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

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BUFFALOG JrJ anc) tfndustiial ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING An architect is an artist and a writer—which statement sounds out of order. However it is true, for every piece of truly beautiful and worthwhile architecture is first visioned, then recorded and interpreted on a drafting board, to be finally molded into shape. Tech archi' tects do just that. Perhaps not with twenty' story buildings, but they are truly architects, and assist in every way with school construction jobs. AUTO Ed Criswell is the foreman for Mr. Guy Tune's Auto Shop where cars get manicures and abdominal operations, as it were. The boys do all kinds of car repairing, including broken springs, bad generators, brakes, wheels, and also body and fender work. CABINET AND MILL When the Mill Shop goes into production it turns out jobs in two digits. They made 30 drawing desks for Mr. George Holt and 30 desks for Mrs. Mary Free. Other jobs included 5 tables for the Mission Home for Girls, 6 work benches for the Boys' Club, and a book' case for Mr. L. W. Fox. COMMERCIAL ART Mr. Jack McGuire's artists have figured prominently in all publications issued from Tech School, including The Buffalog Jr., the pres' ent issue of Industrial Texas Magazine, and The Technician. In addition to these activities, they have engaged in poster competitions for fire pre' vention, poppy contests and the American Legion meat contest. COSMETOLOGY Mary Louise Ng won first prize in the Cos' metology Department's annual hairstyling coiv test which was held at Open House, with her creation displayed by Evelyn Coleman. Olcnc Douglas created a coiffure for Lola Hcrnan' dez which took second prize, and Mary Evelyn Luckett won third prize with her style modeled by Juanita Spurlock. ELECTRIC When a person lifts a telephone and speaks to someone in another part of the school, his conversation is made possible by the Electric Shop, members of the department having in' stalled the complete house phone system. According to Mr. Ray H. Perry, instructor, his boys do all kinds of electrical business, re' cent projects being three stage dimmers, in' stallment of new machinery, and a telegraph line. ENGINEERING DRAFTING The Engineering Drafting Department works in conjunction with the Tech Engineers in carry' ing out their plan of tours and field trips. Page 22

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BUPFALOG Ji W[ f r S ■HoBAr a Left to right: Frances Reed ready for dictation; Eloise Dorfmeister works with graduate employment files, which the of- ri past several years; Mrs. Bess H. Stratton, Employment Director, contacts a prospec-i ( .tet- tive cnipl°yer; Hartwin Peterson waits his »' f - Jm turn to be interviewed. Employment Office on the Job eniols to Become jj-ob Huntels flune IX MILLION on relief. Fifty million on W.P.A. rolls. Johnny, a Tech k. J student, read those glaring headlines in a newspaper the other day. Employ' ment, as Johnny might tell you from studies he made in civics class, is one of the naton's gravest problems. Johnny is graduating this year, and together with 366 of his senior friends will go out into the world of industry, his chances of get' ting a job ever darkened by the possibility of having to join these ranks of unemployed. The San Antonio Vocational and Technical School has as its aim and purpose the training of young men and women in the business and industrial fields so that they will be qualified for those jobs that are available. But out of the 366 jobseekers, only a few will succeed in getting positions immediately. The vast remainder, of which Johnny is exemplary, fail because they neglect, in their training, one small thing Let’s follow Johnny during his last days before graduation and see why: He goes to his English class. He runs around the room, throwing chalk and disturbing the others, sharpens his pencil twice, stops to remark, “Hi-ya, Bill, ain’t our little hop gonna be swell tonight? I’m gonna take Bessie and her and me’s driving over to get her sister.” “But watcha gonna do about that exam tomorrow?” queried his friend. “Oh, I just hate English,” he retorted. “That teacher always harps on the ‘importance of learning English.’ I just don’t care!” Next we see him enter his typing class. He can type very well, and he likes it. He is one of the fastest in the room. He works hard and practices at home. The scene changes to the office where an employer is inquiring about a good typist. Immediately the typing teacher recommends John. His typing record is looked up and considered, but he is eliminated because of his English grade. John lost a good job and a good chande for advancement. Personal Advice:— (1.) Read the foregoing editorial. (2.) If the shoe fits your foot, start today to correct it in your reading, writing, and speaking. (3.) Be sure that before you leave this school your name is signed in Mrs. Bess Stratton's Employment Bureau. (4.) Make plans now to bring your employer to the next annual Employer-Employee Banquet. (5.) Always remember that you are vocationally or industrially trained and that you should hold up the ideals of a good worker, a good citizen, and a good American.

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■BUFFALOG Jr.= • « :» »• J ade and flndusUial GARMENT DESIGNING AND MFG. Miss Edna Lyster and Mrs. Mary RoseH's classes in Garment Designing and Manufacture ing have worked with such a fuff calendar of projects that it gives a sufficient picture of the work just to list briefly their achievements: They designed, cut, and fitted 6 individual dresses for each girl in the department, approxi' mately 196 uniforms and dresses for Tech and outside organizations. Climaxing their program of production are the dresses for flower girls at graduation and the Fiesta garments for the Tech float girls. MACHINE The machines to make machines arc made in the Machine Shop! That sounds like double talk, but it is literally true. Boys in the shop make a large variety of tools, from calipers and drill-drifts to T-squares and angle gages. The shop instructor is Mr. Alfred T. Dwcn ger. PRINT That booming press and clicking linotype machine which assailed a passerby in the first building lower floor was nrobably this book in the making. Or it might have been any of countless other jobs, for the Print Shop, under Mr. Becman Franklin, does everything from job to big press work. RADIO The year's work for members of the Radio Department, under Mr. J. V. Fitzhugh, has included such projects as radio repairing in general, calibration of test equipment, and the building of a short-wave transmitter. REFRIGERATION Phillip Francisco, whom Mr. W. F. Zettncr, instructor in the Refrigeration Shop lists as an outstanding student in work on the popsiclc-maker must be envied by everybody in school. Just think, popsicles at all hours. But Mr. Zett' ner's boys do more than manufacture popsicles. Their construction jobs also include air condi' tioning units and water coolers. SHEET METAL Mr. Fox now has a convenient, attractive rack in which to place his many magazines. It was constructed by boys in the Sheet Metal Shop. Mr. C. P. Williams' students also made a spray booth and have repaired teachers' cars during the year. The shop foreman is Carl Burrow. The work of this department has been in evidence around Tech. WELDING Tech's latest improvement, the tennis courts, was given finishing touches by the Welding Department students, who fixed the posts. They also made a guard for the radio in the main office, and the auditorium steps. Mr. C. C. White, instructor, named Vernon Walker shop foreman. :Page 23