McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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,Norficuhure When the building is erected, the horticulturist beautifies the grounds. Our horticulture course consists of two main branches: landscaping, under the direction of Mr. Losel, and green- house maintenance, under Mr. Mar- tino. The school grounds are main- tained by the landscapers, while the greenhouse raises plants, which, in turn, are used by the landscapers to beautify the grounds. The first and second years consist of rotating terms between greenhouse and landscaping. ln the third year, the student has his choice of taking landscaping or greenhouse. Third year landscaping includes elementary surveying and schrub and tree trim- ming. The Seniors in landscaping have advanced surveying, lawn work, landscape design and tree work. The Juniors in greenhouse work spend most of their time sowing seed, taking cuttings and helping with the care of the greenhouse. The Seniors take on more advanced responsibility and see that plants have sufficient moisture and proper temperature. All students are given the opportunity tc work in the horticulture field during the spring and summer to acquire the two hundred and sixty outside hours of work which are required. Left: Our garden in the summer Below: Digging away Transplanting

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.Sher Web! Right' Rivcting drawers Below: Brazing while making a film cart An awning in the making ' l The modern builder is interested in heating, ventilating, air conditioning, gravity and forced air heating, and dust collecting systems. The Sheet Metal Department in our school pre- pares the students to handle well all work in these important newer fea- tures as well as in those which for years have marked the work of a sheet metal worker. The result is that our shop is always a busy one. This year there were seven Seniors, eleven Juniors and eight Sophomores in Mr. Schueler's shop. So far this year, the shop has turned out a num- ber of jobs for the Board of Education, our school, and for the boys them- selves. Some of the jobs that were made in the sheet metal shop were awnings, railings, cabinets, projection stands, mortar boxes, flower plant stands and a film stand. Most people do not realize the scope and opportunities presented by the sheet metal trade. There are many openings in the field. As proof, we can cite the fact that during the last eight years we have had lOOfW placement in our sheet metal classes. Today metal is used so widely and is taking the place of other materials to such an extent that the present is of- ten spoken of as the Age of Metal.

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Above: Seniors at their machines Form grinding Right: Juniors at work 7WacAine .Slap The tools and ports important in phases of modern construction are produced by the Machine Shop De- partment. This department trains boys to become good and skillful ma- chinists. Students receive four years of training under the supervision of qualified instructors. After gradua- tion, the boys are qualified for jobs as machinist apprentices. The Freshmen aided by Mr. Barth, Mr. Fissler and Mr. Raymond com- pleted their usual first year jobs. Their projects consisted of plumb bobs, tap wrenches, gear studs and combination wrenches. The Sophomores, instructed by Mr. Fissler and Mr. Barth, turned out their required projects which in- cluded gear pullers, vises, V-blocks, centerpunches and V-pulleys. The Juniors under the guidance of Mr. Napier and Mr. Keib made their third year assignments of surface gages, tool-bit grinding gages, tap wrenches, and some jobs for the other departments of the school. The Sen- iors under Mr. Speck this year made their fourth year projects such as sine bars, gears and threading. They, as all other boys in the department, worked on jobs that would help them when they go out into industry.