Philadelphia Manual Training School - US Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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him just what I thought of such a miserly man, only it was to myself The next morning he wanted to borrow a quarter, but as I had bought a suit of clothes, paid my board hill and gave the rest to the poor out of the 5Oc., he whistled. The next day he discharged me for being altogether too bright, as I locked in the janitor for a customer. Boys, don't be lawyers, as the Hnancial returns are altogether too fat. A FELLOXV WHO Knows.

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I asked for a place to rest my big head, their faces fell 200 below zero, and they said I would have to go halves with the brute. This was not quite my idea of dreamland, so the soft side of a Hour barrel was utilized. The only trouble was its tendency to roll. You may judge from this that I did not go hungry, because you see I had fresh rolls all night, and was so full the next morning that I froze onto the clothes-line to compress my stomach in order not to feel so empty. The farmer gave me a light job in pulling a 'plow for him, as the horse was sick 5. after falling down twice and up once he became disgusted and-made me sleep on the chicken coop that night. After living on shadow soup for two days I took French leave, with a ham and a chicken in my vest pocket. Tell all the people never to run away because they have not the earth, because you hardly get a shovelful if you follow my example DAVY. JIMSONWEEDTOWN, U. S. A. 7I0fIlfZl7fE lawyers af the M YI S. 4 ' BOYS :-I went to a lawyer's office for a position and asked for 2525 a week for a starter, but the lawyer, wishing to follow the Constitution, thought we had better compromise, so we did, simply added another cipher and an insignificant little dot, making it S2.5G. My duties were comparatively light,-come at 5 o'clock in the morning and sweep up, hang out the sign, clean the windows get my breakfast in four minutes so as to be back in time to lock the door on any customer who should so far forget himself as to come in our place. Then I had to write belt ICLUQCI1 Brief and duties were over at 8 P.M., but some nights I had to sit up and watch the rats and see that they did not steal the paper-weight, and got as much as two hourssleep several nights. At the end of the' week he docked me 75c. for being, late seven seconds three times, but when he threw me a half dollar and said, That's all I have this week, my patience gave way and some- thing brokeg but it was only a burst of indignation. But I told 76

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AN ESSAY ON ELECTRICITY. ' ELECTRICAL FACTS. HE object of the course in electricity at the Manual Training School is to familiarize the pupil with the use of the com- moner electrical apparatus. That my keen perception and ability to understand everything have enabled me to successfully manipulate all the instruments you will not doubt after reading this article. VVithout further preface I will at once proceed to give you the benefit of my Manual Training School experience. Qf course, electricity must be measured and weighed, just as you are weighed when you order a ton of coal and measured when you buy a pound of sugar. If you send an electric cur- rent of say, two ohms capacity through a wire, that wire con- tains what is known as a current of electricity. When an elec- tric current passes through a battery it can be detected by looking at it through what is called a Rheostat in electrical rectangles QI can't say electrical circles, because the most important of electrical instruments-the Grainstone Bridge-is rectangularj. The candle power of an ammeter can be found by multiplying the length of wire by the logarithm of a con- stant-o.OOO3281 5 the' result is always in volts, and is generally found to be 7.6. In this operation is used what is called a Potentiometer. - It is impossible to exercise too much caution in the handling of apparatus, and I would here advise all those who 'intend making electricity their future study to accustom themselves to putting everything in its place. Have separate nails on which to hang volts, amperes and ohms, as a mixture of them often causes trouble. Once the fall of potential on the Hoor of the testing room was so great as to cause Professor Thorpe to send up a request to leave off hammering. 78