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

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,«»»«. v- JC ENROLLMENT AT ALL-TIME HIGH Enrollment for the winter term reached an all time high for JC, according to figures released by Registrar Charles Graham. The record enrollment of 7,982 shows an increase of 534 students over 1974 ' s total of 7,448. While evening enrollment dropped from last term ' s 3,732 to 3,526 day students enrollment increased from 3,716 to 4,456. Graham, who replaced retired Registrar Lawrence Mayfield, cited the economic situation as the prime reason for the record enrollment. People can ' t find work, so they come to school. We ' ve had a gradual increase in enrollment every year, Graham commented, but this year ' s fund is bigger than ever. % • a I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living, hut that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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TUDENT V( CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS OFFER MEANS FOR COMMUNICATION Printed communications on this campus have flourished since the school ' s earliest years. Each branch playing a valuable and significant role in shaping and enhancing student Ufe. Beginning in 1937, a small 5X7 paperback called the ' Chimaera ' was published. Crude in struct- ure, this booklet was simply a listing of personable students, officers, last wills and testaments and the like. Times changed and in 1949 Chimaera followed suit, becom- ing the Galleon. This hard-back book offered black and white photographs, artwork along with the customary recognition of clubs, activities and the student body ' s higher echelon. Not much more. And now, thirty years since the Chimaera, the Galleon still chang- es. Returning to the paper-back style of its predecessor, today it is a tri-annual illustrated maga- zine revealing an in-depth more personal view of student life. Undoubtedly it will change again to serve the changing needs of the students. Like the Galleon, other publi- cations have managed to survive the pressures of time. Perhaps one of the most essential mediums is the college literary magazine. The ' Media ' serves as the ideal outlet for the personal € ' The GALLEON Staff upon return from the 1975 Florida Community College Press Association Convention in Tampa top row: Bruce Bates; Rhonda Calbetzor; Jim DiVitale; Brandy Zasky; Ernie Ortiz; Charlotte Feikert bottpm row: Dr. Jim Miles, advisor; Gail Smuda; Linda Ostrander; David Southard 22