McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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HORTIC LTURE Qxfxfsfsfxfsfxf Top Lnlues almost nn bloom Workmg wnth geranlums Bottom Landscapers at work The horhculturlst taps nature while the mochlnlst tops metal stock l-lortnculture IS duvuded unto two mann branches greenhouse malnten ance taught by Mr Martuno and Iandscapung taught by Mr Losel The greenhouse raises the plants to be used rn the garden and the landscap :ng department manntalns the garden and the lawn areas The tnrst year nn the greenhouse IS devoted to the ndentltacatuon of an nuals perennuals shrubs and trees and to other elementary phases of or namental hortuculture The second year IS exploratory with one term ID the greenhouse and the other an land scapung At the begunnung of the thurd year each student makes hrs choice at takung euther landscapung or greenhouse work Thurd year land scapung Includes elementary surveyung shrub and tree trlmmung lawn work and landscaping desugn The Senlors an landscaping have advanced survey :ng lawn work landscape desagnnng and tree work ln addntuon they work on other specnal projects The Junrors In the greenhouse spend most of thenr time sowung seeds tak mg care ot cuttungs and helping with the care of the greenhouse Sensors have many responsubulrtues such as seeing that all plants have sutfncnent amounts ot water and keepung the rnght temperatures In the greenhouse During the tour years of the course each student ns required to have a to tal of l8O summer school hours and 260 outsude hours Summer school hours are obtanned dunng the tnrst three years when each student attends two weeks of school to keep the gar dens nn good condutuon throughout the summer Outside hours are obtained by worknng for landscape men or nur serres after school or during the sum mer 1 A -A-4,4 1 -' ,. , 9 .V ' 11-.Q . ' .Q . . 1 1 ,ay At 'f 1 1 s ' ' wa. . I - 1 I . . . . . . . . ' ' ' 0 .., 1 1 1 - 1 ' ' , . , . . 1 1 1 V '

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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

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NfN.fNfsfN.fsfXfN.fPATTERNMAKl G The patternmoker makes parts so that the machmlst can machme them The patternmaker IS a craftsman who molds In wood a desugner s Idea so that has product nn turn can eventu ally become for example a machnne or engine part Thus belng the nature cf has work he must necessarily be extremely accurate l-le cannot afford tc make the smallest mnstake for on lfls pattern depends subsequent pro duction McKunleys patternmaknng Course arms to provnde workers In thus haghly skilled trade Thus year the Sensor patternmakung class consusted of fave boys They have acquired such skulls as sharpenlng the carvmg tools whuch they use and have gamed experience nn usnng bandsaw grnnder lathe sander yonnter and drlll press Thelr assugnments thus year nncluded exhaust mannfolds bencl' grnnders steel vase assembly fly wheel and the drum assembly for ant: torque control Durmg the year the Juniors have learned to make such patterns as the drull press tables drnll press vlse ball flttma and shear bracket They have learned to mold thelr jobs to make sure that they have put the rvght amount of draft ln the rlght places and also that the loose pieces come out when the patterns are molded The Sophomores produced patterns for levers and brackets a guide base T bracket and o 90 foot lever They also made a water jacketed cylnnder and the engnne T bracket whnch ns for them a dlfflcult job Meanwhule the Freshmen learned slrnple patterns In order to master the use of tools and proper technuques eventually gettung of bushings Vuews of the pattern shop un actlon V I - I I I , , I . . . . ' I U V I Il - - - - V more complex jobs such as the making , , , , U I I I I . l . . I -rl ' 45