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

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Teaching is fun for Bob Lawson b Sheila Checofoh Wh men Bob Lawson came to Cowley he came for the chance to teach on the college level. He ' s been doing that since 1968 and for the last several years has also been for the Department of Social and Natural Sciences. Even in 1968 teaching wasn ' t new to him. He started teaching in 1950 and has taught south of Kansas City, Sedan, and Arkansas City High School. For entertainment, Lawson collects guns, antique furniture and kitchen articles. He also likes to fish and read books. I have 600 books in my home library and about 200 of them are pretty valuable, Lawson said. His wife, Pat, is a secretary in the Financial Aids and Public Relations of- fices at the College and together they have plans for a trip to Europe after his retirement. I ' ll finish teaching and then retire. I don ' t have time to sit around the house, he said. I like to travel fast so I can see what I want to see. But Lawson isn ' t ready to retire yet. He says he likes his job. I like working with people, especially young people because young people help me to stay young, too. I ' m a teacher and this is what I enjoy doing. BOOK LOVER-At home in hit office on the second floor of Galle- Johnson Hall, Bob Lawson, chairman for the social and natural sciences department, is surrounded by books. He has over 600 books in his and says about a third of the (Photo by Don Shrubs hell) personal library m are valuable. Daulton Construction Residental Commercial New and Remodeling 442-4391 POBox21 Arkansas City CARTERS AUTO PARTS, INC. ' TOOLS New and Rebuilt Parts to CAR, TRUCK, and TRACTOR Machine Shop-Glass and Accesories CHAMPION 1SAMCO 1424 South Summit Arkansas City, Kansas 442-0200 People

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JEFFHOVEY general education, I have enjoyed this as much as my business train ing, Hovey said. I ' m going into electronics and most of the electronic technicians do not have machining, so bringing them both together I have a plus there. For individuals going strictly into elec- tronics, I would -encourage them to get the degree, he said. Hovey is grateful for his VICA ex- periences. I ' ve had the opportunity to speak before large crowds of people, organize leadership camps, to meet industrial and government leaders. ..and as a national officer I -do represent vocational and in- dustrial students to industry. But if no one ever gets anything else out of my being a national officer from Cowley County, I hope they realize the op- portunities are there, he said. I was a student that sat in the back of the room before this and I owe a lot of credit, in fact a debt that I cannot repay, to this college as well as Bob Boggs and Charlie White. If it wasn ' t for them pushing me, I wouldn ' t be where I am today. They got me star- ted and I know that I can go out there and use my skills and that I have self- confidence. I would like to get into the training of individuals coming into vocational education, Hovey said. In this field, you have to deal with the fact that technical education is constantly advancing, according to Hovey. Electronics is changing all the time and you have to learn and re- train continually. If you don ' t keep up you will never be able to advance in the technical world, he said. Until people come down here to the Vo-tech department and have been through the classrooms and heard about the programs they won ' t realize what it is we have to offer, Hovey concluded. Selection of Crystal Candle Accesories Paintings Jewelry Boxes Handmade Items Gifts Silk Flower Jewelry 442-0229 314 South Summit c-c-c-c Cosmetology Program Offers Hairstyling Black Hair Manicuring Nail Tips M Hair Coloring Scalp Treatment Facials and Makeup Hair Lightning Sculpture Nails All Prices are reduced Lower Level of Historical High School Perming Luminizing Braiding Pedicuring 2nd and Central 442-6280

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Focus on Cowley (Continued from page 13) students danced the night away at October 18 Halloween Dance spon- sored by Student Government Association (SGA). It was the first dance of the year and we sponsored it to see if the tur- Laundr y nout would be better than last year ' s dances, SGA president, Darla Call said. Costumes were not required but for those who did dress up, contests were held in five categories. The baseball team, dressed as female cheerleaders took the funniest (Continued from page 21 ) me is the mileage when I go home or about $2.50 if I have to do it here. Some Cowley students find there is economy in quantity, others don ' t. Charles Hall is a freshman who lives with several friends in Winfield. He does his own laundry and only takes the special items home to have done. I wash about once a week, we do it all together, Hall said. It costs about $8 a week. Students still living at home with their parents aren ' t immune to dirty laundry. Tracey Christenson is a Winfield freshman who lives with her parents. I do my own laundry once a week, she said. It doesn ' t cost me anything. She does home work while waiting through the cycles. The exciting result is clean laundry which I take out dry, wad up and toss in a basket and iron when I need to use it, she said. Moe Mythical returned to check his dryer. Yunno, I also learned that sweetening up a cute coed in the lower level of Renn didn ' t automatically make her my laun- dress, he said. This disappointment kept me out of the library until I was 19 years old, he said. When he became a sopho tore, Moe and his friends used their twn experiences to become the laum y advisors for incoming freshmen. Of course, this was to help them avoid the pain and agony we had gone through. Either we had to do it, or close the lower level of Renn, he said. Now, I can successfully and non- chalantly operate the most sophisticated automatic washer or dryer, he said. I have finally reached my ultimate goal of total in- dependence-doing my own laundry. category while the scareyist as awar- ded to Albert Nieces, with Cliff Cin- nigham taking the weirdest. Most original went to Michelle Shaw and the open catagory went to David Cooper. The group of Halloween characters danced to music ranging from soul, blues, country and rock. The music was provided by D.J. Dance Limited featuring Rick Dorell. Friday night featured the College ' s first Gong Show. The audience of about 150 gathered in the Little Theater as the Master of Ceremonies, Chuck Sigler, assisted by dormitory director Pam Mattingly hosted the evening and introduced the seven ac- ts. Performances were given by Mario Marin, Delbert Black, Misty Ther- mond, Lucille Carson, Randy Perry, B.J. Fritz, William Ingram, B.J. James, Joey Wilson, Ed Hall, Chris Yeager, the cheerleaders, Jim Pellock, Greg Heikes, M.B. Smart, Sarah Phillips. There are three other contestants who never revealed their last names. These three are, Robin C, Vickie S., and Shelly G. Judges were Ron Pruitt, Pam Mattingly, Barbara Tipton, Phil Witney, Wanda Sheperd, and Jay Jackson. Chris Yeager won the first place prize but the entire Gong Show was great, just wonderful. I think we ' ll do another one next spring, Watson said. Gregg-Oleson Real Estate Own Your Own Home 442-6262 122 South Summit Arkansas City ca THE UNION STATE BANK For your convenience set up your own checking and savings account with us today Kansas and Summit 127 South Summit Member FDIC