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

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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

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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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Music ond Educotion QS Elliott, Mrs. Eileen Stone, Charles Tomlinson, Elaine Wagner, Mrs. Miriam Weaver, Robert E. Assistant Professor Instructor Instructor Assistant Professor Instructor The McAllister Auditorium is the setting for any fine shows each year, but perhaps none are o worthy as the ones sponsored by the Music De- artment Recitals are held for small groups of upils Other programs demonstrate every facet f thc Music Department, offering selections by he two choirs as well as by representatives from he various classes. One of the more notable proj- cts is the bringing of the San Antonio Symphony rchestra to perform for San Antonio College. his is the main fund-raising project, and proceeds ugment the scholarship fund. One may have the knowledge, but until he nows how best to present his knowledge to others, e has not earned the right to be called teacher. rom the beginning of time, the teacher has oc- upied an honored and respected position in so- iety because of the responsibility which he carries. I hrough the new theories and methods of teaching, his position is given even more meaning. Because AC is a two-year college, emphasis is placed on lementary education. Courses in the teaching of rt music and physical education are among these 359 Y -I fferedi i F If K rj ii' ,iff ,tif S Zak. rn. - ,f li 3 G al l Walthall, Dr. Marjorie Professor I' Bruckman, Instructor Mrs. Idel Above: Singer and accompanist practice during one of the many private, individual sessions available to music students. At left: Music and education are joined together in this Music Education class where a rhythm band demon- strates its skill to the class. 27