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

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WILLIAMSON SCHOOL I3 standpoint, and your three years at Williamson have been well spent. If you have gained such power as described, you should not permit yourself to lose it. as you have a possession of great value. Many persons make the mistake of giving up study as soon as they complete their school period. The person who follows such a plan is going backward. Continue your study throughout lifeg study will keep your mind Flexible and in condition to meet the changing circumstances of life. As you grow older you will gain possession of a large fund of useful information relating to your field of endeavor, which will be of great value. As subjects of study you will always End branches relating to your work that are worthy of your attention. Wherever you may be located, study the work of men who are your superiorsg study their methods of solving problems, study the operating system of the firm for which you are working, study the technical papers. and the manual processes underlying the various industrial lines. It is such study that makes the master mechanic a type of man much needed and for whom the door of opportunity is always open. I am wishing for each member of the class of Williamson 1919. all the rewards which may be attained by a faithful performance of duty, and a cou- sistent application of one's self to his chosen line of endeavor. Sincerely yours, JAMES A. PRATT, Director. :Sir ' 940' I 5? x U

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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

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