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

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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

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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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Mr. Donald Martin explains to students some of the basic elements and variables taught in Business Psychology which aid professionals in winning consumer confidence. Noted Psychologist Visits Campus One of the main events for the PSYCHOL- OGY AND SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT this year was the visit of Dr. Irving Alexander from Duke University on March 30, 31. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation of American Visiting Scientist Program under the American Psychological Foundation, Dr. Alexander spoke to psychology majors and other interested students about this particular field. Another event, sudden and sorrowful, was the death of Mr. Charles Williams, assistant pro- fessor of sociology. Mr. Williams, who died of a heart attack April 5, had served the college for three years. He will be remembered by his stu- dents as sponsor of numerous field trips. 142 This class of cultural anthropology students listens attentively to Dr. Charles Burrows, who is a visiting professor, as he explains the role as well as the development of primi- tive man.