Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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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.

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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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I he organizations and social functions of JC provided a welcome change from our dailv grind and gave us an opportunity to meet new friends. Various cluhs and groups offered opportuni¬ ties to satisfy our interests in the fields of music, teaching, dramatics, engineering, writing, nurs¬ ing, and sports. 1 hose of us who had singing talents could join the JC choir and ensembles. If we were in¬ terested in dramatics, we pledged Delta Psi Omega, a National Dramatic Fraternity. If we planned to become a nurse, we joined the Nurs¬ ing Club which helped us to understand better the problems in the medical field of which we would soon be a part. For our enjoyment, the Social Committee planned monthly parties including informals such as a square dance, hayride, and barn dance as well as semiformal dances and the June Prom. Our record enrollment increased the number of activities and the student participation in them. 30