McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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71 Ill IUIIIHIIIJ At McKInley we take mathematucs related to our trades As we go on In our shop work the mathematncs IS worked In wrth what we are donng Most of the trade courses requure two OI three years of thu study In order to functnon properly In shop ln addntnon some math IS taught In the shop theory classes The most Important reason for studymg thus subject IS that If you don t know the mathematucs you can not do the shop work In Mr Carr 5 sc ence room ffl llllll 9 Drawnng IS a very essentIal subject In relatnon to work In the trades You have llttle source of Informatnon ot what you are gonng to make or how you are to make It unless you fIrst have a blueprunt as a guIde In drawmg we learn not only how to read a blueprnnt but also how to make one Workrng ata trade you wIlI be handed a blue prlnt and It IS up to you to do the rest Our drawmg classes prepare us t handle that sItuatIon Mr Pepcello teach ng math to rnachn 1101160 Scnence IS studIed by every student at McKInley because In one way or another It IS co'Inected wIth every trade ln machlne shop ITS frIctIon In b Icklaylng gravlty etc Wnthout some knowledge of scvence we would not know how to handle frnctuon to lIft h avy work by the easlest methods to set somethrng up so that It wIll stay up and to get the most out of power ScIence also enables us to work ID a safe and effIcIent manner D 0 g M Schm dt I . 1 .S . X - 1 . 4: 1 Q I . . 4 , ,gg . I I I I I5lS ' o . . , . . 'Q'!9i1l4 l .ow ' ' ' . , , . 1 at 2 I , . ' I 0 . I , I . O r wun In r I s mom