Brackenridge High School - La Retama Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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STUDENT ASSISTANTS MAIN OFFICE In the main office a great variety of tasks are accomplished, such as compiling teachers' reports for the central school board office, recording students' grades on permanent record cards, checking credits, taking dictation and making transcripts for all students who leave Brackenridge High School. Two girls each period act as student assistants and are awarded service cards at the end of the semester. Top Row. left to right: Skelton, Surman, Phillips, Brinkman, Triesch, Stambough. Third Row: Shaw, Moss, Silver, Schiebel, Haynes, Cude, Meadows, Hubbard. Second Row: Coward, Wright, Price, Seide-mann, Thames, Fisher, Younger. First Row: Enderle, Guzzardo, Pullen, Jameson, Willmann, Jank. BRACKENRIDGE AT WORK The students of Brackenridge are foruntate in having presented to them a curriculum rich and varied in content. Nine distinct departments are represented. The faculty consists of ninety members, eighty-three of whom are class-room teachers. The school day is divided into seven periods: six for class work and the seventh for extracurricular activities. A student is allowed to take four whole-time subjects, and one half-time subject in connection with Physical Education. Nine courses are offered in English. In English III students are taught to write and use good English, to speak fluently and clearly, and to produce some creative work. In English IV emphasis is placed upon improving the students' reading skill and helping him to acquire a rich and varied literary experience. The great American writers are studied in English VI and original essays, lyrics, and short stories are written. English VII stresses original work including the writing of plays, ballads, lyrics, and essays. English VIII stresses discrimination in reading, and English XI is a pre-college course in grammar and composition. Students who have a bent for writing have the opportunity to get practical experience in the journalism classes. Two years are offered in this subject, including news writing, news editing, feature writing, and editorial writing. Journalism students also get training in publishing The Times . This year the Board of Education is financing the undertaking. The Times is a bi-monthly publication and is printed in the print shops of the San Antonio Vocational and Technical School. For several years TheTimes has been awarded Medalist position by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Page

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MISS OLGA SCHOLZ MISS STELLA SMITH MISS MIRIAM SPRATT MISS OLLIE STRATTON MRS. MYRIL SUMMERS MR. JOHN W. TODD MR. FELIX ULLRICH MISS LUCILLE WHARTON MISS BLANCHE WILLIAMS MISS ALYCE WIMBERLEY MR. OTTO ZOELLER MISS PAULINE ZUMBERGE A glimpse of the text-book stack-room where Miss Hunter and her helpers look after our interests. » » » FAC Page 23 U L T Y « « «

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STUDENT ASSISTANTS DEAN'S OFFICE Student assistants in the dean's office attend to much of the routine work, such as answering the telephone, filing, carrying messages, making changes on program cards, or making new programs after the dean has interviewed the pupil. The benefits derived by the assistants are a closer acquaintance with the work of the school and experience in office work. Top Row. left lo right: Wenterholf, Garrett. Henderson, Seidemann. Schulze. Second Row: Patterson, Braunstein, Gehlert Bannister, West, Walsh, Dillon. Bottom Row: roster, Rudi Patterson Sch- midt, Petriny, Johnson. BRACKENRIDGE AT WORK The History Department includes two courses each in World History, American History, and English History; two in civics, and one in economics. Besides acquainting the students with the facts of history, the courses aim to make of him a broaderminded and better citizen of his city, state, nation, and world. Current events play an important part in most classes as this gives the student an opportunity to study history in the making. The foreign languages offered in Brackenridge are Spanish, Latin, and Italian. Because of San Antonio's Mexican population, Spanish has practical as well as cultural value. Four years of Spanish are offered. German students not only learn to read and speak the language but have an excellent opportunity to learn to write and put it into practical use in their publication, Hueben und Drueben . Various activities including the Saturnalia, impress upon the Latin students the Roman customs and contributions to culture. Italian was offered for the first time this year. In the science department, the student finds opportunity to study human, animal, and plant life, the composition of matter, and the forces of inanimate nature. Chemistry offers splendid opportunities to acquire proficency in laboratory technique, while physics introduces the student to the behavior of electricity, heat and various other forces. Botany opens up the wonders of the plant kingdom. Flowers are classified and displayed and considerable experimental work is done with seeds. In biology, the student is introduced to the structure, behavior, adaptations, and life functions of living things. Physiology gives a knowledge of the human body with emphasis on the maintenance of good health. Page So