Withrow High School - Withrow Annual Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS i ERHAPS A 2 this is the , '::: ' most interest- 'X, ,llv ing and most X N ' fascinating di- .. l vision in th e A V' ei curriculum of Q studies which the boys enjoy at Withrow. It is indeed the program to .which the boy student is most naturally attracted. By clothing the academic subject in a practical aspect, the studies are made easier for the student to grasp. The purpose of this industrial arts pro- gram is not, as many suspect, to make a tradesman out of the boy, but to give him all the possible information about the in- dustrial environment in which he lives. Architectural and mechanical drawing, cabinet and pattern making, foundry work, metal work, machine shop work, printing and electricity are embraced in this varied program. Work in these subjects begins in the seventh year, in some cases, and lasts through the twelfth year. This is a great advantage to junior high school boys as they could never have taken these courses in the regular seventh and eighth grades of the public schools. The mechanical drawing course, which runs from the seventh through the twelfth years, and architectural drawing, which is studied by eleventh and twelfth year stu- dents, are merely the foundation for a more strenuous study of the subject in college. Incidentally, the popular illusion that a boy taking the industrial arts course cannot enter college is not true. Many boys, graduating from this course, have entered universities and have completed their work with a high rating, one boy even winning a Phi Beta Kappa scholarship key. It is interesting to note that the boys in the architectural draw- ing group have made plans for and have constructed a miniature home, perfect in every detail. The printers put out all announcements, bulletins, card forms, and slips for the use of the school, besides printing the junior News, the publication of the junior high school. Quite a few extra-curricular organizations in this division have made accomplishments which are well worth mentioning here. Aero Club members, with their model planes, have captured high honors in all local meets. Members of the Glider Club have been busily engaged all winter in building a full- sized glider which they are about to give its maiden flight. Radio enthusiasts have been busily engaged sending messages through Withrow's amateur transmitting station, which, incidentally, was built by our own boys. Over forty-eight different stations have been communicated with. May we again reiterate the statement that the industrial arts course is not primarily intended as a training course for the future tradesman. It is merely the general course plus valuable industrial information and ex- perience. WILLARD MULFORD.