Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades - Mechanic Yearbook (Media, PA)

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HE accompanying comparative wage earning diagram was pre- pared by the late James M. Dodge, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Link Belt Engineering Company. It graphically illustrates the great advantage the school-trained men have over shop-trained apprentices, par- ticularly the school-trained men of iVil- liarnson. This diagram was prepared without a knowledge of the management and was used by Mr, Dodge at the Com- mencement exercises in the Spring of 1903. Since then this same method of comparison has been made by many schools and colleges throughout the coun- try. ,In its preparation Williamson grad- uates were used in comparison with the shop-trained men and as usual played an important part in originating this desir- able scheme of comparative presentation. WTTVYTIIL nfs- THIS llflilg-ifkJlfA3L:f:cP 525000 I I 5., 'L,fim,m,,,.f,,. 24ooo I I I I X NI I IMI 23000 I I I I I I ..,., ax, ,::f:s:,,,.,: ' 22000 I I I I 225.55 ,.,,,,2fx't ai ooo I I I I I lm f,':,'-:::zi::i:'IzH ' zoooo I I I I I l9ooo I I I I ,IW I ggggg I . I I .M 'sooo I nl - gi.....yran.LnsA nfzulrrrnr ucuss. 'sooo I V -. ss nnamirnrrwvlurmu E ,4 p no mam Iw urnws . 14000 I 1 I' I ,, .,,,, I'ffZ.I..,, lzooo I I 'S I I ' ' ,I QI nf., Hooo I loooo I ' I I I Sooo I 3 I . I I I I I sooo If I I I I I I I I I I I I I sooo I -If 5000 ,I -'I I I I I TE mmm. 4ooo S gf' I I I DIF I 0000 I I I awww zooo ' I I I I I'4 'I ' :ooo -I-'5-M I I I I I I I6 I7 I8 I9 20 Zl 22 Z3 24 25 26 27 za 29 30 IGES I9

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jllilenhanin jflilenhaniz Staff ROY W. SCHWEIKER, Editor HAROLD GILL, LEON S. DUCKWORTH, ELMER I. EGGERT, Secretary FERGUSON F. BELL, Treasurer I-LARRY L. MACKEY, Adv. Manager HARRY F. HECKLEII 1 ' ' CHAS. J. SCHOLLENRERGER Ca,-,g00,l,i5gS DONALD I. LYTLE 5 ?Associate Editors jfiilemhzrs nf ibuhlicatiun Qllnmmittee ROY W. SCHYVEIKER, Clzairmcm ELMER J. EZGGERT, Secretary FERGUSON F. BI-:LL LEON S. DUCKWORTH HAROLD GILL WARREN F. GUSS E. PRINCE RENOUF HARLAN C. RIGGS WILLIAM M. SHORE CARL S. VERCOE Qllnmmittees Members nf Jfinanne Qfummittee ROY VV. SCHWEIKER, Chairman E. PRINCE RDNOUE, Secretary HARRY L. NIACKEY FERGUSON F. BELL ELMER J. EGGERT VVILLIAM M. SHORE FRED P. HALTPP Members nf Biography Cinmmittne ROY VV. SCHWEIKER, Clltlffllldll ELMER I. EGGERT, Secrelary HAROLD GILL FRED P. HABIPP JOHN F. IAMISON CHARLES L. ICEAGLE EDNVARD L. KLOTZ FRANK G. IYIAUGER E. PRINCE RRNOUR HENRY F. RISSLING ELMER J. SHANEMAN STANLEY L. SWARTS CARL S. VERCOE Members nf 951125 Qllummittse ROY W. SCHWEIKER, Chairnzcm WILLIAM M. SHORE, Secretary RAYMOND S. FORCE DONALD I. Ly'rLE I8

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JY Qlluurse in Qgritulturt FEVV years ago the question was asked, Can agriculture be suc- cessfully taught in a trade school P It has proved successful at VVilliarnson, for here agriculture is taught as a trade. The object of the course here is to prepare young men for the many positions that are now open to those who have a good practical knowledge of agriculture. For a student to receive this practical training in agriculture it is necessary to have enough tillable land to suit the need of the live stock, well planned farm buildings, a complete equipment of modern farm and dairy machinery and well-bred live stock. The school farm includes two hundred and twenty acres, about eighty acres of which is tillable soil, the remainder being in campus and wood- land. A large portion of the school farm is devoted to the raising of ensilage corn, wheat and garden truck. The VVells' farm of sixty acres has been leased for the last two years and has yielded a good variety of wheat, corn, potatoes, etc. ' The farm buildings, of which there are twenty-one, consist of dairy, barn, piggery, poultry buildings, Creamery, horse barn, calf barn, green- houses, hot-beds and agricultural laboratory. The latter includes class- rooms, chemical laboratory, office, locker room, shower baths and repair room for machinery and exhibition work. . Our farm equipment of machinery includes a I. I, Case 10-20 H. P. gas tractor, which is used for all purposes on the -farm, as plowing, har- . rowing, disking, threshing, silo filling, etc. Several other machines, includ- . - ing the check-row, cornfplanter, threshing machine, double disc harrow, De Laval steam turbine cream separator, a Sharpless suction feed hand separator, Sharpless clarifi er and a canning outfit have also been added to the equipment. Animal husbandry is divided into four departments, namely, dairy, swine, horses and poultry. The dairy consists of pure bred Holstein-Friesians, jerseys and Ayrshires. The Holstein-Friesian herd is headed by Sir Fairview Korndyke's Darkness, No. 105917, a young sire of great merit, who stands among the leaders of the breed. Golden Ferris' Son, No, 78687,-.heads the-Jersey herd and is a wonderful sire of proven worth. Brown HARVEY R. BURR Instructor in charge of Department of Agriculture 20