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

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PRACTIEAI. ARTS AND COMMERCIAL Courses Helpful After Graduation Miss Moore smiles for the camera, while she works on a dress. Mrs. Tietze's fourth period Typing II class takes a ti Sewing rooms, cooking laboratories, and other vocational shops interested many Brackites. The main participants in the shops were the boys, but the girls had their classes, too. Vocational sub- jects are a great help to all the students, especial- ly for those who are not planning on college. Girls signed up for commercial subjects, such as steno and typing to train them as secretaries for future careers. A major may be earned in practi- cal arts by taking three years of a commercial subject. These subjects often help the students in deciding on the career of their future. They prove valuable in later life because of their practical side. No business-minded student ever tails to take these subjects if he wants to gain experience and training before he goes out on his own. These courses have proved to be very popular. med writing. which helps in the development of a typist's speed. 26

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FINE ARTS AND LANGUAGE Courses Enrich Students' Lives For the student with a cultured mind, Brack- enridge offers such courses as Spanish, art, cho- ral work, and band. Students may learn how to speak the Spanish language, how to play an instru- ment, how to sing, or how to paint anything from a simple drawing to a complex picture. All of these courses enrich and broaden the minds of the students. Spanish may be taken for two years. By the time a student gets through Spanish, he can carry on a good conversation in this language. Choral work and band are substitutions for health education, a required subject. A major may be earned in chorus or band. Art is very helpful to the students who want a career in this field. All of these subiects have proven to be very popular with the students because of the culture which is gained when they take one of these many courses. Miss Crowell takes time to read to her second period Spanish class. Mrs. F. Higdon's class is working very hard on their class projects for the term. 25

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P. E. AND R.O.T.C. Courses Popular With Students Before leaving Brackenridge, each student must have four terms of physical education. Students may take Purple Jackets, band, chorus or R.O.T.C. in place of physical education, if they prefer. ln physical education classes, the boys play football, baseball, basketball, track and tennis. Girls play games of softball, captain ball, ten- nis and volleyball. During one part of the semes- ter the girls learn how to keep trim with exer- cises that leave their mark of sore muscles. Girls also learn how to do folk dances. Relay races and track were added to the girls' classes which made physical education more popular. Physical education is one of the best-liked subjects be- cause of the different activities and fine teachers who spend so much of their time keeping the leaders of tomorrow in good physical condition. Miss Naylor turns on the water every day in the girls' gym Brcrving the cold, sharp R.O.T.C. Cadets listen attentively while Sgt. Hadaway gives instructions to C. Company Cadets.