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

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Large Enrollment For Math Courses The MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT has moved its offices into the Dewey Street apart- ment house, where they are still crowded. The De- partment ' s growth is due to approximately a 200 increase in students per year. Mathematics students enjoy a variety of courses. Many take College Algebra which is bas- ic to other courses. In the field of geometry, plane analytic and solid courses are offered. For those interested in business, mathematics of in- vestment is available, while statistics is scheduled for report writers. Differential and Integral Cal- culus, Trigonometry, Elementary Analysis, and Differential Equations are also available. Will they get it today . wonders Mr. E. H. Sullivan as he again presents a particularly challenging problem to his Math 300 class. 132 Is it a secret code or Greek Hieroglyphics. ' Smart math major Albert Napier knows it is only a Calculus 613 problem.

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Future geologists learn by doing, and SAC students and structure scale models in their study. Excursions Hold Student Interest Since enrollment went up 70 per cent in the fall, two class sections in General Geology of 90 and 85 students were taught along with eight laboratory class- es, trailing sections of 801 a b, and Ge- ology 618. The Department purchased films and slides on magnetism, gravity, ocean- ography, and one on the earth ' s interior as a visual aid for both General Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology students. In laboratory sessions students are taught to recognize rocks, fossils, and ge- ological structures found in rock for- mations. During short field trips, stu- dents toured San Pedro Park to examine the Austin Chalk formation and its rep- resentative fossils, as well as Bracken- ridge Park, Olmos Basin, and the coun- try north of the city as far as Camp Bull- Recognition of rock formations and their structures is an important part of geology. Here Michael Settles meas- ures the dip of a fault plane in San Ped- ro Park. Lab Students listen and watch intently as Mr. Clyde Dickinson ex- plains the origin and de%elopmeht of one of the mairy rock samples studied in geology. 131

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All Ages Witness Planetarium Shows A unique facility of the MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT is the Planetarium, which is used in connection with the course, Modern As- tronomy. The Planetarium is also visited by hun- dreds of school children and adults each year for special shows. After two years of operation, the Planetarium has had more visitors than any other comparable Planetarium in the United States. This year the staff began publishing a month- ly called SKY READER, and it is given to all who attend shows. The Planetarium is open all dur- ing the day, and shows are presented regularly. Mrs. Lillian Carlson explains an analytic geometry prob- lem to Judy Mithell, who smiles while thmking how the graph resembles a bow. Students view the from Uvalde Elementary School are one of the many groups each instrument and attend a showing in the Planetarium. year who 133