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

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 =BUFF A LOG Jr. ItyLj-O Glass fiistciij THE organization of the Class of ’40 as sophomores in 1937 involved, more than anything else, the form-ing of a skeleton group of students to lead class activities for the two years to come. Class meetings served as “get-togethers'’ for the organization. The first group of officers elected included: Bertha Martinez, president; Walter Egbert, vice-president; Frances Reed, secretary; Mary Helen Richardson, treasurer; and Thomas Smith, sergeant-at-arms. With the advent of their Junior Year the Class of ’40 staged a gigantic membership drive, employing the idea of a thermometer which was placed in the main hall to record “rises” in membership. Two prominent dances during this year were the Junior-Senior Prom, sponsored by the Juniors for the Seniors, and the Barn Dance. Also in this term the class produced a stage play, entitled “Introducin' Susan,” which was a pronounced success. Officers who led in the carrying out of this program were: Walter Egbert, president; Mary Evelyn Luckett, vice-president; Frances Reed, secretary; Fabiola Mcchler, treasurer; Lucille Siebenhor and Anthony R. Raggio, reporters; Thomas Smith, parliamentarian; and Ed Pfeil, sergeant-at-arms. Thomas Smith, Mary Evelyn Luckett, Lucille Siebenhor, Margaret Getty, and Mary Louise Ng were Student Council Representatives. Rhythmic dance steps ushered in the final or Senior Year, as members of the group organized their famous Bud Nash Dancing Class, attendance at which smashed precedents set by similar affairs. Near the climax of the series of ten lessons was a Senior Christmas Dance. A Leap Year Dance also appeared on the activities' schedule. In addition to the business of planning for graduation, which filled the meeting discussions for the entire year, the Class sponsored publications of The Buffalog Jr. “Kids for a day” became the motto of Tech's 1940 crop of rollicking, frolicking Seniors as they carried out the traditional April 1 Kids’ Day. Graduating senior officers are: Perry Lomax, president; Fabiola Mcchler, vice-president; Clara Bailey, treasurer, Clara Murehead, assistant treasurer; Frances Reed, recording secretary; Delores Farley, corresponding secretary; Anthony R. Raggio, parliamentarian; Charles Toon, assistant parliamentarian; Lucille Siebenhor, reporter; and Byron Broom, sergeant-at-arms. ❖ The month of May is to hold the culmination of all the pleasurable events which the Class of '40 has planned and carried out with the help of its sponsors, Miss Beatrice McCaughan and Mr. Jack McGuire, who have stood by them from infancy to maturity, so to speak. May will see them having fun at the Senior Picnic and the Junior-Senior Prom. Histrionically inclined seniors will stage their dramatic production—“Life Begins at Sixteen”— as the Senior Play on May 17. Class Day will fall on May 22, on which date will occur the Class Day Assembly, a luncheon, and a theatre party. The long-awaited Senior Prom is to be given in the form of a Southern Ball on May 23. On May 28 the 336 Seniors of the San San Antonio Vocational and Technical School, Class of '40, will walk across the stage of the Municipal Auditorium one by one to receive in traditional fashion their diplomas and certificates, which will mark the end of high school days and the beginning of a life story which only the pen of history can write. iPage 12

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 c ’ “Outstanding Seniors,” left to ri ht: Clara Bailev, Matthew Batts, Jean Bewley, Byron Broom, Gladys Dar-che, Geraldine Dromgoole, Lyndell Duke, Olivia Dyer, Walter Egbert, Paul Fisher, Avonne Etter, Delores Farley, Felix Fraga, Joe Garcia, Jackie Harbour, Edward Haas. Gertrude Henningsen, Patsy Haley, Mildred Ilse, Gaston Jennett, David Kelman. Dorothy Jenkinson. Kenneth Kumpf. Perry Lomax, Clinton Luckett, Mary Evelyn Luckett, Fabiola Mechler, Clara Murehead, Mary Louise Ng, Anthony Raggio, Frances Reed, Gladys Rieden, Wendell Rittiman, C. Rothenflue, Ruth Row, H. Scott, Lucille Siebenhor, Alden Thomas, C. Toon. — Page 11 1 — ■ »••

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BUFFALOG Jr • »: felted Cal endal 'fall emeste11 939' SEPTEMBER 11—'39-'40 school term begins 15—First Technician broadcast 18—First Senior meeting 21—Ranger football game 27—Welcome assembly for new students 29—Harlingen football game OCTOBER 2—P.-T.A. jitney matinee 4— First Bud Nash dancing class 5— Harlandale game—Tech 27, Harlan-dale 6 First KMAC radio broadcast 11—Band program Poll Tax campaign 13—Kerrville game and pep rally Clara Bailey becomes secretary-treasurer of the B.C.S.L.A. 18—Installation of officers assembly 20— Red and White Ball 21— Football game with Jefferson 27—Junior Class Barn Dance Tech 14, Kingsville 6 31—First Battalion Review Red Cross drive Top to bottom: First, football spuad gets warm send-off to Kerrville game. Second, Christmas Cheer basket donated by the Williams advisory; one of the 60 baskets sent from Tech to needy families. Third, Cadets hold review with inspection by superior officers. Fourth, presentation of commissions to officers by Mr. L. W. Fox and Ft. Samuel H. Lane. Fifth, happy students out of classes to see the special Band and R.O.T.C. review held during school hours for the benefit of the entire student body and faculty. Page 13