artie Doten ......,,,,, ..,,,,, C arpentry Mr. Raymond jones .,,... ., .,,,.., .Carpentry Mr. Bennett Hull vv... .,,..,,, S heetmctnl Mr Ray Schuler ,...,,., ........ Sheetmctal PLAN OF INSTRUCTION IN BUILDING TRADES During the first year of instruction in any of the building trades courses students are given a foundation training in Eve different shops. Eight weeks are spent in each of the following shops: Bricklaying, plastering, sheetmetal, carpentry and plumbing. Stu- dents must know by the end of their first year in which shop they wish to get addi- tional three years' training. The purpose of this first year general training is to acquaint the student with the problems of the trades- mfaftr-'SW f 'X I ,s.,s -,f -?1iZf?xs!2r:'?T5t'2tT'i . ' ig? I Artie Doten instructs Buh Denny .ind Frank Browning in model house construction, man in other building trades so that when the student graduates and starts work at his own trade he will appreciate the other work of the other mechanics and thus be able to cooperate better with them. -Pbolor from the Arti.mu Q I ' V I ' fm. . , ,, ,, ,M tv Plumbing Shop Plastering Shop Brick Laying Shop Forty-three

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X i l l J. t. , . ' Allen Speck. Seniur Class lnstructur Checking Work Being Done by Roy Svenssin SELECTIONS FROM IF I XVERE 21 by ll m. Kimd-eu If I were twenty-one I would be a mechanic. I would try to get work in a machine shop. If that failed I would try for a job in a Hlling sta- tion, or .is an apprentice to an electrician or a plumber, or as a clerk behind a counter, or as an errand boy. I would try to get some work to do with my hands. Nowadays in America most youngsters want a college education. That is all right, I would probably want one, too. But I wouldn't, if I knew what I know now, let the college education inter- fere with my practical education as a mechanic. For that I have some good reasons. Last summer I talked a good deal with some young college seniors. They all seemed worried about how they would get their start in life. What shall we do? they asked. What shall we head for I suggested that they go out and try to get a job working with their hands: filling station, fac- tory, store, machine shop. They were puzzled. 7.. Forty-two MACHINE SHOP COURSE I NSTRUCTORS Mr Ervin Borth Mr. Allen Speck Mr. Chester Fissler Mr, Charles Kieb Mr. Robert Milius Mr. Carl Pundt They thought I was joking. Vlfhy, they were college men, Manual labor would involve fin some way I don't understandj a loss of standing, of prestige. Furthermore, these youngsters had never had any training in practical, mechanical skills. They wouldn't know how to start. Now, these were pretty good, average, decent, intelligent young Americans. The fact that they feared to go to work with their hands indicates there is something wrong with our system of training. That's not the true American tradition. George Wasliington was for years a hard-working sur- veyor: Thoinas jetferson was a gifted designer of useful appliances, Benjamin Franklin was a jour- neyman printer, an inventor, and the best elec- trician ol his ageg Abraham Lincoln split rails, kept a store, built and worked on flatboats. The fact that these men knew how to work with their hands undoubtedly contributed to their hard, practical sense. What to do about it? Well, I think all our schools should put more emphasis on training in manual skills, give more opportunity for young- sters to test the theories they learn in actual prac- tice, let them compete with one another in build- ing useful things. You can tell a boy what a pump isg but if he gets a pipe, and, by means of a cork on a string, draws water up through that pipe, he really rmdertlmzdr what a pump is. But there is nothing wrong with this country which American brains, energy, and good will cannot cure. As we readjust and get back into balance there are going to be greater opportunities than ever before. The boy who assumes otherwise, who is not ready for the opportunities as they come, is going to miss the boat. From my knowl- edge of American industry, it is my conviction that the development in this country is going to be greater in the next Hfty years than it was in the last Hfty years. If I were twenty-one, well-I would much rather be it than talk about it, but I would not, I believe, hestitate for a moment to try it over again on the same pattern.

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The Greenhouse LANDSCAPE GARDENER The Landscape Gardener is called upon to do many different jobs and for that rea- son it is one ofthe most interesting types of horticulture work. He must be trained to execute the plans of the Landscape Archi- tect on large public or private projects. He must be able to design smaller landscape jobs and do all the work on them. It is necessary that he knows all the trees, flow- ers, shrubs and bulbs which thrive in his locality. He must know their habits and require- ments ro grow them successfully. A work- ing knowledge of the construction and maintenance of roads, walks, walls, garden pools, trellises, summer houses and garden furniture is very important. Western New York is becoming more garden conscious than ever before. There are many landscape architects, landscape gardeners, and nurseries maintaining a gardening service in need of boys with this type of training, PARK FORESTER This is a highly specialized field of hor- ticulture, Complete knowledge of and the ability to successfully grow all kinds of trees, shrubs and flowers is of IUOSI im- portance. The prevention of diseases and the treatment for them, as well as thetprac- tice of tree surgery, are regular duties of a man in this kind of work. Park accessory jobs such as road building, painting, irri- gation and drainage, construction and maintenance of park buildings must be Forty-four HORTICULTURE Landscape Vrfork-Greenliousc Practice I NST RUCTORS Mr. Tobbio Martino Mr. Wm. Losel RELATED Wcmkk Mr. Clarence Robertson thoroughly understood. A knowledge of design in the utilization of plants and shrubs is highly desirable. NURSERYMAN In the nursery trade the worker is em- ployed to propagate or start plants of all kinds and nurse these plants until such a time as they may be ready to sell. I The nurseryinan works out-of-doors and in greenhouses. Generally the nursery grows trees and shrubs fdeciduous and evergreen, fruit and ornamenralj starting them in the green- house, the hot bed or cold frame, then transplanting them later to the open fields. From the field rows nursery stock is dug and placed on the market for sale. Sales- manship in this field is very important. In Westerii New York there are at least ten large nurseries who employ men trained in this field of horticulture, , FLORIST The florist grows beautiful flowers and house plants in his greenhouses and sells them wholesale and retail. This trade re- quires workers who not only are able to grow plants but also have sales and artistic ability, for in this business the worker must sell, usually in the store, and is required to decorate private homes, clubs, churches, etc., with Howers and other plants. In Western New York, there are hun- dreds of persons employed in this type of work.