Barton Community College - Spoke Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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Sigma Phi Omega: First campus fraternity A very active campus organization is the thirteen-member Sigma Phi Omega, the local chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon na¬ tional law enforcement fraternity. This group was organized in November of 1969 with the purpose of advancing the pro¬ fessional administration of criminal justice. It tries to promote better public understanding of the administration of criminal justice, to foster through fraternal contact greater understanding between agencies and departments in criminal justice fields, and to elevate the standards of personnel, training, procedure, and ideals in areas of ad¬ ministration of criminal justice. The fraternity sponsors a black belt karate course for criminal justice ma¬ jors or minors, a firing range and an FBI firing course, and a dog testing program for the U.S. Air Force ' s sentry dog training course. President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: Sergeant -at-Arms: Bill Teater Tom Pryor Ed Cat Iin Bill Sowles Mel Boyd 2 (l) Bill Sowles and Bill Teater (r) train Eirik, one of the campus security dogs. (2) Mel Boyd aims at the target in the firing range. (3) Ed Catlin and Bill Sowles set up the target.

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legislation and plans functions The Constitution of the Barton Coun¬ ty Community Junior College was the greatest undertaking of the Student Sen¬ ate, which is made up of thirteen stu¬ dent members with two faculty advisers. Though the constitution was foremost in their plans, the Senate also accom¬ plished many useful projects. The ac¬ quisition of a flagpole, the sponsoring of dances and other recreational activ¬ ities, an Inaugural Ball, and the host¬ ing of the State Junior College Meeting, are just a few of the first-year accom¬ plishments of the Student Senate. President: Vice-President: Secretary: Treasurer: David Sauer Bill Coe Marlene Wendel Duane Lanterman

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Karate skills practiced by justice students 4 6 A black belt karate course, sponsor¬ ed by the college chapter of Lambda Ep¬ silon, is offered to any student who is a member of the fraternity and is ma¬ joring or minoring in criminal justice. The purpose of learning karate is to build confidence in future police offi¬ cers and to develop the self-discipline that is so important to a police offi¬ cer, according to Professor of Criminal Justice, Dennis C. Elam, himself a mem¬ ber of the class. The class is taught by a criminal justice student in the evening divi¬ sion, Dwight Boese of Claflin. ESoese, who holds a first degree black belt, taught junior high school in Claflin during the 1969-70 school year. Membership in the class, which meets from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Satur¬ days, dropped from 18, initially, to only eight as the SPOKE went to press. (4) Professor Dennis Elam, Ed Catlin, Ron Blasi, Bill Sowles, Lane Moore, and Mel Boyd concentrate in their karate skills. (5) Instruc¬ tor of karate, Dwight Boese demonstrates some of the actions. (6) Boese (1) and Carl Meadows, both first degree black belt holders, show a few of the finer points to the class.