Hannibal LaGrange University - Trojan Yearbook (Hannibal, MO)

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1' ' 'R Eff A ' Gene Cotton Physcial Education Athletic Director Betty Rho ads Physical Education PE Credit Proposed For Intramurals Intramurals took a greater role in the Physical Education Program as co-ed softball, ten- nis, volleyball, and basketball tournaments were offered. Plans were initiated to grant Physical Education credit for intramural participation in the future. I Roy Clark Criminal Justice Allan Sudholt Agri-Business Vocation Courses Are Career-Oriented Criminal Justice, Agriculture and Legal Technology prepared students for careers after two years of study. Roy Clark came as a full-time director of Criminal Justice with 22 years of military police experience. To im- prove the program, he organized a Criminal Justice Ad- visory panel composed of area police personnel, judges, and Criminal Justice administrators. A Criminal Justice Frater- nity was also planned to strengthen the department. Two Pre-Agriculture courses - crop science and con- servation - were added under Allan Sudholt, a retired United States International Development agent. Mr. Sudholt brought new insight to the Agricultural area. Legal technology combined secretarial and legal skills for a two year para-professional degree. A Lawyer and Juvenile Officer, Warren Wells, taught Legal Language and Legal Ethics in the program.

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Ivan Oliver gives an American History lecture. 58!Socia1 Sciences '76 Is Special Year For Historians As the nation's bicentennial celebration ended, a national election year opened. The televised Ford versus Carter debates were the object of discussion in Fall government classes. Students, with the newly acquired right to vote at 18, were not only viewers of history in this eventful year: they were participants.

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Secretarial Building Gets Face Lift The old Becky Thatcher Bulldlng evolved 1nto a new medla center wxth both classroom and work fac1l1t1es The basement was remodeled to mclude professlonal prmtmg equxprnent a darkroom office space and a media classroom On the mam floor the typmg area was qu1eted by the addxtlon of carpetxng and other rooms were spruced up wxth fresh pamt and txle Audlo Vlsual A1ds and Mecha taught by Dale Hammond and Medxcal Typmg taught by Faye Pope were newest addxtxons 1n the Secretarxal Scxence Department Peueier Heads Wnth the retxrement of a 33 year teacher Mary Mxtchell m May 1976 the Busmess Depart ment took on a new full txme staff member Robert Peveler H15 20 year busxness experlence was xn the area of management In addxtlon to Peveler s In troductxon to Buslness Busxness Law and Account mg classes the Busmess Department offered four courses taught by area professlonals Jerry Allen owner of Allens Carpet Judy Brown a Hanmbal H1gh School buslness teacher Marvxn Calhoon an admmlstrator at Underwood and Gary Luck a Cer txfied Pubhc Accountant wxth a local firm were part tune faculty Business Department Dale Hammond Graphic Arts Fay Pope Secretarial Science