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

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WILLIAMSON SCHOOL ll IIQHTIII-1LlLASSUIf 1919 DEAR Yocxo Iflenixnsz H HE time of your graduation is drawing near, which means for you ' Q departure from the place where for three years your every moye- ' ment was most carefully provided for and directed by an organiza- gr, pg? tion of skilled executives, teachers, and artisans who were l K K ' S interested in your welfare and development. The value to you of ff, S the result of all this attention will be manifested in the application of the principles applied in your daily vocation. li lhe unlimited scope of opportunity for men trained as you yi have been will Jrovide for each of ou a Jlace of res onsibilitv R I Y I P . and permanence. Your success will depend entirely upon your own efforts. as opportunities unlimited await well trained men who are willing to put every Ounce of intelligence, ability. and energy which they possess into their vocation with an eye single to the employment prospects ahead. Your success can be measured by the success of your employer. to which you must contribute a generous part. YVith sincere wishes for a prosperous future for each of you. I am. Very truly your friend. I'I.-xterm' 9. RITTING. Pzvsidczff.

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THE MECHANIC 94-,.,.7CX' ' PRESIDENT

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I2 THE. MECHANIC t n milliamznn Mrahuutrz Gllawa nf 1919 Q l w . ., H ,t ty if 1 ' ilu gained needs. S a young man Completes his course of training in preparation for life. it is well for him to pause a little while and review his student work. In this he should take aeeount of review stoek and nnd out what he ltas during his years at sehool. School eottrses. as laid dowtt hv educators, tnust necessarily he gen- eral tn their nature. lfaeh individ- ual eannot have zt eourse mapped out which fits his own individual and whieh does not lit the needs of others. lfaeh ntan Cannot have presented at line of study and prztetiee whieh will lit him for sonte partiettlar position. lfaeh man may follow a course which will teaelt the ftutdamentztls of zt major industrial line. and whieh will def JAMES A. PRATT Ihr rf lm velop his powers of analysis. The individual must not depend on his teaeher to do all the work of devel- opment, however: he must do at great deal himself. and his sueeess depends largely on his :tltility to study, It has lmeen said that zt man who knows how to study has an edneation, and tlte statement is a true one. lf a person has mastered the art of study, he may take up any suhjeet he wishes and gain a working knowledge of it. for in the act of study we lind emltodied all the elements of analysis. experiment. and construction. 'lieaelters always :tim to develop in students the :thility to study: industrial teaelters :tim in addition, to give manual eontrol. .Xs you look ltaek over your three years at NN'illiamson. make an estimate ol your developed eapaeity in study and manual control. for this is largely an index of vour sueeess during training. lt' you have learned how to take hold of a jolt. and study the prohlems of produetion involved, and how to apply your solution in zt praetieal way, you have enormously increased your value from an industrial