McKinley High School - President Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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items for use in the other shops. Mr. Pfuelb's Sophomores divid- edthemselves into work groups of four. A full scale Western frame house was then erected and sub- sequently disassembled for use by a subsequent class. After drawing up plans for his own ranch style home, each individual built a model based on them. Mr. Pfuelb's Freshmen busied themselves learning the fundament- alsand necessary precautions against safety hazards in the trade. The Freshman course is short being only one of the six-week courses in their rotation plan. HORTICULTU RE The Horticulture Course at Mc- Kinley is the only one of its kind of- fered to young men in Western New York. lt is divided into two main branches, greenhouse main- tenance and landscaping. Mr. Mar- tino is in charge of the former divi- sion and Mr. Losel of the latter. The greenhouse division raises all the plants to be used in the gar- dens, while the landscape division has the responsibility of maintain- ing those gardens. ln addition, the landscapers care for the lawn areas and trees.

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given experience constructing small- er iobs such as 8 inch, T2 inch and T inch corners and piers. In addition they have learned the use of the plumb rule. All the bricklaying students learn- ed the importance of every motion in a trade which uses a wide variety of materials in a great possible num- ber of construction situations requir- ing a detailed knowledge of arch- itectural blueprints. CARPENTRY SHOP This year Mr. Rousselle's Senior carpentry class constructed a one third pitch, hip and valley roof with with a three and one half inch over- hang. They received instruction in how to lay out and cut the different kinds of rafters needed. In the shop they also made knotty cedar closets and a kitchen counter set with clo- sets. Figuring the layout and con- struction of housed and mitred stairs was another accomplishment. Forms for concrete were erected outdoors so the bricklayers could use them in the pouring of concrete footings. Some of the boys erected forms of domes for use by the plasters. In the Junior class the students set doors in partially studded door- ways. They also constructed various

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ln his first year, the Horticulture Freshman acquires a general idea of the trade by devoting most of his time to the identification of an- nuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and many other elementary phases of the trade. Sophomores and Juniors are divided into two groups, one half specializing in greenhouse, the other half in landscaping. These div- isions are rotated every ten weeks. This experience determines the branch of the trade for which the student is best suited. At the be- ginning of the Senior year the stu- dent has a choice of the division in which he wants to specialize. Greenhouse students perform such tasks as sowing seeds, taking cuttings, caring for bulbs, protecting plants from disease and seeing that they are fed at proper intervals. Landscape students prune shrubsand trees, construct and maintain lawns, do surveying and landscape design- ing. There are many special projects directed towards the improvement of the school grounds. All students spend a period of two weeks in summer school during which they tend the greenhouses and gardens. Many students obtain outside relat- ed work after school or during the remainder of the summer. MACHINE SHOP The Machine Shop Department has one of the largest enrollments in the school. The students aim to become proficient on a variety of machines such as lathes, shapers, milling machines, drill presses, grinders and planers. The shop al- so provides them with the opport- unity to do benchwork and learn the use of measuring and hand tools. Freshman classes are under the supervision of Mr. Raymond, Mr. Fissler and Mr. Guderian. Among iobs turned out by these students were parallel clamps, C clamps, tap wrenches, scribers, combination wrenches, tool bit grinding gages, vises and gear studs. They also worked on tap wrenches, gear pul- leys, V -pulleys, center punches