Roosevelt High School - Round Up Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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ROUND-UP -:- 1927 AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS The vocational Automotive Mechanics course for high school stu- dents, as outlined by the State Vocational Board, earns for the grad- uate a Smith-Hughes certificate. Messrs. Walter' M. Smith and George R. Andrews instruct the classes. - Automotive Mechanics may be taken in the tenth grade as a prac- tical art by other than vocational students. In the tenth year, general theory on all parts of the modern auto- mobile, including the electrical system, is studied. Two to four periods of this subject may be taken. During the eleventh year, four periods each day are devoted to ac- tual repair shop work, with extensive jobs on all makes of cars. PRE-VOCATIONAL CARPENTRY AND , MILL CABINET WORK The Pre-vocational Carpentry and Mill Cabinet work has been or- ganized for four years. The work is similar to that done in the Smith-Hughes Vocational classes though it is not organized under the Smith-Hughes law. During the past year, the classes have constructed an ISXZO garage, an addition to a residence, and have partly completed a 30x60 shop building for the Hollenbeck Heights Special School. Besides this out- side work a number of cabinet projects have been completed. Among them are: display cabinets for both auto electrics and auto mechanicsg storage cabinet for the science departmentg office room for the R. O. T. C., and a small frame house for the house wiring classes. In addi- tion to these, a number of smaller projects have been turned out. The work was all done under the direction of Mr. D. L. Robey. CARPENTRY AND BUILDING Smith-Hughes vocational Carpentry and Building course has proved a valuable study. The classes have already built a lathhouse, a teachers' garage, and a school bungalow. The two units under con- struction are the Domestic Science building and a classroom for the Plant Propagation department. In this course the students are taught carpentry, mathematics, prac- tical drawing and reading of blueprints, types of construction, names and uses of all tools, the steel square and its use as applied to roof framing and stair building. The classes are ably instructed by Mr. Tom Holm, who succeeded Mr. Douglas VVilson last semester. According to the requirements as set forth in the Smith-Hughes Carpentry course, the students enroll for four periods of this subject in the tenth and eleventh grades, and take it for two periods in the Senior year. Page Twenty-five

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ROUND-UP -3- 1927 V DIVISION OF DRAWING Mechanical Drawing is required in all Smith-Hughes Vocational courses, including auto mechanics, auto electrics, industrial electricity, carpentry, and cabinet making, and is listed in the various courses as applied drawing. All students who intend to enter any of the building trades of Architectural Engineering should spend at least two semesters in architectural drawing. It is taught by Mr. Johnston and Mr. Fellows. Last semester a new course was inaugurated in Map Drafting and Surveying. The prerequisites of this course are: two semesters of algebra, one semester of geometry, and two years of drawing. One semester is devoted to theory, one to field surveying and two to map drafting and making the incidental calculations. This course is taught by Mr. STAGE CRAFT Boys of the Stage Crew play an important part in our school life. All of the entertainments given by various organizations and depart- ments of Roosevelt, and by professionals, were successfully staged with the aid of the scenery built by the boys under the supervision of Mr. Coeur, instructor. The manager of the first seniester's Stage Crew was Leonard Rheinhart, VV,27. Last semester's members were: Manager, Domin- ick Beardog Assistant Manager, Denman Troutg Electricians, Percy Kenmir, Orris Hedges, Ed Beste, George Bullingg Chief Grip, Vin- cent Pivianig Assistant Grips, Phil McMillan, Herman Solomen: Chief Flyman, Vincent Sinatra, Assistant Flyman, Herby Beaveng Master Property Man, Ed. Aigner, Assistant Property Man, Irving Hendeles. FURNITURE BUILDING Under the instruction of Mr. Ogden R. Johnston, the vocational Furniture Designing and Building classes turned out sixteen hundred dollars' worth of furniture for the school during the last year. Besides this, the students made many articles for their own use. In the vocational course, four periods of work is taken in the tenth, the eleventh, and the twelfth years. The study of cabinet making may be pursued as a practical art two periods during one semester in the tenth grade and up. This course is planned for those who wish Furniture Making to be their vocation after graduation from high school. It is not merely a course of experimental work in that line, but one which will equip the students with actual experience and practical skill in the designing, building, and finishing of furniture. Slocum. Page Twenty-four

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ROUND-UP -.'- 1927 PERSONAL HYGIENE To meet the growing demand for skilled operators in beauty shops, the Home Economics Department offers exceptionally line courses in both Trade and Personal Hygiene. Under the supervision of Miss French, the girls in the Trade Hy- giene class are trained in the operation of different types of appar- atus, marcelling, haircutting, manicuring, facial massages and many phases of beauty culture. For small fees, the girls operate on mem- bers of the faculty and students, thus acquiring valuable experience. By satisfactorily completing four periods of work for two years, the students of this Vocational course receive duly accredited Smith- Hughes diplomas, certifying that they are efficient operators. For those girls wishing merely to obtain a Home Economics credit, another class in Personal Hygiene is conducted. Here, although the work offered is simpler than that of the Vocational Course, beneficial instruction is given. From this course a working knowledge of the elements of beauty hygiene, both for the students' and friends' use, is derived, the girls learning how best they may take care of them- selves. TRADE SEWING One of the most important of the Vocational courses at Roose- velt is Trade Sewing offered by the Home Economics Department un- der the direction of Mrs. Davis, which offers training for girls as power machine operators, dressmakers, or costume designers. With the arrival of new equipment, the progress of the Trade Sew- ing classes has been marked. Here girls are trained, by the most modern methods, to operate power machines and to become hemstitch- ers, dressmakers, or alteration workers. Classes are organized and managed like factories, students doing order work, fashioning gar- ments from the customer's material. The Vocational Dressmaking class, a continuation of the work in Trade Sewing, under the supervision of Mrs. Bedard, offers instruc- tion in advanced dressmaking. Work is carried on as it would be in a shop, the girls not only being taught how to make dresses, but are also required to draft and cut their own patterns. In this way they gain much useful experience. The elements of design, style, and line are also studied and applied. To those girls who satisfactorily complete these courses there are many excellent openings that lead to remunerative position, for the field of Vocational Sewing is unlimited to skilled workers. Page Twenty-six