The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-03-28

pense of the equipment necessary
to the teaching Of the trade.
This is how our government feeli
toward boys who want to learn
trades. This is the kind Of q
course we are offering at your high
school, to any boy over fourteen
years of age who has pep" enough
to attend and sense enough to re-
alize that he must sooner or later
settle down and learn something
useful by which he may earn his
living.
The live boys of the country are
quick to take advantage of these
trade courses, and in a few years
the trades will be brought to level
that any man may be proud Of, due
to the well rounded training that
the apprentices Of trades are now
receiving.
Heretofore it seems, we have
not thot it necessary for an ap-
prentice to learn anything more
than to aquire skill in the use of
his trade tools. But the federal
advisory board points out to us
that the growth Of this idea has
been our fault and handicap. They
have coined the new phrase, "Well
Rounded Course" explained it's
meaning and specified certain SUBJ
jects called Related Subjects" that
must be taught along with the &C.
tual practice Of the trade.
Consider now our own machine
shop course. We are required to
teach not only the shop work but
its "Related Subjects" which are
drawing, mathematics, science and
English.
There is a great deal Of mathe-
matics to be found in any machine
shop. It ranges from the simplest
arithmetic in intricate calculations
involving algebraic formulate, geo.
metry of surfaces and solids, trigo-
metric functions, calculus and loga-
rithms. We used to say swell, a
man may be a machinist without
being mechanical engineer" Quite
true, but what kind of a machinist
would he be? He may develop into
very skillful machine operator, but
what next? Should he be satisfied
to allow some one else to perform
his calculations for him, hand him
his work and tell him what to do
with it?
This same man might call himself
machinist and yet not consider it
necessary to be a craftsman. But
someone must be able to make
working scetches of parts to be
made, and to read the details Of
shop blueprints intelligently.
Some one in the shop must have
a knowledge of the science of the
trade. Science of the machine shop
includes the uses of many different
classes of steels, the composition
and correct uses Of bearing mater
ials. the laws of physics, the mechan-
les Of fluids, and many other sub
jects that are of great Importance to
the trade.
Finally let US consider the subject
Of English. Why should the man in
overalls worry about English? In
nine cases out of ten, the mention
of this school subject brings to
mind the study Of "Ivanhoe," Lady
Of the Lake." several Shakespearean
plays and many other works Of
English literature. The boy who
is planning to enter the shop course
instantly revots at the idea of en-
tering into such study. Well he
might, his time for the most part
would be wasted. However, this
is not the type of English we teach
to machine shop students. English
cannot be overlooked or sighted
1t is the most important part Of
the foundation upon which a boys
training is built. He must first
acquire a suitable vocabulary, be
taught how to construct his sentenc-
es in a correct grammatical form
so that he will not feel handicapped
when in the presence Of those he
knows to be well trained. He must
be taught thought expression, SO
that his thoughts may be conveyed
to others in time-saving, clear, con-
else sentences. Few realize the ac-
tual value, in good hard dollars and
cents, Of a training in thot express
sion.
These Related Subjects" which
have just been described, together
with actual shop work, 60 to make
up the swell Rounded Course" Of