Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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earpentry To creale someihing wifh his own hands is fhe ambilion of a normal boy. To aid Them in Their desires, Mr. Schullz and Mr. Wagner have lhe boys observe fhe following schedule: Firsl year - Use of hand fools. Proiecfs include bench hoolcs, shelves, boolc cases, minor repairs, helping The more slcilled upper classmen, and class room work in fheory. Second year - Use of power fools and machinery, advanced Theory, conslruclion of win- dow irames. cabinels, fables, and olher proiecls on or aboul lhe campus. Third year - Advanced Jrheory lhaf includes esiimaling and building conslruclion. Then lhe consfruclrion of scale models oi slairs, roofs, elc. Upon lhe complelion of Jrhis course. The Senior graduale is ready To lake his place in a compelilive world. To ihe Carpenler shop go innumerable requesls for school repairs, renovalions, new cab- inels, shelves, iurnilure, or special aufhorizalions for new conslruclion abou? Jrhe campus.

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rick il l Zccoonry Bricklaying is more Than piling brick on brick or sTone on sTone Then slapping Them TogeTher wiTh morTar and skimming oTT The excess wiTh a Trowel. Everyone knows ThaT The permanence oT mosT oT our buildings depends upon The Trained skill oT The mason. To provide ThaT skill. Mr. J. Landis Denlinger Tollows This rouTine wiTh his sTudenTs: FirsT year - Training in The use oT Tools, moTion sTudy, proper knowledge oT plumb rules, and uses oT maTerials. Second year - Building arches, panels, sTeps. and angular sTrucTures. Third year - Applying This advanced skill and knowledge To The making oT cornices, Tire- places, bay windows, home and commercial consTrucTions. For ouT-oT-shop experience, The sTudenTs are senT To jobs oT bricklaying and sTone masonry on school proiecTs aloouT The campus, or on privaTe work Tor pay on aTTer-school hours.

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rafting WlTaT do you wanT To design? A machine or a building sTrucTure? This is The deparTrnenT where sTuclenTs learn To Thinlc wiTh a pencil and puT Their ideas on paper. The inTsrucTor Mr. John M. Denuel has Two shops going aT The same Time in The same room. The reguirernenTs Tor each shop are The sarne in The beginning. STudenTs can seT Their worli pace. FirsT year - OrThographic proiecTions lThree view drawingsl are assigned Tor The TirsT halT year or so, Then The sTudenTs branch oTT inTo Their own Tields. ArchiTecTural - STarTing wiTh windows, doors, cornices, and sTairs, The sTudenT progresses wiTh work ThaT becomes more inTricaTe and exacTing in boTh pracTice and Theory: unTil in his Sen- ior or Third year, he is required To design a house wiTh all The necessiTies lilce plumbing, heaTing, elecTrical services and TixTures, plus oTher conveniences. Mechanical - STarTing wiTh gears, Threads, and various assembly drawings, The sTudenT Talces on worlf oT increasing diTTiculTy1 unTil in his Senior year, he rnusT design his own machine. To supplennenT Their TheoreTical knowledge, sTudenTs are given pracTical proiecTs lilce The Field l-louse and The Bake Shop.