Odessa College - Branding Iron Yearbook (Odessa, TX)

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l l fl 1 gl l . K -31 2 J. D. Pratt Owen Monette Vocational courses offer chance for retraining Technical vocational education is a phase of educa- tion that is often neglected in many communities. How- ever, communities are fast awakening to its importance and value. Odessa College's Technical Vocational Educational department offers a number of iob training courses, such as auto mechanics, welding and electronics. These .programs are partially aided by federal funds as a means of retraining adults. In this way many people are helped to gain new vocations and at the same time the community is benefited by better trained workers. Edward Willis Jack Parr

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Home economist find job variety The building of awhome has Truly become a science. WiTh The emergence of pre- washed, pre-sauced, pre-chopped, pre- cooked, pre-everyThing foods, a homemaker wiTh all her modern conveniences has a greaTer opporTuniTy Than ever before To de- voTe much of lher Time To developing a modern, fulll home. WiThi The realizaTion ThaT homemaking can be a big business, hun- dreds of iobopporTuniTies have appeared for The home economisT, ranging from social work To iobs on Madison Avenue. The modern Home Economics DeparTmenT aT Odessa College offers four crecliT courses each year, plus several non-crediT courses. Those seeking semesTer hours are offered food selcTion and pre'paraTion, meal plan- ning and Table service, design, and cloThing selecTion and consTrucTion. Non-crediT courses include shomemaking, cloThing, basic paTTerns or dress forms, Tailoring, fabric selecTion and care, inTerior decoraTing,, flow- er arrangemenfs, homer furnishings, and up-s h,olsTery.f . Home economics sTudenTs check a proiect in Their food lpreparaTion classy HarrieTTe McClendon

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' Biology - man's lin to the earth Lyle K. Requa Biology offers iTs sTudenTs almosT limifless opporTuni- Ties. The various fields range from parasiTologyi To genef- ics. Odessa College seeks To give iTs biology sTudenTs a sound background in prepa- raTion for advanced sTudy and To acquainT Them Wifh The world around Them. Courses offered are Two se- mesTers in general biology, microbiology, comparaTive amaTomy, and physiology. The biology cleparTmenT will move inTo iTs new build4 ing before The end of The year. 'Phe two-sioriy building confains 44,000 square feeT of space and will house five biology labs,,Twelve lecTure rooms, faculiy o ff i c e s, 'closed-circuif Television, and a planeTariumi. l 1 V . ll fill , ' ii M if ilk ini .uv U, T ii iv' '-, 'f- ' T iili , , 1,41 i 1441 1- T. T ' I 4 Ill Dr. Requa and Billy, Rankin 'discuss lab Techniques with Mary Richardson. Billy B. Rankin