Hutchinson Community College - Dragons Tale Yearbook (Hutchinson, KS)

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At all hours of the day, the Student Union lobby is filled with students and instructors taking breaks from their class schedules, finishing up last minute assignments, or talking with friends. Pianist Mike Gagon diligently rehearses his lesson in one ofthe several prac- ARA Slater Food service offers several meals with unique settings to contract tice rooms located downstairs in Lockman Hall in the music department. students throughout the year. Rath Ben helps decorate with balloons for the circus theme. 23

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Activities Making use ofleisure time never a problem for students Clark Barnes and Cyndi Vetter won the S5 prize for the best dressed couple at the Fifties charity dance, Nostalgia revisited: Sammy Seymore and Quen- sponsored by the Student Commission to assist the Big Brothers at Christmas, ana Hefner rock and roll at the Fifties dance, emma: Sophomore Bill Schafter performs one ofthe du- ties required ofhim as LRC projectionist. Long, hot spring days lure students who normally spend time lounging in the Student Union outside to re- lax. The Union steps are a favorite spot to talk or bask in the sunshine. 22

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., . A. . : .. . Vying for a chance to score these Hutchinson Community Junior college stu- dents participate in a rough and tumble game of Field Hockey. Jester Hairston, directing the choir, states that a musician must, most impor- tantly, feel the music and become a part of it for success. Unusual. Classes Certain HCJ C classes add change to routine Among the classes offered through the academic services of HCJC there are those that lend a degree of diversity, chal- lenge, and creativity to the student. These courses assist in re- lieving the doldrums which occasionally descend on a student during the semester. All students are required to participate in Physical Education unless they are previously qualified or exempt. Although P.E. is required and therefore undesirable, it allows a medium in which a student can exert himself and release the tensions and excess energies which sometimes accumulate during the neces- sary lectures and labs. A student can express his creativity in several diverse courses offered for the more intensified study of certain career courses. In music, both instrumental and vocal a student can bring forth qualities of subtle creativity and interpretation to give his music a distinctive and satisfying quality of his own. A new innovation this year is the broadcasting of the HCJC station which is put on the air in the Student Union. Students in this class put into practical use the art ofcoordinating music and oration to compose a suitable broadcast program. Broadcasting class requires a program from each of its students twice per week. Mark Booth becomes preoccupied with the actions necessary for a suc- cessful program.