Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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The engineering curriculum prepared men for responsible technical positions. At one time or another everyone has surely seen a couple ot Junior College students peering through a transit at some distant object discernable only to the students surveying. This practice was just one aspect of the Junior College’s program for young engineers. Not only were they given a solid foundation in mathe ¬ matics and engineering principles, but also in English, chemistrv, physics, and business. Eventually these eager men will be building tbe roads, bridges, and buildings of tomorrow. MR. FRANK SCOTT, B.Ed., and A.M. GARY MUETH used a scratch pen to finish his architectural drawing in Mr. Scott ' s class. Mike Owens and Jack Frost learned how to use the transit. MR. SCOTT explained a math problem to his engineers.

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MR. KENNETH PYATT gave math major Jeanne Cordie extra help with a calculus problem. The Math department offerings included basic math ematics to differential equations. For many of us at Belleville Junior College, the mathematics courses proved to be stimulating chal¬ lenges. Mr. Kenneth Pyatt, head of the Math De¬ partment, made sure we were given the best instruc¬ tion in all phases of mathematics offered. The wide choice — basic mathematics, college algebra, trigono¬ metry, analytical geometry, calculus, slide rule, tech¬ nical math and differential equations—prepared us to meet business, engineering and scientific needs with a solid foundation and confidence in our ability. Mr. Albert Besserman taught fundamentals of mathematics for those students who needed to ful¬ fill their math requirement but felt they couldn ' t handle algebra. Miss Genevieve Snider concentrated her instruction in the area of college algebra. College algebra, physics, calculus, and slide rule were taught by Mr. Donald Jackson, Mr. Oliver Kueker, Mr. Mike Zupsich, and Mr. Kenneth Pyatt. MR. JACKSON explained to Edward McClane, Bob Sanders, and SEATED: Mr. Mike Zupsich, A.B., A.M.; Miss Genevieve Snider, Tom Hoffman how to prove a theorum in geometry. A.B., M.A.; Mr. Albert Besserman, B.Ed., M.S.Ed. STANDING: Mr. Kenneth Pyatt, B.Ed., M.A.; Mr. Donald Jackson, B.S., M.S.

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JC men and women 1 he men s physical education program was under the direction of Mr. Emer) ' Carter, assisted by Mr, Norman Armstrong and Mr. Lloyd Elmore. When the young men started classes, they decided l)etween participation in class activities or off-campus sports, such as bowling during the winter semester or goll in the spring, for two hours a week. To be elig¬ ible for these activities, a student had to pass the Marine’s Physical Fitness Test with an ability score of 200. Every two weeks those students reported to the PE office to have their activity cards checked. Students who remained in the PE classes learned the general rules and proper scoring in the various sports available: basketball, tennis, tumbling, track, and weight lifting. Above all, go xl sportsmanship, physical fitness, and athletic agility remain the ulti¬ mate goals of the physical education department. SEATED; Mr. Emery Carter, B.Ed., M.A.; Mr. Lloyd Elmore, B.S.Ed. STANDING: Mr. Norman Armstrong, B.S.Ed. WHILE AL HOPFINGER, Dave Lashley and John Sova watched, Dave Weber demonstrated the principles of lifting weights. ROGER SCHMIDT struggled to chin himself for the fiftieth time. ROBERT VOLLMER displayed some good and bad points of his tumbling form — mostly good, of course.