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

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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

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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- •4 : Club Presidents, left to right: David Kelman, Aero; Fabiola Mechler, Art; Delores Farley, Bookaneers; Howard Meyer, Engineering Drafting; Mary Evelyn Luckett. Cosote, and Esther Valdez, Girl Reserves. 0« animations A.ERO CLUB “Oh for a successful glider contest, is what Mr. Fennell Dibrell, sponsor of the Aero Club, can be heard repeatedly saying to his junior aviators. The leaders of the organization are: David Kelman, president; Robert Galvan, vice president; Shirley Gerber, secretary; and John Biegert, reporter. ARCHITECTURAL CLUB Biggest on the 1939-40 events calendar for the Architectural Drafting Club, sponsored by Mr. Ramon Alsup, is the annual sketching con' test. The prizes will be awarded at the club's round'Up banquet in May; judges being Mr. Bartlett Cocke and another local architect. Tom Vargas leads the group as president, assisted by Gilbert Lynch, vice-president; Bill Burns, secretary; and Bobby Johnson, treasurer. ART CLUB Count Von Schoenfeldt, a Swedish photographer and writer, honored the Art Club recently with a visit and address. The officers are: Fabiola Mechler, president; Pauline Wormser, vice-president: Gus Quiroga, secretary; and Francisco Villarreal, treasurer. TECH BOOKANEERS The Bookaneers try to encourage high ideals and honest fellowship, in addition to interesting students in good literature. Miss Edith Carroll Schneider, its sponsor, announced the following officers: Delores Farley, president; Mabel Draffen, vice-president; Olivia Dyer, secretary; Dorothy Buckelew, reporter; and Catherine Walker, sergeant-at-arms. COSOTE Even though this club, sponsored by Miss Lydia Huntley, is composed of cosmetology girls, their chief aim is not, as one might suspect, to keep “primped up. Rather it is organized for the promotion of higher ideals, friendship, and hospitality among the members and fellow classmates. Presiding officers include: Mary Evelyn Luckett, president; Lois Horn, secretary-treasurer; and Marjorie Groos, reporter. ENGINEERS’ CLUB Tech's Engineering Drafting department and the Engineering Club combine their efforts to produce school projects assigned them similar to those they would get on a job. At their first meeting the Engineers elected for their leaders: Howard Meyer, president: Fred Peters, vice-president; Robert Chapa, secretary; and Norval Campbell, treasurer. Mr. George H. Holt is their sponsor.