Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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The Spanish class demonstrated one of the Spanish Christmas traditions of hitting a pinata with sticks in order to break the container and obtain the candy within. Evening Courses appealed to all. Beginning at 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, many adults attended night classes at the Belleville Junior College Evening Division. The majority of the students enrolled in night school held full or part-time jobs during the day. Many adults who were stationed at Scott Air Force Base took advantage of the opportunity to further their education during the evenings. Business firms encouraged em¬ ployees to enroll in classes which correlated with their present jobs and led to future business promotions. Many housewives worked toward an elementarv teach¬ ing certificate through the evening division. Regular day school students also took part in the evening classes. 1 he offerings of J.C.’s Evening Division were diver¬ sified. There were many non-credit short courses such as sewing, ceramics, language for the foreign bom, and small boat craft, as well as a variety of college credit courses in catagories ranging from rhetoric and litera¬ ture to chemistry and physics. The Evening Division, directed by Mr. F. L. Rich¬ ardson, benefited all Belleville area residents who took part in the program. Ron Pierce, Roger Hatzenbuehler, and Don Schneider tested for iron, barium, and sulfate in their chemistry unknowns. 28

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in many sports. JC women found physical education classes cn hanccd by varied physical activities which served to re lax their minds, condition their bodies, and break the monotonous routine of mental exercise. These activi¬ ties varied from basketball, soft ball, volley ball, and archery to modern dance, bowling, correct posture and physical education for elementary teachers. The problems encountered in coordinating this pro¬ gram were handled by Miss Hamilton with the apt assistance of the other instructors. Commuting an attitude of gtxxl sportsmanship and encouraging phy¬ sical fittness were the primary goals of the P.E. De¬ partment. The college s enthusiastic physical education teachers were Mr. Emery Carter B. Ed., M.A., Miss Jane Green, B.S. Ed., Mr. Lloyd Elmore, B.S. Ed., Miss Margaret Hamilton, M.A., Mr. Norman Armstrong, B.S. Ed., and Miss Pat Spurrier, B.A. Judy Queen, Judy Kreitner, and Carol Ridgeway demonstrated their accuracy with the bow and arrow.

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Adults In the area flocked to register for J.C.’s Evening Division which offered courses from beginning sewing to differential equations. Mr. Robert Sforza showed his biology class a 35-pound rhinoc Mrs. Pruitt explained how to lay out a dress pattern ceros heart obtained by a JC student from the St. Louis Zoo. in the evening division ' s course in beginning sewing.