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

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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

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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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Mortuary Science Degree Available A special Music Psychology course is taught by Dr. Marjorie Walthall, which analyzes the men- tal and physical response to music and the effect of music on people during funeral services. In 1962, an Associate of Mortuary Science degree was established as the reward for two years of academic study. After completing studies required in his own field and other necessary academic courses, the student must pass a State Board of Morticians examination before entering a two-year appren- ticeship under a licensed funeral director and em- balmer. After this period, a Funeral Director ' s and or Embalmer ' s License is issued. Demonstrating an appropriate record for use during a funeral service is Dr. Marjorie Walthall, who teaches Music Psychology to Mortuary Science students. Mr. John Cage, founder of the department, instructs one of his classes on the subjects which will allow students to graduate from San Antonio College with an Associate in Mortuary Science Degree in two years. 135