San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Mathematics Culwell. Dr. Paul Carlson, Mrs. Lillian Professor Instructor Though one has collapsed both are still trying to learn. Everybody knows that 2+2 24 but how many people are aware that sin2 O+cos2O:1? Well, the many students enrolled for trig courses had better kf1OW if, bCC21L1SC Si1'l20+C0520 :2:F- Besides trigonometry, the student of mathematics has a wide variety of courses open to him. Three levels of algebra, plane and solid analytic geometry, mathematics of investment, statistics, differential and integral calculus, and differential equations are offered. The increased interest in numbers necessitated the addition of a new faculty member to handle the large number of students enrolling for math this year. Many people, whose major is neither science nor mathematics, have begun to enroll for these courses. Keenly aware of this fact, the de- partment radically overhaulecl the old Math 300 course, to make it a course designed to provide the intelligent liberal arts major with the fundamental terms and theories of mathematics. The paramount importance of mathematics in the modern world assures a continuing demand for expert training in this science and for the discipline of mind which it provides. .. -'Sw I A high-speed printing mechanism, held by an IBM specialist, at- tracts the attention of these math- ematics students who were a por- tion of the group that made I1 fall-term excursion to a local Air Force base. 'gif' fi A 4 f . 5 I A 1 - -Y 'J W i 3 I. .sag 'L i :' ' A I avg... . 5,,.i.....,,,,-, . , l tl l l l ,ge'i'iie'?:,g, , 1' A 25

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Foreign Longuoge These exotic looking characters are just four foreign language students attired in the dress of the countries whose language they are studying. Geology What lies under the earth's surface? How is an island formed? These questions and many more are answered in geology classes. General Geology, a fundamental course is offered not only for those who wish to major in geology or petro- leum, but also as a regular physical science grad- uation requirement. It may be followed by Miner- alogy and Petrology,Geomorpho1ogy, Invertebrate Paleontology, and Paleontological Stratigraphy. Gibson, John O- Wellman, Constance E. Associate Professor Instructor 24 'Vi Samelson, William Burnett, Auman E. Assistant Professor Instructor French, German, Latin, and Spanish are the four foreign languages offered at SAC. Phonetics, pronunciation, and practical conversation are prac- ticed by students enrolled in beginning courses. During laboratory hours students concentrate on conversation and listen to and make tape record- ings. In the intermediate courses, grammar is stressed together with further reading and con- versation. During the third year, courses are corn- ducted in the language being studied. The student here is re-arranging the samples in the geology showcase, which occupies a prominent place in the main hall of the science building.

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Mathematics it I ' 7 1 F .pi-tm..4.4' 4 X -Z' N. I Falbo, Clement E- JONES, Constance J. Olson, 1. B. Sullivan, E. H. Wheeler, Mrs. Helen Instructor Instructor Associate Professor Instructor Assistant Professor The tour of the IBM building at Kelly Air Force Base was the highlight of the year for the Math Department. In top photo, Dr. Paul Culwell and several mathematics students inspect the control console that programs the IBM's. Below students listen attentively as Robert C. Walz, Deputy Chief, Statistical Services Division, explains the printing machine. 26