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

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Life on Ecirth Chief Biological Study Making a set of dentures tit properly is iust one of the assignments on which Evening Division Dental Assistance trainees Stephanie Baldesarelli, Stanley Godoy, and Judy Marrer concentrate. 4 Although man is now engaged in the battle for outer-space supremacy, the understanding of the basic workings of the systems of man's own body and of organisms that surround him must be acquired if man is to continue his life on earth. These are the scientific principles applied by the BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT under the chairmanship of Dr. William Burris. Maiors in the three subdivisions of Bac- teriology, Biology, and Zoology, in addition to those in pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary, and pre-nursing will find a varied and specialized source of subiects from which to choose, includ- ing three new courses, Mammalian Anatomy, Botany of Seed Bearing Plants, and Plant Tax- onomy. Left, checking blood pressure with stethoscope and pressure count provides students practical knowledge of body circulation. Gloria Jean Shephard is instructed by Miss Rosemary Johnson on the correct pro- cedure for measuring the blood pressure of her partner Josie Pelayo. Below, bacteriology includes innoculating and observing bacterial cul- tures to identify specific types. Leona Parker examines one culture while her partner Sara Dennis checks her accuracy from the text, under the watchful eye of Mrs. Charlene Mims.

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Courses Increase T Students choose from i5 sections of Art, History, Commercial Art, Design, Life Drawing, Ceramics, Art Education, and Painting in the Day Division, Arts, Crafts, Lapidary Art and Silver- srnithing in the Evening Division. Transformation is not an unusual skill for the art students. Colored cellophane, wood strips and tape are worked into a double-story Christmas mosaic covering the west window of the Adminis- tration Building. Spring finds the art rooms evacuated and the Annex invaded as students clamor over a structure of wood and wire to con- struct the Fiesta float. With Enrollment Through his six-hour credit course in pottery and clay sculpture Edward Douglas is learning to apply some of the special techniques which must be combined while using the potter's wheel in shaping a ceramic vase. hdfde Studying ,a new graphics press that produces a picture from an etched plate are Sharon Anderson, James Blodgett, and Nancy Hug. This process can print as many pictures as desired, and these are all called originals. Offered only in the Evening Division, Lapidary Arts and Silver smithing attracts many students who find fascination in cutting and polishing gem stones and in mounting semi-precious stones Instructor Owen Davis watches Edward Fox exhibit his skill

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Courses Fill Multiple Because of its increased importance and its popularity with non-science maiors, the Depart- ment of Biological Sciences has seen its enroll- ment double in the past four years to 858 Day and 210 Evening students. Expansion, improved modern laboratory equipment, and an increase in the number of instructors from six to nine have been the natural consequences of this enrollment growth. Expansion has been aided also through the removal of the Chemistry and Geology classes into their own building, thus increasing class- room and laboratory space available in the original Science Building. Several new micro- scopes, new slides, and a physiograph are recent additions tothe equipment. l 'ss 9. if Q aff The study of fish anatomy enables Billie Rodgers and Jerry Teck to make biological comparisons of animal types, as Dr. Orty Orr points out the charac- teristic features of the dog fish shark. Top, mounted plants viewed under low-powered microscopes help in obtaining a better understanding of plant physiology. Mr. Larry Stripling places a specimen under the microscope for Mary Jane Nieto's observation. Below, the physiograph, measuring the rate of the heart beat is demonstrated by victim Sam Wilson, as Mike Piper checks the procedure and Dr. Julian Cooke, assistant professor, serves as assistant Student Neecls