San Antonio Vocational and Technical School - Artisan Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Top row; Left to right: Koger Stokes, J. C. Cochran, R. L. Hogan, Hull Youngblood (pres-ident). Bottom row: Mrs. H. O. Wynckcn, Mrs. E. R. Lewis, Dr. Mary King Robbie. The San Antonio Board of Education The Board of Education of the City of San Antonio is composed of seven members. The powers and duties of the Board are defined in a charter granted by the State of Texas. The char' ter provides that there shall he three women and four men as members of the Board. All members arc elected by popular vote by the voters of the San Antonio Independent School District. The school district coincides with the geographical boundaries of the City of San Antonio. The duties of the Board arc to establish, manage, and control all public free schools within the district and to provide for maintenance of same. The San Antonio school system is the largest single enterprise in the city and certainly one of great importance. All Board members serve cm tircly without pay. They give of their time and energy for the educational betterment of the com munity. There is no higher type of civic service than that rendered by members of the Board of Education. Mr. Hull Youngblood is President of the San Antonio Board of Education. The other members arc: Mrs. E. R. Lewis, Secretary, Mrs. H. O. Wynckcn, Assistant Secretary, Dr. Mary King Robbie, Mr. Koger Stokes, and Mr. Robert L. Hogan. Mr. Peter P. Hocfgcn, who was Vice President of the Board, was taken by death in March of this year. The Board of Education has been working diligently during the last few months to place the school system on a sound financial basis. One of the first objectives was to balance the budget. This has been done through the securing of additional revenue on the one hand and by eliminating expense on the other. A long time loan was effected, thus avoiding the issuance of script as payment to teachers. The Board has declared for a policy of efficiency and progress throughout the school system and plans are under way for bringing about certain needed reforms in this direction. The Board recognizes the fact that the welfare of the children of San Antonio is the paramount cause for which the schools are being operated. The President of the Board and all members arc unanimous in the desire to give every school child of whatever age the best possible opportunity that the community can afford. The cooperation of all citizens is desired that this goal may be reached.—Hull Youngblood, President. [ M]

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In the pictures: Left to right, Messrs. Paul Karriger: L. M. Edwards: W. G. Behrens; Albert Miller; W. R. Heins; Raymond J. Zoller: W. H. Koch; H. A. Miller: J. W. Null; N. Altcrmann; C. E. Troutz. Middle row: Left to right, Messrs. Joe Jaecklc: Leo Picard; Henry Muller; Ben Schwcginann: Russel P. Grieve; A. C. Loyd: Ralph Eden: H. M. Haffner; Charles L. Nelson; V. R. Glenn. Front row: Left to right, Messrs. Albert Uhr; Henry T. DeHart; George V. Schmitz: A. A. Burdick; Lon Travis: Ben Fleming: R. G. Klevcnhagen: C. E. Rciwald. Apprentice Training Program The need for skilled mechanics and other craftsmen persists, in spite of the growth of mass production industries, both within the mass production industries themselves and in other trades. The services of electricians, boilermakers, pattern makers, tool and die makers, blacksmiths, moldcrs and machinists, arc essential in the construction, repair and maintenance of machine tools and scmi'automatic machines, although short training periods may suffice for those operat' ing the same machines. Individual skill and workmanship require prolonged training and consc-qucntly apprenticeship will also be found wherever these qualities are desired—for example, in building and carpentering, printing and engraving, cabinet and fine furniture making, and in other decorative trades. The training of an apprentice is a rather lengthy and difficult process. It requires the CO' operation of the employer, the public schools and labor. A good deal of planning is necessary to put together, out of school and shop work, the elements of a successful training program. Further' more, certain definite obligations arc imposed on both employer and apprentice for a period of a year or more, and these must be thoroughly understood and appreciated by both the employer and the apprentice. It was after several months of study of the apprentice problem by a committee representing Employers. Labor, U. S. Department of Labor, and the Office of Education—that an Executive Order was recommended and signed by the President on June 27, 1934 which gives us the ap' prcnticc'training program under which we arc now working. [15]