McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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Plumbers share with the machinists the work of threading, cuthng and burrmg Plumbing is a trade that embraces knowledge of sci nce law tools m terial and proc dures Under the supervision of Mr Bart DArca'1gelo the Seniors are attempting to master those phases before graduation A part of their work they have installed a commercial toilet room with water closet wall and floor urinals lava tories drinking fountain and floor drain Another project completed was work on a lead drum tap in which various types of joints had to be wiped The Seniors also did some brazing vielding and making projects fabri cated with sweat joint fillings as soft older Likewise they did the neces sary procedures involved in the laying out finding the grade and patch and the setting up of batter boards for a sanitary or storm sewer The Juniors installed three complete bathrooms with soil stacks waste vents hot and cold water lines and all fixtures functioning with running water They also completed various joints of lead pipe The Sophomores under the supervision of Mr Ben D Arcangelo learned fundamentals by Top Assembling pipes and fittings faulkung and roughing in Bottom Roughrng for a bathroom used all the tools that are necessary for the completion of jobs Also work based on soldering of sheet lead was done and the layout and roughing of different types of bathrooms were in stalled This took in work with cast iron and all sizes of screw pipe Freshmen learned the proper pro cedures of cutting threads and cutting pipe to measurements They also were instructed concerning the use of 45 fillings and the application of the ma thematrcs required for completing the o I ' 'e a- I I I ' 5, e . ' . s I . l . . . A I - -i -X' , ' r r -, doing varied bench work in which they I . . . I A I I I - I I ' j b. 43