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

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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.

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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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Left to right: Mrs. Bess H. Stratton, coordinator of the Distributive Education program; Earl McSwain, Lois Moore and Miss Anne Hughston, teacher-coordinator. Left to right: Maryn Jeff Haley; Mr. Kelley, coordinator of the Diversified Occupation program, and Arthur Scholz, Jr. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION AND WAR-TIME EMPLOYMENT Distributive Education students this year are serving a two-fold purpose. First, they are receiving supervised training in one of the largest of business enterprises—distribution. By working halt-day downtown in approved training stations they are having true working experiences, co-ordinated with D. E. in related subjects. Their first purpose as a D. E. student is to fit themselves for immediate full-time employment in the distributive field upon completion of the course. Second, they prove themselves of immeasurable help in relieving the present man-power shortage in the distributive occupations. Two part-time students can replace a full-time employee whose wide experience is more valuable in war industries. Frequently one student alone fills the place of a person who was a full-time employee. The D. E. students are part of a program which has expanded rapidly since its organization in September, 1937, under the supervision of Mrs. Bess H. Stratton, co-ordinator. Miss Anne Hughston, formerly of Sears, Roebuck if Company, has been teacher-co-ordinator since September, 1942. DIVERSIFIED OCCUPATIONS Of the 32 students in the Diversified Occupations program this year all but two are in industries essential to war or in the armed services at present. Even the co-ordinator for the past three years, Mr. Harry Kelley is a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, entering in April and being replaced as co-.ordinator by Mr. C. W. Peavey. Such occupations as machinists, auto mechanics, auto electrics, electricians, printers, radio service, radio operators, dairy work, newspaper advertising and photography are represented in the department which places its students in trades and industries half of the work day. The average salary for one half day's work the past year was $15 per week, an indication that Tech-trained students are well paid. In fact 14 paid income taxes on March 15. TYPING AND STENOGRAPHY The Commercial Department of Tech has geared itself in every possible way to meet the demands of an all-out efficient war program. The world-wide war is as much a battle against time as anything else. Knowing the value of saving time, the Commercial Department has attempted to achieve more skillful work, thereby saving time in having work done more rapidly and at the same time more accurately. Not only has it tried to sharpen the skills and attain higher standards as one contribution toward the war effort, but also it has kept abreast of the changed needs of the business world and of government activities in which its students are going. Current bibliographies sent out by the publishing companies on recent books which have been written from the aspect of production for war-time needs have been checked, and the most valuable publication has been ordered for use by the students. The shorthand classes have lists of the most commonly used Army and Navy terms, which are studied and with which the student becomes familiar in order to be better qualified to take dictation in the event of going into a government job. All of the various forms used by different governmental organizations are reviewed to acquaint the students with their existence. The Commercial Department has on its staff, Mrs. Beatrice Letch, Mrs. Payton Kennedy, Mrs. Sue Williams, Mrs. Olive Dean, Mrs. Eva Yates, Mrs. Marie Gahan and Mrs. Marguerite Everett. Their program has one end in view—producing typists, stenographers and clerks who will help win the war. MACHINE CALCULATION, BOOKKEEPING The word heard in Rooms 132 and 134 more often than even roll call is accuracy. Mrs. Marie E. Gahan, instructor in Machine Calculation and Bookkeeping and Mrs. Marguerite Everett, Bookkeeping instructor, stress accuracy every second of the day. In addition to training their students to take over jobs in the financial departments of San Antonio business firms, the teachers have added actual government type work. Page 29 THE TECHNICIAN • 1943