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

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711 111 vvv1fx4?Qr1'vtfYY'FW The Value of Typewriting After a pupil once becomes familiar with the keyboard of a type- writer it is only a matter of time and practice until he becomes a skillful typist. By typing the same words over and over, the location of each let- ter becomes fixed in the typistis mind. No matter how poor aspell- er he may be, a pupil who is studying typing will end by being an excellent speller. If one expects to find a first-class typing position, he must know spelling and punctuation thoroughly and be mentally alert. A pupil must be in earnest, he must have a certain goal i-n mind and put all his ellort upon his work. By constant repetition of a word, the nerves of the finger tips and the mi-nd become familiar with every letter on the keyboard. Besides perfecting one in spelling, typing teaches alertness, co-op- eration, and efficiency. Every typing stude-nt must keep pace with his fellow students if he wishes to succeed. Those qualifications are not only necessary in typing, they are also -necessary in the great hus- iness world outside.-Bernice Lucier. l-l. R. 39. Many Useful Things Learned in Shops Great pride is taken in something constructed by oneis self, in something which can he shown for the time put in. A mother or father is always proud of a tine piece of work, such as a foot-stool, a fern stand, a table, or some other convenient article made by the son. For the simple cost of the material alone such things can be made, and the knowledge of such construction acquired in the shops of McKinley. Very capable teachers instruct the work. In Shops 52 and 56. new desks have been installed. These desks l-ave been equipped with three different size chisels, and a hammer and a saw, all new. Piano benches, tahorets, mallets, tables, and similar things are made in 56. Before starting work on a new thing a neat, accurate plan must be drawn. Then a lumber bill is made out. No hammering on chisels is permitted. A mallet should be used. The boys are taught to save material. They must be able to take a plane apart and put it to- gether correctly. They are shown how to stain and shellac. When the bell rings, wood should be tied up neatly with every piece having its mvner's name on it. 4 'Shop 51 affords a knowledge of the use of machinery. ln it is a iointer. a circular saw, a jig saw, a band saw, and three turning lathes. A new circular saw and a six-foot turning lathe is expected to be run- Ll 1.1 fl L I Ls-jirjjl L LL lil L L F

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