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

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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

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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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i: Classes to Move Into New Building The MORTUARY SCIENCE DEPART- MENT has completed its fourth year in operation and eagerly looks ahead. For the future, the Department has been a- lotted 2,400 square feet of additional space in the new Technical Building. Included in the plans are a model preparation room, to double as a cadav- er dissecting laboratory, a model display room for the showing of funeral merchandise, a restora- tive art laboratory, two offices, and a conference room. Mr. John Cage, Department chairman, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Board of Funeral Service Education, January 23, 1964, at the semi-annual meeting in Chicago. Gary Huey works with one of the models used by stu- dents to study expression and the technique of restoring a human face. The art of applying cosmetic coloring to facial masks is one which mortu- ary science students study in their Restorative Art class. Here Gus Langely practices on a totally modeled mask. 134