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

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THE TECHNICIAN •194? — FOR THIS WE SERVE Private Bill Tech stands proudly giving the best in service to his country. Already his medals and citations are many as proof of his value to the armed and civilian forces. One of his awards is for the pre-induction courses of mathematics, science. ROTC and shops from officers who arc finding Tech trained students more acclimated, more skilled and more adaptable than others to the rigors of war life. A second medal is for his generous contribution to the manpower pool by way of streamlined courses. The commercial and occupations departments, the trade and industrial shops are turning out workers drilled in war time needs to keep the civilian machinery at peak production. Important to him is a citation for devotion to duty for his cheerful contribution of a jeep or two, a tank or two and thousands of shells in the form of 150,000 pounds of scrap metal collected last fall. And likewise a similar citation is his for the Pearl Harbor Month sales of $8,000 in war stamps and bonds. But his most cherished medal is for the boys he is furnishing to the armed forces. Private Tech can't wear a star for each of them scattered over the world. He would be spangled with 400 or more and would be constantly star showered each day as more of his boys and girls too- join the fighting forces of the United States. But it .is for them and particularly for Arthur Seerig, Paul Richter, Ruben Cardenas, Paul Vistuba, Arthur Lopez and Harry Johnson, who died that such institutions as Tech may continue, that he stands eager to shed “sweat, blood and tears to help bring unconditional surrender of the enemies, and to insure the Four Freedoms in the world with peace and happiness for his vast family. Page 1

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THE TECHNICIAN • 1943 In these five school officials is the authority of administration of Tech School. Pictured left to right are: Mr. Frank Cunningham, dean and adviser of boys; Mrs Juanita De Pue, dean of girls and helpful girls guide: Mr. L. W. Fox, the founder of Tech and director of Vocational Education for all San Antonio schools; Mr. George L. Fling, new Tech principal; and Mr. C. E. Troutz, principal of Part-time and Evening School. COMMANDING OFFICERS AND STAFF MRS. CHARLES R. ALLEN COMMERCIAL OCCUPATIONS, ENGLISH; TECH CHAPTER NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL GUIDANCE ASSOCIATION SPONSOR. MR. AL T. DWENGER MACHINE SHOP. MISS CLARE ALICE CONNER LIBRARY ASSISTANT. MRS. LULA GOSSETT ALGEBRA. INDUSTRIAL ARITHMETIC, VICTORY GARDEN CLUB SPONSOR. MRS. HELEN HADDON ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY; GIRL RESERVES SPONSOR. MISS LYDIA HUNTLEY COSMETOLOGY, COSOTE CLUB SPONSOR. MISS EDNA LYSTER VOCATIONAL DRESSMAKING, ALGEBRA. CORPS SPONSOR. MRS. BESSIE K. MERNER PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY. MRS. BLANCHE PEAVEY ENGLISH; NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY SPONSOR. MISS DOROTHY RACEY HOMEMAKING; FUTURE HOMEMAKERS’ CLUB SPONSOR. MISS EDITH L. SCHNEIDER LIBRARIAN; BOOKANEERS CLUB SPONSOR. MRS. RUTH D. TINNIN COMMERCIAL ENGLISH, ENGLISH. MR. CLAUDE C. WHITE WELDING SHOP. MR. HARRY KELLEY DIVERSIFIED OCCUPATIONS, COORDINATOR OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. MRS. FERDA KURTZ ATTENDANCE CLERK. MRS. GERALD LETCH MRS. SUE WILLIAMS TYPING, STENO; SECRETARIETTES SPONSOR. MISS EVA YATES COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC. MISS MAMIE YATES RETAIL SELLING. MR. WALTER ZETTNER Page 6