North Iowa Area Community College - Troyannum Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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WILLIAM RICH Students in nearly all of the vocational-technical departments are required to take machine and Weld- ing courses offered in the Metals Department. Each course content is directed to the specific needs. of the particular vocation for which the class is pre- paring. Through study of theory and actual practice, the students gain skills and understandings of machine tools and precision measuring. They are given basic training in oxy-acetylene Welding, braz- ing, soldering, cutting, and electric welding. Continued study provides them with the funda- mentals of metallurgy. METALS classes develop machine, welding skills WATCH YOUR FINGERS! - Bill Rich, Lee Hackbart and Rick Pfertzel go over the operation procedure once more.

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Basic to advanced courses given in M TH Mathematics pervades all areas of Work and thought in varying degrees. In the last decade. mathematics has played an increasingly important part in all scientific fields. As civilization advances, science and technology demand people with a greater working knowledge of mathematics. Therefore, the Mathematics Department offers courses in which the emphasis is placed upon the application of mathematics to different fields. Course offerings in this department range from the most basic to the very complex. A course in basic mathematics is aimed to provide mastery of concepts and skills considered a requisite for any college graduate. A course in calculus is designed to provide a con- tinuation of the modern approach to mathematics with particular stress upon understandings in math- ematical analysis. N0 MATTER HOW YOU FIGURE IT - Lamont Constable compares board work to Harold Kerns' an- swer on the really big slide rule. LAMONT CONSTABLE Department Head DUANE BRANDT I'f'f ' 4 I I l GERALD ERICSON CHARLES I-IINES SAM MAST NORMAN SCHMIDT

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MUSIC, for major or minor interest Whether a student is interested in a career in music or in cultural enrichment through greater appreciation of music, NIACC's Music Department can answer his needs. Courses aimed to meet college transfer require- ments and to provide enrichment for individual growth and satisfaction are offered. Instruction in band and orchestra instruments, piano, and voice, as well as theory and functional music courses, give ample opportunity for training beginning or advanced training' students. Concert band and choir groups, in addition to madrigal and chamber groups and soloists, per- form for college convocations, area high school assemblies, and civic groups and community events in the NIAD area. ,-.ff.,:s- ---: -' -N: -.tif 1-1 1 ---f f f2: ',.,: ,-,MLW .. .'1':'1f,lg,:.' 3 V .-I ,fggigyf 1: 1552!-,t:w'., ,rgrzz ,,uf-,- 1- X H , -1.1.5 T :Wi L fag- ' I :v5.5!f'LJ:1AI I' 1-si-55-if NWT 5-151' 1 .... E W ' - W?' ff: :- Sq, fqlfi 75' V. - ' ' T --'5' 3? C 1 'E M' ,.7vH-'12 ' Y i' -.gx Ia I :Ji-Av , . Hier :IU U , J.:,f.- ', .lglfafz A! ' -VM N - -zu.. rf,-. ,f.... D-. -' -'.' i f. . F , e A if 1 'K , Eff? ., 'IE'-a r, .-t.i ,., - Y '--. ,ill 3? i V W7'lREim i . ' ai N n f 5412 -.1531 HENRY PAINE Department Head at E MUSIC MEN - Dave Hammer, Larry Tack, and Dale Eldridge swing under the direction of Henry Paine. SIGNE JOHNSON Not pictured: RUTH BROSE