Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Working . . . . 2' . x In Classes and Labs ocational programs started in the classroom. Before secretarial work, you had to learn to type. Before car- pentry, you needed fo learn the basics ot construction. VOE or ICT didn't teach these fundamentals. If was typing and woodworking that got people started. Mr. Ftussells woodworking classes were divided into two levels. The first instructed students in the basics of woodworking and guided them through mandatory projects like birdhouses. On the second level, Dennis Frankum constructed a roll top desk, and worked on a potting table for his mother. A lot of stereo accessories popped up. Paul Segura made his own speaker boxes, Le Phung and Gerald Mueller made coffee and sculptor tables tor their homes, Mr, Russell also taught an Auto Systems class. These stu- dents concentrated mainly on engine systems. Most of the labor was in the form of tune-ups. Mrs. Quinius taught one of the most valuable classes you could take. Typing was a skill that was useful in high school, college, and even more so when looking for a job. Being able to type could mean the difference between two- thirty and three-twenty an hour paychecks. ln UIL competition, William Bacon and Cheryl Selby typed two five minute writings. Kim Armstrong also competed, and Laura Johnson placed second in shorthand. Mr. McCarty's drafting students got the opportunity to design their own architectural and engineering models. Donald Dyess from Advanced Machine Drafting designed his own plans for a one cylinder engine. Robert Luter of Advanced Architecture, build a model of a school, and went to regional and state contests. Janice Thomas, Charlotte Scottino, Pam Johnson, and Denita Simpson of Mrs. Perry's Food and Nutrition class took four white rats, put two on a well balanced diet, and the other on a junk-food diet, and actu- ally saw the difference that a diet can make. Several students from Mr. Jay's Metalworking classes qualified for State Competition. Brett Mann made his way with an engine stand, while Dean Stewart constructed a small barbecue pit from a beer keg. Dan Fuessel qualified with a metal sculpture of a cowboy roping a steer. Vocational classes prepared us for the established vocational program, coops, and outside jobs. Metal working, Food and Nutri- tion, and typing paved the way to valuable trades. vocational classes 105

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4 To learn about plants you have to work with them. An Ag Co-op student, Curt Kasper enjoyed the easy no hassle atmosphere at Vaught's nursery. i011 Jobs for Credit howing livestock, giving make-up jobs at Merle Normans, cutting hair, and selling diamond rings at Edison's. Three hundred-plus students in vocational programs learned a val- uable trade through on-the-job-training. Algebra taught us how to find missing variables, which might be used in figuring out income tax, but income tax came long after high school. Classes like DE, VOE, and Auto-Mechanics gave stu- dents the thorough training they needed to handle a job - while on the job - now. Solid academic classes prepared us for college and gave us tid- bits of information for conversation. But the vocational classes really showed us our potential and our limitations. Practical skills like typing, selling technqiues, credit procedures, and shorthand let us know if secretarial work would suit us better than salesmanship. And if we liked it, the vocational program made it easier for us to get the job. We recognized the value of money, After making our own money, we didn't spend it as fast, Two-thirty an hour didn't stretch as far as our parents' salaries. We had to use psychology to keep a job. We found subtle ways to ask our supervisors for the day off, and telling a customer that their lay-away item was accidentally sold to someone else was a breeze, We realized that college wasn't necessary to get a good job. An electrician could earn up to 340,000 a year, while college educated teachers, architects, and lawyers were finding it harder to land jobs. The white collar demand was slipping. Secre- taries, plumbers, farmers, and salesmen played an important role in society. Whatever society needed in goods and services, vocational students could deliver. work classes 107