Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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E E Q Q THEMIRROR Q Q Q Q Printing Courses ,- YVO years of printing are oltered in our High School with the major aim of teaching p1'esent day methods of hand setting for commercial and school forms. Each year's work consists of from twenty to twenty-five projects, and includes the keeping of a speci- men note book of the work done. The course in Printing I is divided into three major divisions. The first unit is the setting of straight matter composition and involves learning the case, the terms and tools used, simple make-ready and press work, and the setting of prose paragraphs for the school paper, poetry, initial printing, cut-in notes, proof-reading, punctuation, and the like. The second unit is the setting of commercial job work and display composition, such as: tickets, lctterheads, bill heads, hand bills, window cards, etc. The third unit is the setting of school record cards and other book- lets and printing. This includes programs, library forms, athletic and health forms for records, banquet and dance programs, census cards, Regents' cards, etc. Printing II is offered to those who have completed Printing I, and is designed to give greater skill in more difficult typography and press work to those already interested in printing. Briefly, it consists of about twenty projects involving more elaborate rule work, and border and ornamental designs for covers, title pages, tabular work, and twof color work for mottoes and holiday cards. Both Printing I and Printing Il. are taken daily either one period a day for forty weeks, or two periods a. day for twenty weeks. Sheet Metal I-IEET Metal work is a new course being offered to High School students this term and will probably be put in tl1e Junior High and prevocational curricula in January. This course aims to give the students the fundamentals which a sheet metal worker should know, including the use and care of soldering coppers, floxes used on various metals, lay out of patterns, correct use of metals, and the use and care of the machines and hand tools. The projects made include cake tins, cookie cutters, flour scoops, dust pans, funnels, liquid and dry measures, open and covered pails, waste paper baskets, garbage pails, and many other useful articles for the farm or city home. Page Twenty-nine

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Q Q Q Q THEMIRROR Q Q Q 1 books and note-books. They also make place cards, favors, and posters, which help to emphasize the aims of the Home Economics work. Perhaps thc very busiest periods of the day are the third and fourth in the morning. During these periods, one girl taking High School Home Economics, and four students, who work for their lunch, prepare the noon lunch for the students. The aims of the luuchroom course arc: to plan, prepare and serve suitable refreshments for various occasions, to plan and prepare dietaries, to preserve and store food for future use, to emphasize the selection and preparation of suitable foods for the school lunch-that is, foods which will give the students the most nourishment for the amount of money expended. YVhen the 11:45 bell rings, the student customers begin to line up. XVhen they reach the counter, they provide themselves with trays and necessary silver. As they pass along the counter, they are first served the main or hot dishes, next the beverages-either cocoa or milk, next, salads, then rolls, and lastly, the dessert, oranges, and ice cream. Each dish is sold for five cents, except milk and oranges, which are slightly less. A complete, well-balanced lunch costs not more than twenty or twenty-five cents. The number of students served each day averages between ninety and one hundred and fifty. Between 12:00 and 12:45 eight girls take entire charge of running the electric dish washer and of washing all cooking utensils and trays. These girls receive only their lunch in return for their services rendered. The first two periods in the afternoon are devoted to a Senior High School clothing class. The aims of this course are: to teach the relation of the principles of design to beauty and choice of clothing, to teach the characteristics and comparative values of textile fabrics, so as to de- velop an interest in those factors which influence the cost of the family and personal clothing, to teach the efficient use of equipment in the construction of clothing, to encourage a spirit of service through work- ing for others, to teach the relations of hygiene to health, and the care of body and clothing. In the Junior High School Group there are four different classes, which meet the seventh and eighth periods of the day. Because of limited time, each of these classes meets only once a week. The classes are divided according to the grade of the student: YB, 7A, 8B, and 8A. The first class learns how to care for and run the sewing machines. Their first problem is the making of a white uniform to be worn later for all food Work. The next term this class is given instruction in food selection and preparation. The third term the girls are again given more advanced work in clothing selection and construction, while the fourth and last term is devoted to more advanced food study. --Verna Garrett Page Twenty-eight

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1 Q 3 B THEMIRROR Q 1 Q Q junior l-ligh Vocational Course HE subjects offered in the Junior High Vocational course are: woodworking, electricity, printing, and a prerequisite course in mechanical drawing. The Junior High Course is a try-out or finding course. Every boy is given all opportunity to take each of the mentioned subjects for one term. He is then allowed to choose one or two subjects to be taken up during l1is High School Course. In this way the boy is given a chance to find tl1e work that he likes best, and to major in that particular line during his High School Course. Vocational Department HE first objective of the Vocational Department is to train boys to do work with their hands and to give them an opportunity to try out several subjects, so that they can select tl1e one which they wish to take up as a trade. The second objective is to help boys choose the work for which they are best suited and to give them more definite training along that line. The subjects offered by tl1e High School Vocational Department are: auto mechanics, elementary and advanced woodworking, elementary and advanced mechanical drawing, elementary and advanced printing. AUTO LTECHANICS The course in auto mechanics, through scientific knowledge gained i11 class and the actual work done in the shop, aims to give the boy a general knowledge of what an auto mechanic needs to know and do. Furthermore, he will have acquired a considerable amount of skill in the use of tools and a good understanding of t.he automobile. The work in auto mechanics is done for anyone who wishes to bring his car in, provided the owner furnishes any parts that he desires to have replaced. XVOODXVORKING The courses in woodworking aim to present in a logical order the fundamentals of woodworking and cabinet making, together with the possibilities and processes of woodfinishing. In addition, the boy is taught the correct use and care of bench and machine woodworking tools, and is instructed in drawing, mathematics, and materials con- nected with the work. MEGH.-sNiC,u, IYTRAWVING The elementary course in mechanical drawing prepares the pupil in the use of drafting instruments and aims to give some knowledge of simple projections. In addition, the pupil is taught the procedure followed in making a Page Thirty