Arizona Western College - El Matador Yearbook (Yuma, AZ)

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ngineer CrSland funda- Jmmon 1 Semi- rering. arge of I ww v f' 54,5 Y, X 4 2 . RIGHT: Robert Browning prac- tices a welding technique that may later be helpful. BELOW LEFT: Edward Treadway, pro- fessor of Automotive Technology, explains wheel alignment to Dave Nebeker and Phil Sibley during an auto shop lab. BELOW: Ruben Montoya checks over a reel-to- reel tape machine aided by an osciloscope. BELOW RIGHT: Drafting requires skill and pa- tience as well as concentration. Ronnie Beckett exhibits his skill as he finishes a lab assignment. 4

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AMBER Technological studies aid Western Arizona students The Division of Technology, chaired by Ernest Lopez, offers an educational program to prepare semi-professional engineering or industrial technicians who function as production and construction su- pervisors, as aides to professional engineers or architects or as op- erators of their own technical businesses. The programs in this division are more practical and intensive apply his knowledge to practical production and construction prob- lems. Students in this area of discipline are trained to receive a high are trained to receive a high degree of proficiency in their respective chosen field oftechnology. Students enrolled in Western's technology division acquire a vo- cabulary common to the engineer and architect. They understand the basic principles of the funda- mental sciences which are common to both the professional and semi- professional aspects ofengineering. A faculty of six is in charge of this division on campus. than those given in engineering colleges and more advanced in character than those given in trade school. The educational experience of the technology student consists of a balanced arrangement of class- room, laboratory, drafting room and shop work. The student learns by doing as well as by studying and listening, so he can readily 130 Af j M 1

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The Division of English and Foreign Lan- guage provides the student with academic work in the basic avenues of English, composition, reading, literature, language, motion pictures, mass media, and broadcasting. The Division, which expaned to include a Department of Journalism and Radio Broad- casting, had as its division chairman, Dr. Jerald D. Cavanaugh. The Division offered course work to permit students to meet general education require- ments and it also provided a multi-level pro- gram in aiding students of varying abilities in the development of their communication skills. Also available was Introduction to the Mo- tion Picture, an evening course that proved popular. Yet, regardless of how one refers to it, Eng- lish is communication and communication is good English. English spells communi- cation. It can be a relaxing atmosphere, yet a lunge into the unknown with printed word. .a esture. . .verbal communication 51 1 is 1 Prof. Warren Benson QABOVE RIGHTJ. It can also be a printed word on the chalkboard, a ges- ture plus verbal communi- cation from Prof. Michael Spain CFAR RIGHTD. It can be an extension of the classroom in a student- professor conference be- tween Pinkie Hernandez and Mrs. Helen Scroggins QRIGHTJ. 132