Luther Burbank High School - Bark Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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I 5 --WT- r I K I 1 4 r ' IW L W fo! 'l'he Bark staff proudly dcdicatcs Burbanlis 1959 annual to Mr. L. W. Fox, Director of Vocational liclucation of the San Antonio Independ- ent School District. NVQ' at Burbank feel that Mr. Fox has always been a true and faith- ful friend of our school. Now. in the year of his retirement, we should like to take this opportunity to say thank you, lNfIr. Fox for supporting Burbank and helping us in the way you always have as Director of Vocational Education. 7

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Me Bark Honors IW 191 Mr. L. W. Fox, assistant superin- tendent in charge of Vocational Edu- cation of the SaniAntonio Independent School District, will conclude his 50th year of working with boys and girls of the ,high school level as a teacher and educator August 31, 1959. Mr. Fox began teaching mechanical drawing classes at Austin High School in Austin in 1908-09 and was grad- uated from the L'niversitv of Texas in 19-15. In the Fall of 1912 he came to San Antonio to teach mechanical drawing at Main Avenue High School. which is now the San Antonio Voca- tional and Technical High School. In 1917. Mr. Fox was appointed to the position of Director of Vocational lid- ucation antl Industrial Arts. a position which he still occupies. .Q During his term of office he has been instrumental in establishing three of San Antonio's vocational high schools. the first being Tech and the second. Lanier. Mr. Fox played a large part in the building of Burbank High School in the Fall of 1937 and has watched it grow from an enroll- ment of +00 to the present enrollment of 2000 students. ' In an interview. Mr. Fox said. Burbank High School particularly has been one of my special interests. Mr. Gates and I shaped its policies. and directed its activities from its be- ginningf' HI am proud of the record Burbank has made. With new things ahead 'in vocational education, Burbank in my judgment. has a bright future. I shall always watch its progress with in- terestf'

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LUTHER BURBANK VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL looz EDWARDS STREET SAN ANTONIO 4, TEXAS May zetn, 1959 Dear Seniors: My wish for you, as you come to your time of graduation from high school, is that expressed by Louis Untermeyer in one of his poems: WGod keep me still unsatisfiedn. The diploma you will receive merely states that you have completed the requirements stipulated for high school graduation. What you have gained from your years in high school has depended entirely upon you. A You may have sat through your classes and have done as little as possible in them, or you may have accepted the challenge offered by your teachers and built for yourself strength that will aid you now as well as in h the future. Whichever type of person you may be, I hope that since you have achieved this goal, You will find yourself unsatisfied unless you always dig deeper, search further and give more of yourself in building for a better world Sincerely your .enact ' Terrell F. Gates Principal 8