Trott Vocational High School - Trottarian Yearbook (Niagara Falls, NY)

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'-1-1-2. sais f : ::.i v:i,f 22-Q 5 Q- 9 ,sl .1 gf,--'43 f-1 4 f -A rr at era -S Q Z' f --A 1 ' ali H E ff' fa f L-2: SS my. : K n Z5 f'i f ,.f G -H any Sky Y W -5 i , 'Elf J' Q I '-Q V. , 5 -5' ,V',' A ,, i e up 'L 5' 3 SHOP GROUP Troll Vocafional was slarled in +he basemenl ol Twenly-lourrh Slreel School in l908. ln 'rhal year Mr. Gregory came lo Niagara Falls and became one of lhe lirsl inslruclors of vocalional work. ln l928 Troll Vocalional School was buill. Various courses in vocalional lrades were offered and Mr. Gregory became principal. During 'rhe lirsl year 'rhere were ver few pupils bul as lhe new school became beller known lhe classes grew rapidly and many sludenis came from +he Junior High Schools 'ro receive a commercial or vocalional lraining. ln I933 Troll enjoyed 'rhe grealesf enrollmenf so far. Now in I936 'rhe shops are crowded 'ro capacily. Every boy enlering one ol lhese courses realizes and appreciales lhe opporlunily offered him. Si+ua+ed in lhe lell wing of Trolnl are +he Millwrighl and Eleclrical Shops and in 'rhe righr wing of lhe building are lhe Machine, Aulo, Welding, and Sheer Melal Shops. Every leacher is chosen because of his parlicular abili+y 'fo leach one parlicular phase of 'rhe many frades. Compleiing ol a lwo-year course is necessary for gradua- lion, alier which s+uden+s are well qualilied fo procure and many ol The boys acquire posi+ions lhrough 'lhe help of lhe 'reachers in +he school. These boys go oul among lhe workers in various laclories and 'rhereby help 'lo spread 'rhe value of +his Vocalional School. Pls OTHER SENIORS IN THE SHOP GROUP Ducine Barber Millwrighl' 2B Joseph Bielec Millwrighl 2A Arnold Da ndrea USES.. Dralling Reginald Ealon Speed Aufo ll Charles Gerg Chuck Millwrighl' James Green ..Dap.. Aulo Shop Arnold Hewifl' Machine ll Roberl Hughey l-lughie Aulo Shop Mahhew Kwapisz Sinker Eleclric ll John Miklifch Mickie Eleclric Shop Charles Monin Chuck Elecfric ll Angelo Perno Killer Millwrighl' IIA Waller Polka Blondie Millwrighf 2A ini Henry Raicxak Hank Millwrighl' Fred Shank Meal Machine ll Sfanley Wilkowski Willie Millwrighl ll Julian Woicik Shadow Machine Shop William Rychel ..Pop.. Machine Shop John Zykas nzyk.. Auio ll

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I i . . . . .... .,,- ,. ,,.,- COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Commercial DeparTmenT was organized in The Fall oT l928. And ours is The only public school in New Yorlc STaTe which can boasT of a Two-year vocaTional com- mercial course where emphasis is placed on general clerical posiTions as well as Type- wriTing, calculaTing machine operaTion, Tiling, bookkeeping and salesmanship. ln The beginning, Mr. Lang was The only Teacher and The regisTraTion numbered 30 sTudenTs. BUT during The TirsT Term This increased so rapidly ThaT Two addiTional Teachers were employed, Miss SmiTh and Miss Traver. AT The presenT Time, close To 200 sTudenTs are enrolled and Three oTher Teachers, Miss Kamm, Miss l-laroney. and Mr. Jaclc, have been added To This deparTmenT. Since The operaTing of The calculaTing machine develops boTh speed and accuracy in This course. all sTudenTs who compleTe iT are in a very Tavorable posiTion Tor employmenT. ' GraduaTes of The Commercial DeparTmenT are To be Tound in mosT of The planTs oT This ciTy, and The very Tine repuTaTion They have builT up is OT ma+eriaI assisTance To Those now aTTending TroTT. Pk OTHER SENIORS IN THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Tony Bax Ross JirciTano Marian Lila Prinfup Commerciai Raw Commercial Commercial James Richards LUCY Giroux CynThia Jones Tolds . .. .. .. .. Commercial Frenchy PaT Commercial Commercial MHY Shuley U Commercial , Julia Moslxal , Florence Gu ' Oscar Signmund Skiba Commercial Commercial Course Commercial im

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lvqwv ulnn ' l 9? ,Al Ja..-,lfrvvfr HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Due To crowded condiTions in The High school, There exisTs in TroTT anoTher deparT- menT in which many pupils are enrolled. This is The High School DeparTmenT, and The maioriTy oT The sTudenTs in iT seem To be Taking Commercial Course subiecTs. AlThough These sTudenTs are noT eXacTly members of TroTT, They are allowed Tull privileges oT TroTT sTudenTs and give in reTurn Their moral supporT To such acTiviTies as The newspaper, yearbook, chorus, band, TooTball and baskeTball Teams: and many oTher inTeresTing TesTivals which occur ThroughouT The year. The ConTinuaTion DeparTmenT, a ParT-Time School as iT is more generally Termed, is one of The mosT inTeresTing, alThough The leasT known deparTmenTs in The school. AlThough iT is a secTion primarily devoTed To The beneTiT oT Those sTudenTs who have obTained jobs buT have noT yeT reached The school age limi+ oT sevenTeen years, PosT-graduaTes are also allowed The privilege oT This deparTmenT. Enrolled in This group are abouT one hundred and TorTy-nine pupils, The maioriTy oT which are girls. RelaTive subiecTs such as English, Civics and Geography are TaughT of course, wiTh emphasis placed on Those ThaT will help The sTudenT mosT according To his posiTion. There is in This as well as in The VocaTional and Commercial DeparTmenTs an employ- menT bureau which noT only secures posiTions Tor iTs sTudenTs buT also helps Them To keep Their jobs. IT is chiefly a social service, a group creaTed To enable a minor sTudenT To aTTend school according To law and sfill hold his iob. Under The leadership oT Three capable Teachers, Miss Louise Norris, Home-making: Miss JeaneTTe Sulkey, Commercial, and Mr. Charles Chapman, ConTinuaTion, This group has always proved To be very successful. T201