Tampa Bay Tech High School - Titan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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T. B. T. Opens June 10, 1969 Girls basketball was popular in 1932 and they had an award winning team. The first student council had its first meeting on March 29, 1938. In 1952 a prom was held at the Crystal Ball Rest, on Bayshore Boulevard. The price for the dinner and dance was $3.00 a couple. Graduation was set for June 6, 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. There were 14 graduates. In 1954. the Brewster band consisted of 22 members. Tec Kitchen was the name of the school lunchroom and the most expensive thing on the menu was a barbecue or baked ham sand- wich for 25 t. The all new Tampa Bay Vocational High School opened June 10, 1969, with over twenty shops. All the shops were well equip- ped and provided excellent training as well as practical experience. T.B.T ' s data processing course is one of the few courses in the United States in which the students work with real computers. T.B.T. is more than just a high school, it ' s a vocational and technical center. It has a fully developed day and night school and recently opened a mid-day shop from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. We grow bigger and better every year. As the programs get larger . . . they get better. New shops have been added and our enrollment steadily increases with each new year. What ever happened to the old Brewster ' It is now a full-time adult and evening school. Tampa Bay Tech — You ' ve come a long way — and we ' re glad you did!