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

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Linda Barger and Molly El- ley stretch gracefully to the right as Connie Fielding glides to the left in typical arabesque movements in the Modern Dance class. Physical Education Program Weil-Rounded Whether two-stepping, working out in a gym class, or diving into the swimming pool, San An- tonio College students who signed up for one of the classes taught by the PHYSICAL EDUCA- TION DEPARTMENT instructors swarmed at well over 1,000 per semester. To meet an increased enrollment of several hundred students, Mr. By- ron McClenney joined a staff of three other men and three women. The SAC P.E. Department was represented at the National Folk Festival in Kentucky last June by students from the Folk Dance classes. Al- though taught the cultural backgrounds and cos- tumes of many nations, the students selected a Spanish routine for their performance. To coincide with the physical fitness propo- sals of the late President Kennedy, all P.E. students enter a program testing their fitness. A swimmer-in-trouble, Larry Starnes, hangs on for dear life as Don Hub- bard tugs him shoreward in the tor- pedo buoy rescue life saving test. Hundreds of students learn Red Cross water safety and life saving in swimming classes each year.

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Music Department Adds New Courses A Cappella Choir members contributed their share to the memories of the Department this year with TV and assembly performances, attend- ance at the Texas Junior College Teachers Con- vention where they joined other choirs to form a massive 200 voice unit, and their finale of the the year, their Fifth Annual Concert. The College Choir will be remembered for performances at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Mr. Charles Stone, director, retired this year, bringing to close 15 years of devoted service to choir and voice students. Two new courses were added this year: Sight Singing, taught by Mr. Robert Weaver, and Piano Ensemble, taught by Mrs. Lyova Ring. Guest Ptrformer Jerald Hamilton takes a bow at organ dedication ceremonies. Above, A Cappella Choir members load the school bus as they prepare for their trip to Corpus Christi, where they participated in the State Junior College Teachers Meeting. At left, Do-re-mi-fa-sol, sing Donna Johnston, Judy Mosely, Mary Fiores, Paul Ramsey, and Herman Store, members of the new Sight Sing- ing class. 137

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Physics Equipment Meets New Needs This year special attention has been given to the needs of hberal arts students. Physics 605 has been revised for their benefit. The new look fea- tures emphasis on the everyday application of physics and uses only high school mathematics to do so. Topics covered are treated from the stand- point of their historical, cultural development with attention given to current scientific advan- ces. To keep their facilities as modern as possible, the Department has more than doubled its teach- ing equipment in the electronics laboratories, purchased several items of advanced equipment for the physics laboratories, and engaged two ad- ditional instructors. Physics 812b students James Powel, Joe Arguello, and Virginia Smith per- form laboratory experiments illu- strating Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Background Radiation, and the use of a Spectrometer. Radio Hams Richard McKibbon and Fred Brown operate the Radio and Electronics Club single side-band transiver, call letters K5UAS. QSL cards on the wall confirm contacts made throughout the country. Physics 812 student Robert Almaraz keeps a healthy distance away as classmates Pa- tricia Parish and George Leal perform a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance experiment us- ing a 10,000 guage electromagnet, a linear amplifier, and a five-inch oscilloscope. 141