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

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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.

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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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BUFFALOG Jr. :« • Luther Chapa, Harmonica; John Burnett, Hi-Y; Louis Bernal, Los Tapatios, and Norma Dunbar, Homemakers; Johnnie Jean Dye, Junior Red Cross; Mary Jo Abrego. Pan-American. BOYS’ GLEE CLUB The officers: George Villar, president; Joe Garcia, vice-president: George Schrocders, secretary; and Mrs. Ruth Tinnin, treasurer. These singers make up part of the mixed chorus which won first rating in the Class A division at the San Marcos State Music Contest. GIRL RESERVES Officials in the Girl Reserves, sponsored by Mrs. Helen Haddon, include: Esther Valdez, president; Elsie Hamilton, secretary: Mercy Meyer, treasurer: and Grace Moyer, reporter. This group recently served as “hostesses to all other high school Girl Reserves. HARMONICA CLUB To keep the harmonicas humming. Miss Elizabeth Jennett sponsors a Harmonica Club that is taking part in many school activities and providing a new and interesting form of entertainment. Luther Chapa, one of the chief “blowers, acts as president, while Miss.Jennett is treasurer. The Club will supply music for the Senior Play. HOMEMAKERS’ CLUB The Homemakers' officers include: Norma Dunbar, president; Florence Spcngler, vice-president; Maxine Sauls, secretary; Encida Urbina, treasurer, and Tilly de los Santos, representative. Their chief activities of the year have been Christmas and Valentine parties and, of course, a study of how to be good homemakers. HI-Y CLUB The Hi-Y, sponsored by Mr. John Mahoney, offers fine opportunities for boys at Tech, as it always has an interesting program both in athletics and in social gatherings. Their officers are: Thomas Arnold, president: Clark Bradley, vice-president; Hartwin Peterson, secretary: Lester Rogers, treasurer; and Russel Hawkes, sergeant-at-arms. LOS TAPATIOS Each member of Los Tapatios is a talented artist. They are more or less a “service club, playing, singing and dancing whenever they arc needed. Their officers are: Louis Bernal, president; Dora Thomae, vice-president: William Silva, sergeant-at-arms: and Mary de Leon, reporter. MATH CLUB Master thinkers of Tech are in the Math Club, and claim Mrs. Edith May as their sponsor. The club concentrates, most of the year, on the study of the slide-rule. Fred Peters is head mathematician, with Bernard Jacobi, vice-president; George Chubb, secretary; Salvador Acosta, reporter; and Anita Rivas, treasurer, assisting. — - Page 28 — — ■■ ■■