Odessa College - Branding Iron Yearbook (Odessa, TX)

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Annual layout and design require many long hours of work with only one final goal in mind, and that is to provide the best looking annual possible for the students of OC. Journalism Plays Vital Role Students of journalism learn the vast importance of mass communications vital to our nation's well being. The Odessa College newspaper, The Roundup, and the Branding Iron yearbook, are the end, re- sults of many hours spent studying the varied fields of journalism. 34 Skipper Goulet and Ward Rohilliard work together to insure that all the copies of the Roundup are addressed correctly.

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Know-How J. E. Hollowelll proves that milling requires a steady hand. Beaming proudly, Harold Bettes displays some of his automotive handy work. Sparks fly hot and fast as a student uses an arc Welder while practicing seam welding. Odessa College offers a wide variety oi voca- tional, machine, and shop courses. They are de- signed primarily to impart technical knowledge and skills. Among the vocational courses are automotive repair, arc and acetylene welding, and metal proc- essing. Permian Basin industries provide numerous positions for qualified students who have com- pleted the courses, and business leaders recognize that it is a facet of learning to keep their regular employees up-to-date on current trends and new techniques.

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-U - Varied Technique Taught in rt 1 i i Shirley Oglesby and Paul Wecker concentrate on individual works of art seeing that they comply with their art class assignment. Art at Odessa College is a major interest among many students. The methods used to produce a work of art range from pen and ink t6 oil painting. The art student is taught design as well as creative techniques. Larry Davisson practices a charcoal figure sketch in one of his art classes. Qlancing over the shouder of a linotype operator, 'a would-be journalist views the method used to cast a line of type for a newspaper. 35