San Jose Technical High School - Tech Torch Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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The San ,lose Tech Knights The Tech linights is ZlSC1'YiCC orgaiiization eomposecl of selecterl stuclents from the Yill'lU1lS shops. l.ike all service orgmiizations. its first aim is to he of service to the school at all times. The liigliliglits of this year's functioiis have heen a rally. stage show with the lilock T Society. IL fire ZlSSCllll5ly,lll1ll the Zllllllllll Spring Dance, this year callecl the Spring Color llance. To hecoine a ineinher ofthe Tech Knights a SlllflClll.S name must he hroiight hefore the cluh hy a IllCllllJC1'. Then he must nmlergo a llllllCll'Cfl per cent vote of the cluh. The Clllll has :1 historiaii who looks up the st11cle11t's past record here at Tech, ancl also the sttlclents grarle ztrerage. Nothing' llllfltll' It ll- average is eonsiclererl hy the club. The cluh elect its own officers. This year they have heen: Presiclent, Allen llarris: rice-presirleiit, .Nl Martin: secre- i1ll'j'-U'CIlS1ll'l'l', liiigcne ,llllUIllI1SQ liistorian, Frerl Severoi l'11hlicity, Clifforcl Gihson. Top Row: Fred Severo, Mario Grilli, Bud Dimoek, Albert Harris, Allan Harris, Bill Terry Middle Row: Jack Dundon, Jack Crum, Al Martin, Smith Kline, Eugene Thomas, Vernon Smith Bottom Row: L. S. Deasy, Louie Randazzo, Art Ginsberg, Ross Castro, Jack Fry.

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. Band The band is under the faculty advisorship of Mr. l.arry Arnerich. The main objective of the band was to have as many boys as possible join up and thus form a student body orch- estra to play at school dances and assemblies. This did not meet wth very much success this year due to lack of student cooperation. Larry Straight, music student at San jose State College, gave nruch of his time to the development of the band. At the start of the semester the band had a large turnout but grad- ually the boys dropped out due to outside jobs and other activities. Manuel Martinez played trumpet: Al Martin, trumpetg Phil Passafuime, trumpet: Mel Plummer, piano: Mark Carr, saxophoneg and Larry Straight. trombone. All the boys must be given credit for trying to make the band a success. Mr. Larry Arnerich hopes to contmue the band next semester. Top'Row: Mark Carr, Mel Plummer, Vernon Brooks. Bottom Row: Phillip Passafuime Peter Colmon, Manuel Martinez.

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Office Staff As you know. the girls working in the office are as follows: julie Lauchere and Angie Yotano who handle all the regular day school classes, and Hermine Evans and Ida Sorci who handle all National Defense Classes. The girls are very liusy handling the Defense Classes and the regular day School classes. During the past semester we have had quite a numhcr of drop-outs in our regular day school classes, making the attendance rather low. M any of the boys have left for service and few were Japanese evacuees. XVhen the Defense Classes first started there were only four. NVe now have twenty classes. NVe expect to start lO more classes soon. XYe are not only training me11 for Defense industries, hut also women. XYe expect to have more women in the near future-so hoys re- nieniher to he on your hest behavior. The office will he open as usual this summer to handle all Defense Classes and detail work that goes with the program. The girls plan to take their vacations in rotation. As yet, they have made no definite plans, hut hope to have a good time and a good 1'est liefore com- ing haek to work. Mrs. livans, National Defense secretary. was unahle to appear in the picture. Angie Votano, Julie Lauchere, Ida Sorci