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

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Ralph Hight received one of the most distinguished awards ever given to a SAC student when he was pre- sented the Chemical Rubber Company prize. Hight Receives Chemistry Award Two firsts, a $9,000 grant from the Atomic Energy Commission to purchase radio-isotope equipment, and the selection of student Ralph Hight as South Region winner of the I6th Annual Awards Program sponsored by the Chemical Rubber Company, spotlighted the year for the CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT. The school was awarded $100 worth of chemistry books as a re- sult of the contest. Another highlight was the visit of Dr. P. R. O ' Connor, carbon dating expert, who represented the American Chemical Society. During his stay, Dr. O ' Connor was main speaker at a schoolwide assembly, visited the chemistry laboratories, and lectured to several classes. Almost $2,000 in new equipment was ob- tained by the Department under Title 111 of the National Defense Education Act. Under this stat- ute, the school pays for half the cost of the equip- ment and the Federal government pays for the other half. Among the new items are a Coleman pH meter with a micro electrode, two Mettler bal- ances, 12 triple beam balances, and two film se- ries, Chcm Study Chemistry Films, and Under- standing the Atom. The latter series was made by the Atomic Energy Commission. Several other items have been approved including a set of over- lay transparencies for the opaque projector. Students taking Chemistry 80lb use all available lab equipment ire determining by use of qualitative analysis what elements are contained in their sample solutions. 122

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Top, Data Processing students Sandra Sharp and Sandra Geest imprii e their ef- ficiency on the IBM card punch machine. Center, Mr. Robert Driska explains the facets of the modern business in his In- troduction to Business class. Below, Erlinda Peiez, Marilyn Rohan, and Veronica MuUins aim for speed and ac- curacy in the office machines class. Transfer, Special Classes Available To meet the annual growth, at least one new teacher has been added to the staff for the past six years. Besides offering courses in transferable cred- it for students entering senior college upon grad- uation, the Department also provides special courses for those who enter the business world after leaving SAC. Students are taught how to meet the keen competition in the business world as well as how to succeed in their respective fields. Business Administration students were fea- tured on the SAC Presents program on KONO- TV during the fall semester. . to a typical shorthand class.

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Department Gets Equipment Grant WfA ' ' Ik rj DSfg ' • ill H| Bi fcfc « H H K i „ ■ .; J|!P!i5 ' H ' v ' m SIl - Ronald Bridges uses a Beckman DB Stectrophotometer to aid him in discovering the contents of a sample in Chemistry 810, Quantitative Analysis. Octaviano Castillo, in foreground, Gayle Gayoso, Ralph Hight, and Stephen Jones make use of Mettler balances in weighing their samples in 810 lab. Hulon McLean, handling the glassware, and James Merritt, working a pump, use a microanalysis. technique to measure samples on a minute scale in organic lab. 123