Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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' Scoop ' Jackson spoke on campus in 1972. January 12 is the first day of school in the new year and it marks the first big event as far as the Bicen- tennial is concerned. According to Pugh, they will dedicate a marker prepared by the state and the vo- ter ' s registration bus will be on cam pus. Another event occurring this week is the arrival of the Bicenten- ial Wagon. This wagon is just one of the many covered wagons that will be traveling through the U.S. and converging on July 3. Coun try and Western singer Joe Brock will be appearing on campus the week of January 12. It is also THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT JC EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF ' 76 hoped that Burt Reynolds will appear on campus. His interest in horses will coincide with the Bicentennial activities and wagon. The wagon will be on Burt Reynolds ' ranch on Saturday, Jan- uary 17, but whether or not Reynolds will appear on JC cam- pus is not yet determined because of his unpredictable schedule. 1 could use a lot of help, add- ed Mr. Pugh. It ' s a real problem. You just never seem to have enough help. The kind of help Pugh is referring to is typing, sign-making, or anything that will help to ease the load. Anyone who wishes to help in the Bicentennial activities or become involved in the various po- litical rallies during the upcoming election year, please contact Mr. Edwin Pugh, Bicentennial chairman, in room SS OlA. 17

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m tm The spirit of ' 76 is among the students and faculty of JC. After submitting several appUcations, JC was chosen as the Bicentennial campus from this area. Selections were made from various learning institutions throughout the state. Mr. Edwin Pugh, chairman of JC ' s Bicentennial activities, stated that the fact of JC being the oldest junior college in Florida, was a definite factor in the decision. JC unveils many plans for cele brating the upcoming Bicentenn- ial. Plans on the drawing board include a video-taped oral history program. We want to recognize people who we feel have made contributions to history. JC marked the beginning of the Bi- centinnial activities on October 8 when students formed a 76 in the Sunshine Patio. The first major event was Armis- tice Day which was held on Nov 11 in the Flagler Museum. An illustrative talk was given be re- tired British Admiral, Sir AUestaire Ewing. Ewing is the head of the English-speaking union which means a great deal to JC ' s campus. This union is responsible for pro- viding scholarships for people in order to allow them to study in Europe. Although 1976 represents the Bicentenial, it also signifies the approach of the Florida presiden- tial preferential primary. It is the hope of Mr. Pugh that people as- piring to the presidency will speak to students on campus. Ronald Reagan is being considered as a possible speaker. According to Mr. Pugh, all Democrats and Re pubUcans will be in great demand as spokesman. Also, says Pugh, if there is a third party candidate we ' ll go afte them faster than anyone else. This|p will hopefully prompt others aspir- ing to the presidency to appear on campus. Shirley Chisholm, Sena- tor Hubert Humphrey, and Senator 16

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J- SNEAKER CLAD PROFESSOR SPEAKS OUT: I ik BE MASTER OF YOUR OWN FATE ' -? It ' s the Woody Allen in me. says Dr. Richard Yinger when questioned about his different colored socks and sneakers. 1 often wish I could be as funny as Johnny Carson or Gabe Kaplan (Mr. Kotter). There are times when I think the entertainment factor is perhaps the major aspect of teaching. If a class is laughing, at least they are listening to you, and I truly love to hear laughter. If you don ' t have a good laugh now and then you dry up! In addition to being an enter- taining Sociology professor. Dr. Yinger is an interesting hu- man being with views he enthu- siastically shares with his stu- dents. When I go into a class- room, I take a total of 35 years of human existence with me. As a teacher, I try to deal with the basic issues of life. I am concerned with human know- ledge and understanding and the tradition of intellectual scholar- ship that a teacher is charged to preserve. I always hope I will be successful in helping a student feel some excitement about the process of knowing, and appreci- ate the quest for knowledge and understanding and the limitations of the product of that quest. Life is a research project that can be exciting and joyous. I have learn- ed that life is essentially a learn ing experience in which a person is given opportunities to grow and develop. We have the opportunity 18 to strengthen our character and to expand our awareness. Education is basically a process of opening up and becoming aware of what js already within us. In order to learn you must take an active part in your own education, you can not be a passive observer. You need to have curiosity and you need to be able to feel some ex- citement about life and its mys- teries. You don ' t need to be ve- ry intelligent to learn, but you must be curious, you must have stamina, you must be willing to persist, and you must have a cer- tain amount of tolerance. If you want to understand human be- havior you need patience and tol- erance. The students at PBJC must put out an extraordinary effort in or- der to beat the disadvantages so- ciety has put upon them. Look at yourselves and think carefully about what is happening to you. Look carefully at the situation in higher education and try to un- derstand where you fit in as a student at PBJC. The whole so- ciety is trembling in the wake of Watergate and the recession. The society is withdrawing support for education, especially higher education. Recession means that only the top students from the top universities will have a chance at decent jobs. The junior college can be used to a great advantage by the student who seeks out the most demanding courses in order to develop skills in intellectual scholarship. Take the hardest courses you can get, the meanest and most demanding teachers. Force yourself to develop skills here because the competition will be a lot rougher at the uni- versity. Students should demand rigorous courses. The worst thing you can do is take easy courses. They create illusions that will get j you in trouble. But you can beat the system. If you make the ef- fort, you can get as good an edu- cation here as at the university. The teachers are restricted by the structural limitations of the sys- tem, but you are free to make the maximum use of the resources here to develop your skills so that you can compete successfully. I would like to see students become more concerned with the quality of education. I wish students would use their power to improve the quality of education. Your future is in your hands. When Dr. Richard Yinger was in high school, he never thought he would go to college. There sim- ply wasn ' t a chance even if I wan- ted to go. I was in the Industrial Arts program which meant not going to college. The program was designed to train boys for jobs in industry. The idea of college did not occur to me until I was in the Marine Corps. I took a college entrance exam and managed to get into Millersville State College | in Pennsylvania, mainly because i