Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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Nancy Nichols and Cliff Prator use the textbook and its once-living counterpart to perform basic zoological experiments. Snips and snails Doesn't look quite the some now as it did in the book, does it? l . iff? Y 'IA .TFFW 9: Among sounds that could come only from an animal compound, Valley students study zoology. Laboriously tramping around in the field or cautiously dissecting in the lab., students are aware of the vast unfolding world of animals that surrounds them. The enthusiastic students entering Valley's zoology department will find a myriad of interesting experi- ments in which to participate ac- tively. Students aspiring to professional standing in the sciences or those ful- filling general education require- ments find the zoology department useful as a part of their education. Wornis to whales and how they are classified are just a part of the information taught in zoology courses at Valley. A peek into the lab will reveal students busily performing various operations on unsuspecting speci- mens, all of which leads to a better understanding of the life which surrounds them. It is not unusual to find a de- dicated zoology major rushing to class with a tarantula in his lunch sack. Some students even prefer doing their lab assignments at home and keeping the specimens in the refrigerator, much to their parents' dismay. Surrounded by microscopes and other scientific-looking parapherna- lia, the beginning zoology student may become slightly apprehensive, but after three semesters, he will be well on his way to joining Amer- ica's growing group of scientists.

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Perfect balance is also necessary, Dow finds, if the device is to be in working order upon completion. Dow cranks the drill press to the proper level, preparing forthe next step on the plans. 2 In .fl J' ll I .El 4 Dow follows rigid plan of cushion track-measuring and aligning the holes in the shop. An air cushion track, something new for the future railroad industry, was con- structed by Bob Dow, a first semester en- gineering student. This project was as- signed to him in the applied engineering class of shop class. Each student takes a set of plans and professionally constructs tools or modern industrial devices. They are actually de- monstrating the principles of physics in these labs-this is engineering. Dow made this air cushion track from plans drawn up by Andrew Mason of the physics department. He spent hours in the shop, shaping metal, balancing and align- ing parts to tit the mechanism. Precision is absolutely necessary, said Dow. Exactly 384 holes exactly Byzf 1000 inches in diameter had to be drilled into the long frame, If one hole was a frac- tion off, the device would not work, he said. Dow's project took one semester to complete, and many similar mechanisms which will be used in future industries are being designed and developed in the growing engineering department.

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