OCR Text |
Show I ; - - . J Lv Members of a mechanical drawing class at the high school go over study course directed di-rected by Stanley Burningham at front of class. The department is well equipped with modern facilities to accomodate many students. Your High School and You . . . Editor's Note The following article is another in a series submitted by the heads of various var-ious departments at the high school to better acquaint parents par-ents and other interested citizens citi-zens in the fine educational facilities offered at the school. Art Classes by Stanley Burningham Mechanical Drawing is an elective course at Springville high school, and a student can take it for either one or two years. During the past two years about 80 students have been taking this course of instruction. in-struction. It is a basic course in drawing and is taught from the easy to the more difficult. During the very first part of the year the student is taught freehand sketching, lettering, different processes and procedures pro-cedures in the use of precision drawing instruments, and the fundamental process in the geometric construction of drawing. This is followed by practical problems that are basic ba-sic to the specialized types of drawing as they are applied to actual problems found in many of the various fields of drawing draw-ing such as: structural drawings, draw-ings, machine drawings, architectural archi-tectural drawings, marine drawings, and many others. There are no pre-requisite courses of study required for the class. However, students who plan to become engineers or to have careers in the other drawing fields should be good in mathematics. Students that have had geometry and especially espe-cially solid geometry are more likely to develop an awareness of what we call "Spatial Perception" Per-ception" or the ability to visualize vis-ualize third-dimensional forms, which differ from the two-dimensional drawings more commonly com-monly recognized by all of us. This special ability is needed if the individual plans to make any of the above fields his profession. Many rewarding values can be obtained from this course of mechanical drawing. Most stiirlpnts finH nlpasnrp and sat- isfaction from making a good drawing. Those who like to build things with their hands, and who take pride in doing things neatly and accurately, or those who need to develop these traits, may find Mechanical Mech-anical Drawing much to their liking. Neatness, accuracy, and speed are essential aims in mechanical drawing and can be developed through mental and physical alertness. Drawing Draw-ing is a process that requires patience, coordination, and a great amount of time. In mechanical drawing, as in .most other things, skills can be developed de-veloped to a great extent and made stronger through practice prac-tice and actual experience. Mechanical drawing in addition addi-tion to the other classes of high school mixes ability with training to give the students an opportunity for personal growth and development whether wheth-er it be for professional reasons rea-sons of for the pure pleasure and enjoyment that comes from finding new truths and from developing new skills. |