McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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The plosterer and the machlmst strlve for smoothness of the fmlshecl product The arm of the plastenng course IS to provlde rntellugent and thoroughly schooled apprentuces to a newly revnta llzed plasterlng lndustry The need for fnreproof constructnon rn schools and homes IS becomrng Increasingly ev: dent rn vnew of the many dlsastrous fures In recent years un varuous local: tles and the plasterung helps greatly rn satusfyung thus need The plasterlng trade has made great strndes In the past few years with the untroductlon of lnghtwelght materlals These make the plasterer s work much easier Wnth the llghtwenght materrals we can put up a lighter stronger and a more fnreproof wall that as cheaper than ever before and vlrtually crack proof The materlals we use most un thus shop are Gypsollte moldung plas ter and Ilme The former IS used for the basecoat whsle molding plaster and lrme are used for the fmnsh coat After many years Mr Massve has retured as plasterung Instructor and hrs successor now us Mr John McCarthy Another change rn the department ns that the nught school apprentices have come back to McKmley after a two Top Mrtermg a cornuce Runnnng a cornrce mold on a dome Celllng Bottom Applyung cast ornament to a fireplace years absence Mr McCarthy and hrs assocuate Mr Bates Vuce President of the Plasterers Local No 9 teach these nrght school apprentnces The plasterung shop ns dlvrded unto two sectlons The back room has en closures wherem the upperclassmen practuce the varrous phases of the plas ternng trade The front room IS used for practice un wall work A few of the decoratuons and deslgns made are frreplaces arches domes and other artostlc creatuons of the plasterer s craft 14 . . . . . , . . . . . . K4 - ,Vg . . . 5' ' 1 1 l I D . 1 . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 - A I I ' u . . - . , . I , . 1 1 1 . . . . . , 41

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Both the brlcklayer and the machnmst work to the square Thus Year nn the bncklaymg shop under the expert supervuslon of Mr Grundon the enture class has done re markably well The Sensor class has completed a combmatnon outdoor pa tuo wuth provnsnons for a barbecue The patio has an 8 concrete block wall runnmg along each slde and a I6 foot foreplace along the back Thus closes off three sides guvung the benefut of prrvacy The enture fnreplace wuth nts two storage buns IS made of red wnre Top Bulldlng a stack bond panel Bottom An outdoor barbecue patlo an the maklng Erectung a Flermsh bond wall cut bruck To fnnlsh off the proyect the patio has a flagstone floor and a curcular flower box The Junnors were engaged In buuld :ng panels to gave them the experience of workmg wlth color schemes and bruck patterns One of the panels they built was a stacked bond employing ten dvfferent colors and textures An other attractuve panel was one havung a basket weave lnterlor with an out sude trlm of celo crete blocks guvung at a very good color scheme Chumney constructlon was another aspect of brlcklayung that the Juniors had work ed on The Sophomores just beginning theur study of the trade have con structed smaller and slmpler labs such as 8 Inch l2 unch and l6 Inch cor ners and plers Thus gave them experl ence and enabled them to get accus tomed to the terms of the trade They experts In learnung bonds Equally am portant they learned to appreclate the Importance of their every motlon I cddltlon they have learned the portance and use of the plumb rule nn a trade where constant attention must be pand to keeplng the work properly alngned ' f I - 1 . I - . . ' ll . . ' I . . . I . ' I . . I ' . . . . I . . . I - . . I 1 I ' also started on their way to become I ' . . . . v n . . I im- , in . f t ' -r t h , -1, ,hi A at 40

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Top Truss constructron Poof framlng Bottom Bunldrng a fveld offnce and shopers are used by both machunusts and carpenters ln attarnlng McKlnleys asm to teach a trade of their chouce to thc boys who want to be carpenters un thetr later lrves the carpentry shops rank hugh Mr Dobbuns shop consusted of two Junror classes The boys here worked on such varned projects as the constructlon of scale model houses each of dnfferent deslgn Another In terestnng undertakung was the can structuon ofa field offuce for the lO6th Artillery Thus fueld offvce contauned a moo board desk and a number of telephone boxes The materlals for thus project were supplled by the 106th Field Artillery Mr Keans classes consusted of a mornung shop of Sophomores and Sen tors and an afternoon class of Sensors The Sophomores worked on baslc from :ng and the other essentuals of the trade The morntng and afternoon Sensors worked on such varied and ln terestung protects as two walk closets and a number of full snze 25 span 'A prtch trusses Another lob done was the constructvon of drawung boards from hardwood aurplane pro pellers whtch were a gnft from the Atr Force The boys workung under Mr Kean regretted that has recent lllness necessutated has leavung after the Eos ter vacatron for the remaunder of the school year Mr Rousselle s classes consusted of Cophomores and Freshmen who work ed on protects that taught them the art of workung wuth theur hands When ever weather permutted the boys work ed out of doors Among thelr yobs of thus type was the layout of batter board on the othlettc field A V ' ' - in Although of different kinds, planes . . l .- 42