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

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hoaffbfzal farm lnffodaoes In 1937, the San Antonio Independent School District, realizing that San Antonio was the center of one of the greatest farming and ranching areas in the state and that agriculture was extremely important to the economy of San Antonio, included plans for a Vocational Agri- culture Program at Luther Burbank Vocational High School. Since the majority of the students enrolling in such a course would come from the city, the school was built in a 75-acre irrigated campus with approximately 50 acres settaside as a' Student Farm Laboratory. t The 'students enrolled in vocational agriculture at Burbank operate their Student Farm just as a farmer or rancher would. The use of the Student Farm in agriculture training has gained popularity 'rapidly with more and more agriculture departments throughout ,the nation adding 'this outstanding training facility to their ,programs each year. The San Antonio School System was one of the first in the nation to include a Student Farm as a training aid in its vocational agriculture program, and the success of the program at Burbank has made it one of the most copied agriculture departments in the country. It has been referred to as the most complete agriculture training facility for young men of high school age to be found anywhere and it draws visitors not only from all parts of the nation but also from throughout the world. i A f9'f f40fW!!lf!.5'ff?f4U0!If V 4

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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'