Port Arthur High School - Sea Gull Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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gnhuetrial Cams The industrial work is carried on in our High School, first, for its educational value and, second, to develop any special talent which may be found among the stu- dents. The Industrial Arts Department in the High School has grown rapidly from one teacher to nine teachers and is now serving four hundred and fifty three students daily in the various divisions. We are hoping for further expansion in this department. AUT O- MECHA CS The auto- mechanics course is an ideal one f01 the boy who intends to follow the trade in after life. The vocational class which takes up half of ay was created for such a boy Here the boy can learn more about the important units of an automobile in one term than the apprentice in the commercial shop can in a whole year The boy' 1n the eommeI cial shop spends most of his time running errands, greasing and washing cars. Not so with the vocational class, he starts out right away with study and actual work, thereby getting the jump on the less fortunate boy There are no exercises or projects made, every job is an actual job on a car that has run, the same as if it had been taken to a first class comme1cial shop AR TS AND CRAFTS. W at ki rid of things do you make in here? That 1s the question that has been asked probably more than any one question this year ccncern- in ng the arts and crafts division The course as outlined meludes craft work and life drawing and out- door sketching Everything that is new in gthe way of crafts is eagerly investigated. Practically 1111 designs are original, though adaptations of designs are sometimes used The work this year has included the making of gesso placques, enamelling book ends, deseigninp; bread boards, making telephone screens, reed floor and table lamps, etc. Sev rai of the girls macle their own Chris tmas presents. Just before the holidays an exheibit 0f the work was placed in the hall of the Main Buildin ng So man inquiries came it asking if the articles were for sale that the idea of a High School Gift Shop was con- ceived. This has not been realized though the idea is not given up. This spring the girls are making themselves hand- painted scar s. art 5 and crafts division is well equ1ped, a large well- lighted room is nThe Studio. '6' The p0pu1a1ity of the work 1s shown by all classes being filled the second term. MECHANICAL DRAWING. eThe High School student finds the course in me- chanical drawing interesting as Well as profitable. The course covers a period of four years, two years preliminary drawing and the student electing for the remaining two years either architectural drawing or machine thawing The students are allowed to make all drawings necessary for their problems and work in woodwork and machine work. All drawings and designs used in the school system a1e made by Students in the drawing classes. A student completing the course of four years is qu te capable uf un- derstanding a blue print 01' making a drawing of the average problem which may con front him out of class. The course in mechan cal drawing has been instrumental in the choice of a vocation for the several students who are now away at colleges and universi- ties. Some of the boys are taking architecture while others have chosen some phase of engineering Favorable reports have been received about the work of these students. MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE. eln the machine shop a boy may soon learn if he has any special talent for that part of the metal workers trade He learns how iron is shaped to work in rotating machinery, to turn, bore and thread on the lathes to plane and slot on the shaper, to drill on the drill p1',ess toe cut gears of all kinds, to cut key way 5 and to mill flat surfaces on the milling machin In the machine shop there are six small lathes which are driven by an over head line shaft.The1'e is one 14- inch lathe which IS driven by an independent mot 01' There are a shaper, a buffer, a power saw, 8 gr rnder, anda d1 111 p1',ess which are driven by another line shaft.The1'e is an independently driven universal milling machine and an air com- pressor There ls a tool room Well- equipped Where all the smaller tools are kept. In the future we hope to have a universal grinder, one more large lathe, another shaper, and a planer It is the business of the machine shop to keep all the school equipment running in first-class shape, make parts for the auto shop, and correlate with all other depart- ments in furnishing them with things needed from the machine shop. PRIN T,ING -In the printing division the student is given instruction in elemen tary and advanced printing, proofreading, drawing, grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, composition, stonework, presswork, and arithmeti tic. The student is also fforded an opportunity of a Mtry- -out in one of the majol lines of vocational life. If the student develops those characteristics so essentially necessary to his success in this

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line he is encouraged to continue, if not he is advised to seek some other line. While being trained in the technical operations of the trade the students are engaged in the production of all the printing the entire district needs. One of the largest undertakings of the print shop is the printing and binding of the Sea Gullii, our High School Annual. This event is looked forward to each year With a great deal of interest and pleasure by the Students, who count it a special privilege to assist in its publication. We are still hoping that we will be in a position in the very near future to get out a school paper in order that we might create a better spirit in the student body and to maintain community interest in the school by faithfully reflecting its aims and activities. RELATED MATHEMATICS'Related mathematics serves more or less as a clearing house for the four trades taught in high school. Such problems that come up in connection with the printing trade are discussed in the related mathematics class conducted for printers. Those problems that arise in connection with the auto-mechan- ics trade are discussed in the related mathematics class conducted for auto-mechanics. These same conditions prevail for the machine shop and carpentry shop. Strict math- ematical methods are emphasized in the related mathematics classes, which should enable the student to approach his trade with a great degree of accuracy A11 hap- hazard guessing and approximation methods are discouraged. The related mathema- tics classes also make a study of any science connected with their problems, such as Physics, Chemistry, etc. This course serves, in a way, as a laboratory from which a student may derive the mathematical and scientific aspect of his trade. RETAIL SELLING.;Oh anybody can sell. Why do you want to study sales- manship? , some people say But there is more to selling than most people think, Iiow mtiny of the following questions can you answer? Salesmanship students know t em a1 . 1. What should you do and say in applying for a job? 2. How can you develop a pleasing and magnetic personality? How can salesmanship be used in everyday lifee-to make a dategto get to use the car-to borrow five dollars? 4. Why do people buy thingsi7 In what is the boy of 1'7 most interested? The woman of 40'! . What is your type? boyish? athletic? mysterious? home? How can you dress to bring out your type? 6. What are your most becoming colors in dress? rouge? powder? '7 How can you make a small room seem larger? 8. What traffic rules can be applied to placing furniture? 9. What makes an attractive window display? A good advertisement? 10. How does the store manager know what to buy? how much to buy?how much to charge for it? In addition to these and ntany other interesting problems the students are in con- stant touch with the storeseselling there on Saturdays, going for special observation trips during the class period and hav ng different managers talk on store topics. WOODWORKING.-The woodworking division of the Industrial Arts Department is made up of classes in bench work, mill work, carpentry, and lathe work. The hen work classes are largely made up of beginners and students who have not progressed far enough to be admitted to the carpentry, mill work, or lathe work classes. In ad- dition to making any useful articles Which they may need at home the bench work stu- dents work on numerous schools jobs. In the mill work and lathe work shop we have a woodworking shop equipped with the most modern machinery obtainable. The student in mill work can turn out most any article of furniture or mill work that he may desire if he has the mechanical ability The students in mill work not only have the privilege -of making anything they may choose for home use, but they make hundreds of dollars worth of equipment each year for the school system. The girls of the arts and crafts division are supplied with the articles they may need, such as bread boards, placque boards, table lamp frames, floor lamp frames, etc. The lathe students' first Work is a series of exercises, the last two of which are a chisel handle and a mallet. In this way the entire school system is supplied with mal- iets and chisel handles. Many useful articles, such as nut bowls, candle sticksY powder sets, fruit bowls, etc., are made by the lathe students. The carpentry students learn the principles of framing, bracing, bridging, rafter cutting, etc., by building small models of some simple house. Students always watch with keen interest the progress of the model house as it is being built.