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

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The Faculty As Individuals Retired Lt. Col. Arnold Freedman ' s major field is Latin American History, but he really enjoys teaching political institutions too. He ' s completed 135 hours past his Master ' s degree and will soon type his final dissertation. His Master ' s thesis was translated into Spanish. It concerned the first liber- ation of South America. As a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam, 12 years of his service was overseas. He still likes to travel when he can, particularly to the Carribean and South America. I think education is the most important means of developing a better society, reasons Freedman. He tries to make his subject matter understandable, simple, and present it in direct language. My main purpose is to get the point across, he says. The Phi Alpha Theta Historical Society, the American Historical Association, and the Hispanic Historical Assoc- iation are three organizations he belongs to. He has also worked with SGA, Phi Theta Kappa, and the Kiwanis club at different times since he started working here in 1964. Freedman recieved the Instructor of Distinction award in 1974, which was based on 65% of student evaluation. He believes there ' s no poor student, just bad teachers. One of the things that I take great pride in, acknow- ledges Freedman, is having former students come back from four-year colleges and telling me how good they ' re doing. In his varsity days, Freedman was a four letter man. Now his leisure time is spent playing golf, reading and fishing. He owns two boats and is just taking up scuba diving. Lt. Col. Freedman snaps pictures with a Minolta camera says traveling is really his main hobby. Mr. Freedman in his office Math instructor Mr. Paul Hitchcock, who taught in high school and at Simmons College, has been at JC for eight years. He always liked math and enjoys working with students. While teaching Math 106 to Calculus, he enjoys Statistics most. The applications are so evident, and the students see it too, he says. Math 106 is fun also, because most of these students really need the help, he added. Math 106 is the lowest level, and motivation is sometimes difficult. With classes of up to thirty students, instruction is not always easy. The ideal class size would be one, says Hitchcock with a chuckle, although fifteen or twenty is a good size. Here he presents a problem, explains it, then gives the students a problem of their own to work on. He then walks around to give individual help, so naturally the fewer students the better. Hitchcock doesn ' t take his math formulas home with him though. He ' s a man with many hobbies, tennis being about the biggest one with photography ranking second. He al- so owns a Honda 1000 which he and his vrtfe ride in a club called the Gold Wingers, the name of the Honda 1000. So if you see the man with the bushy red moustach cruis- ing down the street on his Gold Winger, remember he also is a math teacher. ,J, Mr. Hitchcock reducing his class size to one..

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Our edicatiS The Galleon staff would like to dedicate the °nb-n yearbook to Mr. Frank J. Mc- Laughlin as a way of saying thank you for his tireless effort to best serve the student body at JC as a guidance counselor. Mr. McLaughlin is a graduate of Youngs- town University in Youngstown, Ohio, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in bus- iness administration. He went on to obtain a Master of Science in education at Westmin- ster College in New Wilmington, Penn. From there, he began a career teaching business as well as coaching basketball in two Ohio area schools from 1947 to 1959. After a visit to Florida, he and his fam- ily moved to our state in which McLaughlin continued his teaching and coaching at what is now Twin Lakes High School. He remain- ed there for eight years, transferring later to Howell Watkins Junior High in ' 62 where he assumed the posts of both assistant princi- pal and dean of boys. With this background, McLaughlin joined the faculty of JC eight years ago. His role is to be of service to both day and evening stu- dents in answering any questions concerning possible courses of study. It is often that the student body over- looks this invaluable assistance offered in our college. Students with careers in mind can greatly benefit from the counseling available by simply expressing their interest in pro- ' ited professions. Not only can a present Irse of study then be outlined, but a fur- . .or parallel program can also be sketched out for any future follow up studies, if the student desires to persue the Associate of Arts program. Associate of Science may be earned in bus- iness, technical, or professional programs that normally would call for a two year study. In either case, it is vital that the students recognize the wealth of information already compiled for their use in the guidance de- partment as a means to further enlighten them on their road of study. It is thus that Mr. McLaughlin and our other very capable members of the guidance department are an asset in meeting the grow- ing needs of the JC student body, i SANDRA KOUDELIK

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Mr. Hale in one of his creative moments Hot-rod Hitchcock Drawing instructor Reuben Hale has recently become interested in sculpting, but it wOl be one or two more years before he exhibits any of his work. Anyone can learn to draw to a certain extent, says Hale. They need to learn the technical process, if they become artists, that ' s another thing. he added with agrin, he then concluded, It ' s just like anyone can learn to write. His main point to a novice is to see what you see in a logical manner and to carry it out as an illusion on paper. If we get that in Drawing I, we ' re happy, Hale proposes. The biggest problem with some students is that they de- feat the idea by having a preconception of what drawing and painting is. He is concerned mainly with advanced students. Drawing IV students learn printmaking and etching. Hale says he was influenced by Rembrandt and the French artist Cezanne. There are permanent showing of his students ' art work in the faculty lounge and in various conference rooms a- round campus. Eventually they ' ll be all over campus, Hale points out. While his spare time is usually spent on his sculture, for which he may use anything from fiberglass to cement, de- pending on the desired image, his daughter travels the coun- try with a circus. Ringling Brothers have the artist ' s daughter doing aerial ballet this year. From interesting parents seem to spring similar children. .J, JOHN CHILDERS