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

Page 79 text:

TTTTTYYYW TYYYTTYYYI ning soon. Some linoleum has been placed around the machinery to prevent the operator from slipping. The auto shop has set its aim on cutting away surplus material to show the inside of the Ford motor and gears. The engine will not run on its own power, but by turning the crank the parts can be seen at their work. An understanding will thus be gained that otherwise could hardly be obtained. Mr. Brauer's wood shop has had a fad of making footstools and up- holstering them with either leather, tapestry, or velvet. Gilding is also done. E-nd tables are made, while shoe shining boxes appear at times. An imitation of a Zeppelin was made and is soon .to be col- ored silver, and hu-ng in the shops. Almost all things taught in these shops are useful in after life. Put- ting o-n a finish and painting things at home, repairing some plumb- ing. or fixing an autog making tables, fern boxes, and other handy things: knowing how to connect electricity a-nd make radios,-any or all of these things will help you to get a job any time you want it.- Bradley Spencer, A8. . The Journalism Department Probably one of the most useful departments in our School iS the journalism department. Without the pupils in these classes it would be practically impossible to publish our Trail each week. The great majority of the articles which appear are written by these students, for the amount of copy turned in by the rest of the school is compara- tively small. Besides being useful, the journalism classes are undoubtedly among the most interesting at McKinley. In addition to writing articles for The Trail, the journalism classes study newspapers, learn to read proof, and make dummies of The Trail. They also learn how to in- terview people and practice by interviewing our principals, 'teachers and visitors. During the B9 term. the young journalists spend mostof their' time in study, and write only the shorter articlesg but when the A9 term is reached, they have the opportunity. of becoming membersof 'The Trail staff, and all the longer and more important articles are Written by them. ' T ' Many of the students on The Trail- staff expect to make journalism their life work, and therefore they-study, is especially interesting to them. However, the study oft journalism is a great help to everyone, for it teaches the student to put down his thoughts in clear, concise English.-Winnifred Theed, A9. LLLLLJI-lLlLLLLLL1LL S

Page 78 text:

Lili Yffffffimffffffif - ., V' A Q'.-W ry' ,J M. E 555 '55 121 pf? if S Y i L LLL-ILL-LLl.LLLL9LLf'1

Page 80 text:

rv1.,,:Lgvtv1fx4?Qg1 v v 'asv Y Printing at McKinley Printing means as much to McKinley as it does to any of the large newspaper companies or corporations. When a teacher wants some- thing printed she takes the job to Mr. Lewis, the printing instructor, and tells him what she wants. Mr. Lewis then says to one of the boys: Jimmie, this job is for Mrs. St. John. I have it all marked up for you. Be careful and line up your rules, or, he might say, Jack, Mr. Brown wants 1000 noon permits printed right away. Lock up the form, cut the stock out of 22Mx28M tan cardboard, then make the job ready and run them oft. Then the boys go ahead and set the jobs up and run them oii on the presses. The constant hum of the presses in the print shop is an indication of the great amount of work turned out by the Printers of McKinley. An example of a good form set up at McKinley was the one that Willie Scruggs, now a graduate, set up some time ago. His job was a two-color one of some blotters with the picture of Benjamin Frank- lin and the calendar with the month of January on it. When Willie Hrst started on this work he had to get a galley fa galley is a metal affair on which the jobs are assembledj and set his job on that. The job being a two-color one, Willie had to set up two formsg that is. the border and cut made one form and the inside made the second form. These two forms had to be run ot? on the press separatelv. once in brown ink and once in black. When the blotters were dry, they were distributed among the teachers and some of the students. The boys try to supply the faculty with new blotters each month, bearing the current month calendar. The teachers appreciate them. Another job quite different from the blotters was one made up for Miss Gamble for the book room. This job consisted of rules frules are brass objects with sharp tops which make the lines you sometimes see on printed jobsq This had to be run through the press twice and fed to a hair-line register because there were two kinds of rules, hori- zontal and vertical. The horizontal rules made one form and the LtLllLaJa..lLill4LLL,.LALL J-