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

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+ ------------- ” ffl n I z hH n o 4». Arthur Garcia and Albert Baladez of the Refrigeration Shop are making the necessary repairs to an electric motor. Garment Manufacturing girls in this picture are Iris Garcia, Elinda Garcia and Juanita Salazar. The Welding Shop at work, this time Charles Herrera and Berry English demonstrate gas welding. ENGINEERING DRAFTING—Mr. James E. Hill, instructor; Billy Bevcns, Billy Nyman, foremen. Aimed at turning out draftsmen for the government, this shop includes in its course of study the making of duplicates of special government tracings, plus civilian work such as plotting out school jobs. They bought equipment which could not be secured by the school board with the money from the scrap metal drive. FUNDAMENTAL ELECTRIC AND RADIO SHOPS—Mr. Hugh Brunnemann, instructor. The fundamentals of electricity are taught in this shop in the morning with emphasis on the use of tools. Dit-dot-dot flows out of the windows of the Radio Shop in the afternoon as the boys learn code, primary requisite of the Signal Corps members of the Arms. In addition to learning the code and how to decode, the boys are taught to repair radios. GARMENT MANUFACTURING—Mrs. Mary Rosell, instructor. A record production of 2,000 garments since September, ranging from children's wear to men's wear for the Red Cross, British War Relief, Jewish Welfare Council, Protestant Orphanage and school organizations is that of the members of this department. An essential war industry. Garment Manufacturing is desperately needed to keep the armed forces clothed and supplied. The girls of the shop are taught to operate single and double needle machines and are taught patternmaking and designing. Students are eagerly employed by the war industries, dress shops and alteration departments of the city. HOMEMAKING (COOKING)—Miss Dorothy Racey, instructor. More so than in other shops, the homemakers have realized how deeply the home has been altered by the war, for their problems revolve around rationed sugar, meat, fats, canned goods, 48 points per person, enough calories and proper vitamins to keep the families at peak efficiency. Planning menus with all this in mind and at the same time keeping an eye on the budget, coupled with preparing cheap cuts of meats and low-point foods high in nutritious value have been their projects. CLOTHING—Mrs. Marie Fondren, instructor. The conservation of materials and garments on hand is the prime importance of these girls who are learning that old dresses regarded as rags may now be centers of attraction if remodeled properly. The art of putting new material with old or freshening up frocks with lace, etc., is explained and taught the girls. Uppermost has been the teaching of proper care in cleaning, pressing and repairing garments. One of their projects has been the patching of 300 quilts for Civilian Defense units. MILL SHOP—Mr. Joe Planto, instructor. Up to their necks in Civilian Defense work are the 44 members of the shop turning out stretchers, operating tables and medicine cabinets. Their output numbers close to 500 items made and a thousand and one other jobs. In addition the shop, which includes a girl, has constructed desks, bookcases, typewriter desks and loud speaker boxes for the school and endless repair jobs performed daily. Waiting for them on graduation are jobs with the government or in the civilian world. Page 27

