Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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30 Arkansas State College has one of the most mod- ern printing plants in the South, and its Printing Department is becoming well known in the print- ing and publishing field for the fine students that it is training. As a. result, the Department has been approved for Vocational work by the State of Ark- ansas and the Federal Government. Graduates of its four-year course have excellent opportunities for careers in the printing industry in presswork, linotype, make up or bindery work, or they may go into the journalistic field since the curriculum also includes a journalism minor. For those desiring to be teachers, a curriculum has been set up to include education courses necessary to meet teaching requirements. On the vocational level, a two-year course has been approved for thos? not desiring an academic course, and several Korean veterans have enrolled. Students enjoy setting type, making-up, printing, and folding the HERALD, ALUMNI CHIEF, and the catalog, plus designing their own stationery. They have re-organized the Graphic Arts Club, and among the outstanding events planned for the year are the annual Christmas Dinner Party and the Spring picnic.