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

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••« ■■■ - -I3UFFALOG Jr. T)ishil)utioe c)ucat ion The Distributive Education program in San Antonio has been extended so as to reach not only students in the day classes but also to in' elude the night classes of the Evening School, both activities supervised by the D. E. Coordina-tor, Mrs. Bess H. Stratton. Mr. Clarkson Groos teaches related subjects for the part'timc co-operative students. The courses include: Salesmanship; Color, Line, and Design; Textiles and Fabrics; Display; Commercial English; and Bookkeeping. Selection of students for the part-time classes is made on recommendation of the advisers and of the major subject teachers. Students must be of junior rank or above, and be at least 16 years of age. The subjects for Evening classes arc taught by the following instructors from San Antonio commercial firms: Training for Junior Executive, Marcus Wells, Assistant Merchandising Manager at Wolff and Marx: Retailing, Miss Doris Kaye, Personnel Manager at Joske Brothers Company; Textiles and Fabrics, Wesley Benorc, Buyer in Draperies at Joske's; Modern Food Merchandising and Business Administration for Grocers (separate courses), Rudy Haag, Treas-urer of Retail Grocers’ Association; and Credits and Collections, A. L. Boaz, Credit Manager at Frost Brothers. The entire D. E. program is sponsored by an active advisory committee of 60 merchants in San Antonio, training stations being open in firms engaged in selling lumber, hardware, glass ware, furniture, ready-to-wear specialties, laundry, and hotel offices. Members of the advisory committee in D. E. are: E. L. Varga, Superintendent, Joske Brothers, chairman; N. H. King, President, King Furniture Company, vice-chairman; N. H. Netter, President, Wolff and Marx; Gilbert Lang, Superintendent, Frost Brothers; and Carl Stephan, Manager, Carls: Eva Downs, Stylist for Wolff and Marx: Ann Powell, Buyer at Carls; Ruth Mince, Buyer for Franklins; Doris Kaye, Personnel Manager, Joske's; Norman Smith, Personnel Manager, Alamo Planing Mill; Alvin Blankenship, Foreman, Julian-Thomas Lumber Company; M. A. Leazer, Sales Manager, Handy-Andy; Robert Osborn Personnel Director, Hom-Ond; A. M. Barta, President, Retail Grocers' Association; Joe (Jfvilctto, Secretary, Retail Grocers' Association; Arthur Boaz, Credit Manager, Frost Brothers; J. D. Peeler, Secretary-treasurer, Morris Plan Bank: Wm. Holman, Jr., Manager, Stowers Furniture Company: Arthur Hebden, Personnel Manager, Frost National Bank; Jake Karotkin, Superintendent, Karotkin Furniture Company. Photos, left to right, show D. E. Students working at the following firms: Packing Company, Furniture Store, Grocery Stores, Planing Mill, Laundry Office, Shoe Company, Department Store, Grocery, Women’s Ready-to-wear. Bottom: applicants seeking jobs. Page 25 -.€ 1

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BUFFALOG Jr. Top to bottom: George Mercy, Blue Star Ice and Cold Storage Company; Grady Barnett, Vass Metal Works; William Biemer, Nix Professional Building; Garland Dorries, Marshall Davenport, Allen Auto Electric Company. Dioeisi ie Occupations According to Mr. C. W. Peavey, Coordinator of Diversified Occupations in San Antonio, about 59 contracts have been prepared for stU' dents in part-time work, a plan of half'day work and study carried on with the cooperation of local businessmen. The department is graduating a total of 11 students this year, including those who left at mid'term, all of whom are remaining with their employers. The program is operating for boys in both Brackenridge and Tech Senior Schools. Mr. Peavey stated that several occupations new to the program have been added to the list, including photography, body and fender work, baking, restaurant cookery, mill drafting, watch' making, optometrical assistance, lumber and builders’ supplies, hardware, and ornamental iron work. By way of explanation, one half day is spent by the boy in school in a study of the techni' cal subjects. The remainder of the day is given to working in the occupation of the student's choice. Such a plan affords the combination of theory and practice, and provides welbrounded training. Tech's D. O. related subjects are all taught by Mr. James E. Hill. When additions to the variety of occupations are made, new and sepa-rate courses are set up for that particular indus' try. These courses are prepared by a cooperat' ing committee of men from the occupation who work in conjunction with the school authorities. Each boy works under a plan of increasing wage scales, receiving credit for both work done on the job and theory studies at school. He starts as a junior or senior and graduates from the department with full high school credits and is awarded a diploma just as any other senior. This new phase of vocational education is spreading in popularity and is coming to the attention of various civic groups and to the public in general, as evident by the fact that Frank Clifton spoke before the Youth Panel of the Rotary convention on May 15, present' ing the program in D. O. Of the total 59 students enrolled in D. O., 21 are from Tech. They are: William Biemer, Henry Bartoli, Frank Clifton, Melcher de la Garza, Doliver Dorries, Garland Dorries, Dab ton Drew, Paul Fisher, Louis Fred Haller, Abeb ardo Jimenez, Edward Klefforth, Marvin Lee, George Mercy, Leon Schwarck, Werner Sie' her, Louis Waber, Jesse Young, and Grady Barnett. • Page 24 i» ».

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BUFFALOG Jiv Qontmelciai Section ADVERTISING As a supplement to their basic work, stU' dents of the Advertising division are launched in actual experience with real ad soliciting, writing, and collecting for the The Technician and this issue of The Buffalog Jr. In his work, the potential advertising worker comes in contact with the public, and is given a graphic demonstration of the main objective of his course: to teach him how to sell ideas and to prepare correct, appealing copy that will sell. BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING Every financial transaction of each organ' ization in school is recorded in the books of the school bookkeeper, who is assisted by various members of the Bookkeeping and Accounting department. This division of commercial education strives to develop in the student a knowledge of the mechanics involved in keeping various forms of records and the ability to analyze and inter' pret the recorded results. JOURNALISM Tech's Journalism department offers train' ing in what is perhaps one of the most exciting phases of commercial work. Here at Tech it embraces an extensive training in the writing of news, feature, editorial, and all types of news' paper and magazine articles; all sorts of copy; the basic training in reporting; and editing. This publication, together with the school paper, The Technician, downtown publicity, a vocational magazine, various detailed jobs, and school broadcasts, represent the production work of this group of students. RETAIL SELLING If it's a boy with a show ticket, and he comes up to a person and in a moment goes away with a smile on his face and a dime in his hand— it's a Retail Selling student. In this division of commerce the pupil is trained with the purpose of preparing him to meet people and to study their needs—salesmanship. In the beginners' class this year, color har' mony was taken up. The advanced classes studied textiles, glass, woods, paper, and metals, which information they made into a mimeo' graphed reference scrapbook. The other stU' dents studied steps in making sales and methods of writing out sales checks. SECRETARIAL DEPARTMENT “Mary—take this letter..... That might very well be “Miss Smith, take this letter,” for the Secretarial Department, in keeping with the commercial policy, not only equips pupils to be capable, efficient secretaries, but assists in securing employment for them upon the com' pletion of their course. A unique feature is the “student secretary plan” which is maintained. Each student acts as secretary to some teacher boss three periods a week, gaining experience vital to his work. Page 26