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rA In the first picture, busily engaged in making an auto run is Sam Madrid of the Auto Shop. Next, Humberto Monsivias and Alfonso Figueroa of the Electric Shop help their “Uncle” by making instruction planes for the Air Corps. William Hcnneke is demonstrating a phase of Welding Shop work. Shops.,. Cogs Of A War Training Station We are a working school. Our lathes sing out, welding torches scatter sparks and our dit-dot radio codes buzz 24 hours a day as a complete cycle, five days a week is completed in the shops of San Antonio Tech. When the boys and girls of Tech finish a day's work, it is taken up by the war training adults of this area. Tech's shops sleep over the week-ends only, and then fitfully, for they are aware of the tremendously important task they have in training the army behind the army. ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING—Mr. Raymon Alsup, instructor, Archie Young, Leopold Garcia, foremen. “Behind the military and naval campaigns, you will find the engineers and architects working hand in hand, stated Mr. Alsup, “enough reason for the importance of the shop to the war effort. All phases of housing problems, concentrated now on Army camps and fields, yet including the vast civilian housing projects which will spring up after the war, arc studied. Map reading is another study of the course. AU10 MECHANICS—Mr. Guy Tune, instructor; Gilbert Cndena, foreman. Learning the why’s and wherefore's of auto repairing, the boys of this shop are preparing to be ground crew members who will keep 'em rolling. For the civilian world they are learning how to make cars last for the duration. COMMERCIAL ART—Mr. J. W. McGuire, instructor. This deparment teaches advertising and art that pertains to the commercial art field and particularly to that phase of war propaganda through posters and advertisements. All school announcements and activities are made known by posters designed and made by the students and contests for war bond posters. Red Cross, Easter Seals and other nationwide sales projects are entered. Recently the department veered even closer to the war by including a map drafting course. COSMETOLOGY—Miss Lydia Huntley, instructor; Janie Castillo, shop assistant. Knowing that good grooming is essential to women in war as in peace, the girls of this shop are learning the convenient, easy-to-keep hair styles women now demand. Fore-sightedly, the shop has enough supplies for sometime, but the girls are learning how to conserve and in some instances how to substitute if a shortage should be encountered. Individually they are contributing to the war by regular purchases of war stamps and bonds. • ELECTRIC SHOP—Mr. Ray H. Perry, instructor; James Fischer, foreman. Getting first-hand experience working on government projects are the boys in this shop. Their latest jobs are for the Texas State Department, but one of their important federal jobs was the wiring of machines for the visual coincidence tests for airplane pilots. Page 26

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; 'k k - rk . :•+ Z'k Dec Casler of the Machine Shop is shown at one of the many power machines. Eugene Cadena and Richard McNee are on the production line of the Mill Shop. Finishing his latest war poster is George Campbell of the Commercial Art Department. MACHINE SHOP—Mr. A1 T. Dwenger. instructor; Eugene Bielefeld, foreman. Learning to operate power machines, make small tools and do precision machine work is the job of the Machine Shop boys. This readies them for war work on the civilian and fighting fronts. Their Tech work includes many maintenance jobs. PRINT SHOP—Mr. Berman Franklin, printing instructor; Mr. W. E. Fulton, press instructor; Lewis Kelley, general foreman; Bernard Reyes, make-up foreman. Top production shop is the Print Shop which turns out countless jobs, including the printing of The Technician, assembly programs, office forms, letter heads, diplomas, political tags, signs and posters. Their largest project is the printing of this 52-page Senior Edition. PIPING TRADES—Mr. Walter F. Zettner, instructor; Ralph Evans, foreman. These boys arc experts in turning out refrigerator units and other projects out of scrap and salvaged material. Their biggest project has been the making of water coolers for the War Industries Training Schools of San Antonio, Houston and Dallas at the request of the State Vocational Department. What time is left is spent by the boys in turning out knives out of old files for the fighting men. RETAIL SELLING—Miss Mamie Yates, instructor. In pre-war times this course stressed salesmanship aimed to make the public buy. but in this year's streamlined Retail Selling, the process of salesmanship has evolved in keeping the public from buying unnecessary things. Important studies of plastics, dyes and synthetic materials are made to give the future salesmen informative background so essential to successful business people. Research work in these fields is carried on by the classes. SHEET METAL—Mr. C. P. Williams, instructor. Tearing down the fuselages of airplanes and putting them together again is the favorite shop pastime (work) of the Sheet Metal boys as they train themselves to become experienced aircraft fuselage workers. They are getting the “feel of the task already and are rarin’ to become ground crews for the Air Corps of the nation. Numberless jobs for the school including covers for coolers are made in the shop. VOCATIONAL DRESSMAKING — Miss Edna Lyster, instructor; Marguerite Dukes, foreman. Learning to sew and extending that knowledge to garments for the Red Cross is the problem of these shop girls. In addition to making children's and girl’s dresses, frocks for themselves and men's shirts, the girls sew duck covers for stretchers and darn and hem damaged blankets for Civilian Defense. WELDING—Mr. C. C. White, instructor: Franklin Reinhardt, Tony Hogan, foremen. Aircraft welding heads the course in this shop with all the details of this industry worked out so the boys can easily- fit into a government war project on graduation. In addition all other types of welding are taught and many jobs of welding for Tech and for the San Antonio School District arc done.