Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Basic classes and the Three R's brought an academic Replay for students at Cowley. Many of the classes of- fered 60 years ago have long since been expanded to cover broader areas. In-depth coverage has made the difference for students then and now. According to Allan Maag, former CCCC instructor, classes in 1922 were taught on a theoretical basis, leaving lit- tle room for application. With an influx of vo-tech, schools, students now have a chance to learn by applying their skills. But instruction isn't the only thing that has changed. Teachers' salaries have, of course, increased markedly in the last 60 years. A I can remember when teachers were happy to make S150 a month, Maag said. Now they're making close to ten times that amount. i The cost of living has also soared over the years, so much that the loaf of bread that cost three cents at the local grocery store in 1922 would cost 97 cen- ts in today's supermarket. According to William S. Scott, dean of students, the price of bread was relative. In- the '30s or '40s, ifyou had a nickel ,to spend on a candy bar, you were big, Scott said. .With the rising cost of everything, it wasldifficult for individuals to attend college. Many people lust went to high school and then quit, Scott said. ' But people had the ambition to succeed in a field. And things haven't changed much in that department. Though nearly 80 percent of the student body y was on some form of financial aid this year,' many alsofound it necessary to ac- cept part-time iobs or to attend night school to complete their courses of study. Just as the high cost for students to continue ' their education hasn't changed much, neither has their desire to achieve the academic stan- dards of today's society. uf' ' fTl'f:.'.s 1' ' I W -rf . . , ,.,,.- L 2'-as ff,

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Resources Center provides data by Ann Hollenback The Renn Memorial Library and Research Center saw many im- provements this year, strengthening its image of offering more than lust books to the students. According to Ken Campbell, media technician, it wasn't long ago that the library was housed in the lower level of Galle-Johnson Hall. There wasn't even a media cen- ter, Campbell said. There was iust a small collection of books and magazines. The services are better now. The library has more than 20,000 books and 230 periodicals. Betty Mar- tin, director of the Learning Resour- ces Center, further improved the ser- vices offered this year through the purchase of a Com-Reader. The machine locates books for borrowing from maior libraries across the state. According to Sally Forrest, library assistant, the system worked well during its first year at the college. If there were magazines or books we didn't have, we could borrow them from other libraries, Forrest said. Magazine articles were usually Xeroxed, and there wasn't a lona wait. The system was a big help. Improving the Research Center has been a continuing goal for the librarians. The Research Center is the heart of the campus, Martin said. It seems that every class this year had an in-library assignment or term paper. Students needed to feel like they could come here. We're in the in- formation business. Foreign students also had the op- portunity to find special help in the library. English as a second language was offered this year through the ESL program in the Learning Skills Lab, Martin said. lt was a class for people in the community who wanted to im-. prove their English skilIs. With the new equipment and ser- vices, the library offered greater op- portunities for all students. ACADEMlCS!Learning Resources Center 21