Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Social Studies History, modem government, and geography were the major ingredients ol: the social studies’ curriculum at BJC. Working with Alvin Nebelsick, were Miss Lenora Kriege, Sam Eubanks, and Harold Limper. Through world and European history, one was able to see that modern civilization can succeed better when he understood how other nations failed to survive. Students became aw ' are of their great American heri¬ tage in historv and of democracy in the government classes. Miss Kriege pointed out the English Stuart line to her European history students . . . Mr, Eubanks often related famous law cases to his government classes . . . These adventurers checked each others notes. Alvin Nebelsick, B.S., M.A.; Harold Limper, B.S., M.S.; Miss Lenora Kriege, B.S., M.A.; Sam Eubanks, B.S., M.A. . . . History students Jack Ackerman, Sandra Carter, Anne Blome, and Gary Buettner used the map . . . Government students paid strict attention to Mr. Eubanks. m

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reasoning and ogic. In science, the Junior College provided physics and chemistry for the education of students with cur¬ ricula in engineering, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Charles Pruitt and Rolx ' rt Dailey instructed the physics courses. In their course of instruction, they covered material that extended from Archimede’s principle of buoyancy to Einstein’s modern theory of matter and energy. They also conducted lalx)ratory periods in which they helped students to prove these laws, theories, and principles. D. C. Edwards and Richard Mills taught chemistr). Mr. Edwards taught third and fourth semester chem- istr ’ as well as beginning courses. Mr. Mills instructed first and second semester chemistry, and, with the help of his assista nts, kept the labs in the best pos¬ sible condition. Chemistry proved to he a weary and endless journey for many of the Dutchmen. Only after spending countless hours, that ran into days, in the lab, did many pioneers discover the solutions to their experiments. The chemistry curriculum at Junior College includ ed inorganic chemistry, qualitative analysis, quantita¬ tive analysis, organic chemistry, and instrumental an alysis. These subjects illustrated the practice of gravi- STANDING, Robert Dailey, B. S., M. S.; and Richard Mills, B. S. Ed., M. S. Ed. Seated, Charles Pruitt, B. A., B. S. Ed., M. S. Ed., and D. C. Edwards, B. S. Ed., M. S. Ed. metric and volumetric analysis. Also introduced was work in colorimetric, spectrophotometric, potention- metric, and electrometric analytical instrumentation work. Basically, the physics classes were connected with the mechanics of sound, heat, electricity, mag¬ netism, and light. THIS PIONEER discovered suc¬ cess in the lab . . . Ron Bas- sin, Dick Schmitz, and Al Re¬ eves were fascinated in physics doss . . . Mr. Edwards aided Wes Burns in finding a sol¬ vent . . . Physics included a few humorous moments, too.

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Francis Richardson, B.S.E., M.S., again was the able head of the Belleville Junior College Evening Division. The ntan who never leaves the campus, Mr. Richardson dircted the program that offered every major course . . . Chemistry teacher D. C. Edwards helped Joe Wilson outline a schedule at the night school registration session for the second semester. Each stu¬ dent received counselling at this time . . . Day student John Tomich took advantage of the evening hours to catch up on his lab work in chemistry. Unable to complete their assign¬ ments in the day, other Dutchmen had to follow John ' s exomple. Night school: An important part of SC. Carefully checking their calculations were these students of Mr. Pruitt’s physics class. This course was just part of the full science program offered by the evening division ... A Rus¬ sian language student concentrated in order to attain correct translation. This difficult course was given for the first time this year , . . The vending machine in the lounge got o lot of business each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening, the times when night school was in progress. A soft drink or a cup of coffee often gave students that added boost needed to survive the late hours of study.