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

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Mortuary Science Adds Music Course , -U-'p,...-. .... Q. Fi , '- ',1...1F,. ,Y Y :g Yi The year T962-63 was one of firsts 'r for the MORTUARY SCIENCE DEPART- MENT. An Associate of Mortuary Science degree, the first to be offered by any college in the nation, was established as the reward for two years of academic 1 study. Nlr. John Cage, department chair- man, traveled to Chicago to attend the American Board of Funeral Service Educa- tion Meeting. A special Music Psychology course was begun by Dr. Mariorie Walthall, which analyzes the mental and physical responses to music and the effect of music on people during funeral services. Tracing delicate expressions and concentration on anatomical modeling, Michael Piper practices knowledge acquired in Restorative Art, the techniques of rebuilding the human face. Left, presented with a shovel for Christmas, Mr. John Cage is spurred by the Introduction to Mortuary Management class to dig up new business for the department. Below, needles, syringes, and fluids are displayed as tools employed in the embalming and restorative art courses. These classes 'feature techniques of embalming and aspects of general art as applied to the funeral service, anatomical modeling, expression, color in cosmetics, and techniques of rebuilding the human face. . H 'T' . ,Lt ,ill V ' ..'-:L , l. no Ma l is, 1 ' ' -'Q' iw N . is-E IIO

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Evening Division Offers Astronomy Here sits lrai Wasserian struggling over a math make-up testi perhaps by the time he finishes he will repent and take the next test during the class period. The department now offers ll credit courses and four introductory non-credit courses. Among the credit courses a student may choose are College Algebra, Plane Trigonometry, Plane and Solid as well as Analytic Geometry, Mathematics of investment, Differential and Integral Calculus, Statistics, and Dif- ferential Equations. Not to be forgotten is the Evening Division course in Modern Astronomy, taught in the Planetarium. The diversity of subiects offered may account for the 56 classes boasted by the department for this year. 4 e ,ini Adding a few last touches to a mathematics test for his class, Mr. Elvis Sullivan compares his notes with the problems on the blackboard. Only through a thorough testing program, can a teacher know how a student is progressing. Carefulplanning and thoughtful programming help to coordinate class schedules and to insure a complete coverage of the subiectp thus Mr. Vincent High, Mr. Robert Northcutt, Mr. William Fernald and Mr. Robert Bryant get together to exchange ideas during a math faculty con- ference. I0

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Graduates Receive Associate egrees After completing studies required in his own field and other necessary courses, the student must pass a State Board of Mortuary Science examination before en- tering a two-year apprenticeship under an established funeral director. After this period, a mortician's license is issued. Trainingt students for this ancient profession, the Department acquaints fu- ture morticians in the science of preserva- tion, the art of rebuilding human face and body, business practices, public and per- sonal liability laws, and above all a high degree of understanding and taste. Bennie Coleman, Marvin Deane, and Roy Irwin, Evening Division class members of Mortuary Science 610, check the law books to be sure they understand mortuary iurisprudence, protection of estates, administratorship, social security, and business law as applicable to the business aspects of funeral establishment operation, Below, suffering from the results of a simulated atomic attack are Nelson Scheler, James Johnson and Terry Hays. They were subiects for the demonstration given before the Texas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association convention held here for the first time, January 15, 1963. Right, serving coffee in the Fine Arts foyer to Funeral Director Roy Akers and Newsman Henry Guerra, guest of the convention, is an unidentified mortician's wife. 925. f:5,1,1-.-crzfr-2