McKinley Junior High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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TTTTTYYY1rMTYJYf'TYfW'i hard at school. l found out that one can not go i-nto the reed shop and make anything he wishes, but has to begin on the small things and work up to the large ones. Perhaps it would be interesting to those who are not familiar with the reed shop to know just what it is we do there. First, we con- struct hardwood' dowels, the framework of the piece of furniture we are to weave. This is really the most difficult part of the process. Then the weaving with reed begins. The reed must be soaked in water to make it soft and pliahle. When it dries, it is hard and Hrm. Care must be taken to keep all weaving straight a-nd accurate. lf anyone should ask me if reed work is easy, l would say it is not easy in the sense of doing it off-hand. One has to be patient. lt certainly trains one to be exacting and careful-Roby Cooper, A9, H. R. 21. A Busy Day in Shop 54 Mr. McConnell's shop is a very interesting place to the boys who wish to learn trades or to help keep the home in order. ln one cor- ner of the room is the frame work of a two-story house, which is used in the project of house-wiring. A little farther over, the boys are working on repairing' shoes. At the benches are the boys who are making radios and motors, either for themselves or for the teachers. The house-wiring project is useful in many ways. Many different things often happen to the electric wiring at home, and perhaps there is no one to tix it except the boy. lf he has studied the house-wiring at school, it is little trouble tor him to take care of it. He thus saves trouble and perhaps much money. Other boys who have taken shoe repairing save much money and time by repairing their own shoes. The radios made in the shop by the boys are frequently tested and give much satisfaction and pleasure to the owner. Crescents, stars, diamonds, and heart cookie cutters are also made in shop by the boys. These are used by mother at home to make those delicious cookies to satisfy her young manufacturer's appetite. The motors are used to run windmills and other smaller things. When the first bell rings, the boys put their work in the lockers. When the second bell ings, some one is heard to say, 1 wish this period were an hour longer. --Sam Schwab, H. R. 48. 111111111-llllllllfl

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YYYiYTYYY1fxz?illYvv1f? The Crigin of Reed Work Probably the first person to make a basket was a man of the pre- historic Stone Age. One day he saw, while climbing around the cliffs, an eagle's nest, and thinking it a good plaything for his little boys, took it home. His wife, upon seeing it, thought how fine it would be in which to keep some cocoanuts which she had just gath- ered. So the little boys did not have a plaything after all. This basket lasted for a while, but it wore out, so-we will call her Mrs. Cave Woman,-said to her husband, Tiger Tooth, this basket has worn out, I will have to have another. You go out and get one. Now Tiger Tooth tramped all day over the ragged cliffs, and jumped over roaring torrents, but he was unable to find one. After he had given an account of his hunting, his wife said she must have one any way. So she sat down and thought and thought. Finally, she hit upon a plan. Tiger Tooth, she cried, go out and gather all the small twigs and bark you can find. A short time passed and Tiger Tooth came back with some twi,Q's and bark. Mrs. Cave Woman set to work and in the course of a week there on her rock table sat me first basket ever made by human hands.-Andrew Madson and Melvin Underwood. Of course this basket was not nearly so fine as the splendid reed work turned out bv Mrs- Turner's classes, but everything had to have a beginning, didn't it? I Wit? 3,1 it x.1.mLA4.LL444iL.LaLiLLL1