Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Mechanical Drawing Mechanical drawing is the written language of engineers and men in- volved in construction work. It includes all drawings made with the aid of drawing instruments. The appeal of mechanical drawing to many boys in high school is seen by the fact that about 57 percent of the boys elect that subject. Several boys are re-drawing the plans of the Athol bridge in Massa- chusetts. This bridge spans a railroad. They secured the plans from the Bethlehem Steel Company. Any boy who is above the average and desires to make something fur- ther, may construct the plans in school. More items have been placed on the drawing list, such as parallel per- spective and angular perspective. Much more inking is being done than in previous years. Howard Moore is a new instructor this year, taking the place of Henry Kulp. Airplane Club The Phoenixville Skyriders sponsored by Anthony Yuknavich, a teach- er in Junior high school, has twenty-five members and is a member of the P. M. A. A., better known as Philadelphia Model Airplane Association. The club has a meeting every Monday night at the Company B Arm- ory. Meets are held among the members to see who is the best model builder. Charles Souch usually wins these meets. The club specializes in building ultra-modern model airplanes covered with a very light, thin, and transparent covering called microfilm. This microfilm is ten times light- er than tissue paper. Six contestants from Phoenixville entered the final champion meet held at Convention Hall of Philadelphia on Saturday, April 29. Vincent Freeman '39 took a second place in the meet and Charles Souch '39 took a fourth in the same meet. Only three of the boys go to high school, and all three are seniors: Charles Souch, Vincent Freeman, and Joseph Kassel. The club rates third among all other clubs that belong to the P. M. A. A. The Refreshment Stand This year the refreshment stand at Washington field had a fairly suc- cessful season. A few much needed improvements were added, one being a new stand in addition to those already there. This greatly relieved the congestion between playing periods, each stand being given to one type of refreshment only. Near the end of the season a new plan, that of taking the refreshments through the grandstands, was tried and found to be very successful. A large committee that worked together very well consisted of the following: Anna Campbell, Pauline Kabatt, Anna Mansur, Elva Newhauser, Geraldine Yocum, Anna Mae March, Betty Jane Smith, Amy Wilson, Earla Mae Morris, Marian Fegley, Janet Hecht, Richard Bormann, Gordon Phillips, Charles Souch, Robert Jacobs, Donald Geiger, Paul Fry, Richard Soulen, and Harold McDaniel. Richard Bormann and Harold McDaniel were co-chairmen. Fifty

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Fifty-eight Industrial Course I The industrial course is made up of the following subjects: English, history, mechanical drawing, shop, mathematics. English was studied for a half year for three years. Writing letters and advertisements and applying for jobs are stressed. History is then studied for three half-year periods. Democracy, gov- ernment, conditions of the world to the present time, strikes, and unions are some of the important phases. Mechanical drawing is made up of making blueprints, house plans, plans for objects and other things of great importance. Shop work was had by the group for four years during which time were made bookcase for library, scenery for plays of all sorts, exercises, House, building is in progress. Work is being done on the finishing parts: sashes, doors. Cleaning chairs for school, making bleachers for games, and ping-pong table for tournaments for the borough and school, preparing and other objects of importance are a part of the work. Mathematics was studied for two half-years. This study included the following items of importance: algebra, trigonometry, mathematics, square roots, cube roots, areas, volumes, perimeter, squares, fractions addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, factoring, formulas, triangles, rec- tangles, octogans, trapoziods. Health classes were possible only for one year in ninth grade. Shop When a boy enters metal shop, he is given a chisel, hammer, and block. He must chip all six sides of the block, and then he is given a file with which to smooth and square all sides of the block perfectly. This job will take the average boy about six weeks. After the boy has his block finished he makes his inside and outside calipers. Then he makes his round and square hammers, parallel clamps, and small tap and die wrench. This work will be finished the first year. The following years he can make any outside things which he wishes to make. After he is familiar with the machinery in the shop, he can do more diliicult jobs, such as making taps, dies, and different wrenches. Some boys made miniature airplane motors, other boys overhauled tractors and car motors. The work helped a few boys to secure outside jobs after school. The student finds metal shop very interesting and educational. The Print Shop In the print shop much work is done every day. Tickets for dances, concerts, and plays are printed. Programs for concerts, plays, junior high operettas, and dance cards are also printed. Class day and commencement tickets and programs are made in the print shop. At the present there are six printers in the print shop: four seniors and two juniors. The four sen- iors are Robert Mayo, Robert Sech, Robert Wilson, and Lawrence Detwil- er. The two juniors are Nicholas Krill and Michael Bilinski. During the year Elmer G. Clayton, instructor of printing, had the seniors make linoleum cuts of some object.

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Sixty Journalism Clubs The Senior Journalism club which meets the first period Monday in the art room, IS under the supervision of Miss Mary L. Rowe. The club enrollment is composed of thirty-two members. Many projects were planned during the year, one of which was a rum- mage sale at which a profit of S55 was made, the money to go for the Purple and White. Programs were arranged by the members which helped the staff to become better acquainted in newspaper work. A thorough study was made from the criticisms sent from the Columbia Scholastic Press and Pennsylvania Press Associations. During several periods the club room became a newspaper ofiice, and the regular issues of the paper were written and made up. The election of officers was determined at the first meeting. They are Marian Fegley, president, Mary-Jo Murray, secretary, Dorothy Smith, vice-president, and Margery Gay, treasurer. .........ip...-...... The junior and sophomore Journalism Club, under the direction of Miss Rose Marie Brubaker, meets every Tuesday morning during third period. The president and secretary of the club are Andrew Tirpak and Helen Reber. The club examines and compares exchanges from other high schools and colleges. It examines the New York Times for its excellent news and editorial writing and as an example of the typical cosmopolitan newspaper. The members collect various notes and clippings on news features, editorials, headlines, newspaper terms, etc. Practice in writing was gained by publication of three or four issues of a Junior Journal, a mimeographed sheet of news gathered by club mem- bers, and done entirely in club time. The club also took a trip through the office and plant of Phoenixville Publishing Company in order to become acquainted with processes invol- ved in printing a daily newspaper. They collaborated with the senior Journalism Club in giving a rum- mage sale for the benefit of the Purple and White. Part of the club periods are spent in question bees and games relating to newspaper terminology in business. Commercial Club The Commercial club, under the direction of Miss Marion Moore, meets every Tuesday in 15B, during the third period. The club is comprised of junior and senior commercial students. All members get an opportunity to cut stencils, make carbon copies, and do mimeographing. The Purple and White material as well as art and music outlines for the respective teachers is all typed by the club.