Bishop College - Tiger Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Four Foreign Languages Are Taught Dr. Augustine Fernandez Chairman Mrs. Rosita Dobrencovici French Dr. Augustine Fernandez is a nationalized American who was born in Cuba. She ioined the Bishop faculty in 1964. She holds the B.A. and B.S., and a degree in education from the National School of Professors. She also holds a Degree in Publicity and her Doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Havana. She served as Assistant to the Institute of Scientific Research on the university level for two years and was chairman of the Department of Philosophy at the He- brew College of Cuba until 1960. From 1962 to 1964, she was a member of the faculty at the University of Dallas. Dr. Fernandez has published four books, essays, and articles, and holds extensive memberships in national and international institutions and organizations. During the spring semester, Dr. Fernandez read her paper Actual Themes in the Works of Jose Enrique Rodo at the annual conference of Latin American Studies in the events for the Centennial of Trinity University at San Antonio. Currently Dr. Fernandez writes a weekly column in the Spanish newspaper El Sol de Teias. Majors Travel Abroad French, Spanish, German and Russian are taught at Bishop. Majors are encouraged to spend a summer or the iunior year abroad and, in some instances, scholarships are provided for such study. Ronald Jackson, a Spanish major, spent the summer in Mexico where he attended the Uni- versity of Mexico, lived with a Mexican family, and toured the country. MV- W- l-- l-Ong Mrs. B. F. Wells Spanish French 69

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Department of Mathematics Offers Career Training and Personalized Instruction All students of mathmematics are not seeking maiors in the field, but all students of mathematics get per- sonal benefits from the instruction. , fm . ,im Mrs. Laura Gonzales Dr. Claude B. Dansby was awarded the honorary doctorate of science Mathematics by the Bishop College Board of Trustees. Dr. Dansby teaches mathe ' matics. Career training leads to various phases of industry including computer science and accounting. All stu- dents learn the mathematics necessary for successful participation in everyday life and the management of personal affairs. Teachers show very special interest in stu- dents with talent in mathematics and spe- cial efforts are made to get these students involved in careers as soon as possible. No limit is placed on the number of courses a student may take and instructors give all kinds of assistance to students outside of class. In all, the math- ematics students get iust what they want by way of instruction and help. Mr. A. S. Hawkins Mathematics 68 r , I vig, n i . Dr. Euclid Torres Mathematics-Calculus

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l Conversation Practice Is Lab Work The languages laboratory is de- signed so that students may prac- tice listening to and speaking any language they wish to learn. Al- though Miss Graciela Velez is in charge of the laboratory, students may use the facilities as frequently and as long as they wish. Instructors may make specific assignments and require specific participation in the laboratory, but the number of hours which the facilities may be used by the individual student is not lim- ited. Spanish, French, German, and Russian tapes are available. FT' ' . wx -N 1 5 gl Miss Graciela Velez Director, Languages Laboratory Betty Thompson, a sophomore, uses the speaking-listening unit to learn elementary French. As the recorded ex- pression is played, a tape is made of Betty's repetition of the expression. Her teacher may check her work while the tape is being made from the control desk, or it may be stored and checked subsequently. 70