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

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Steven Baum, who was elected Edmund Burke, searches for background data for the poHt- ical speech which won him the title. Strumming his guitar and sing- ing a folk ballad, Bill Collins won the title of Dr. Charles Burney at the Christmas music meeting. Cbeshyre Cheese Club Visits Sail Marcos Donald X ' alden Mike Settles Bill Johnson Student Council Chaplain Membership Representative Chairman An annual session ib held in conjunction with the Southwest Texas State College Cheshyre Cheese Club. This year the SAC group journeyed to San Marcos where each club presented a skit depicting the first London club. During the summer a Hawaiian luau was held at the home of Vice-President and Mrs. Clyde R. Nail. Students are recommended for election to the Club after meeting the requirement of having a high average in English. Miss Bessie Pearce and Mr. Herbert Stappen- beck sponsor the monthly dinner meetings to which each member contributes a dish of food or gives a performance. Living up to the Club name, Cheshyre Cheese members give broad cheese smiles while the photographer snaps their picture. 157

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After giving a humorous short biography of a fellow member, Robert Felling was voted the 1964 Boswell. Carol Cooper demonstrates col- or value while explaining one of her art studies. She was elected the member most rep- resentative of Sir Joshua Rey- nolds. Present Club Revives First Johiisou Circle The shadows of Samuel Johnson and his group gather each month at YE OLDE CHES- HYRE CHEESE meetings in the Shangri-La Ball- room, for an evening of eating and hearty discus- sion. Toward the end of the year the group is com- plete, for a student has been elected to represent each member in the original group. A Joshua Reynolds, Charles Burney, Edmund Burke, James Boswell, and Samuel Johnson are selected after the art, music, political, biography, and literature meetings. The combined music and Christmas meeting was held at the home of President and Mrs. Way- land P. Moody. Following a ham dinner came a group discussion, and the meeting ended with carolling. The .qirls and ihcir sponsor gang up at a Cheshyre Cheese meeting as they listen to a fellow member discuss a favor- ite topic. 156

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Folk Dancers forget their routines and improvise at a noon-day benefit dance given in the Ballroom for the United Fund. Trying to rest between numbers, Jimmy Saldana, Sylvia Kerckhoff, and Patricia Woodward pause at the National Folk Dance Festival in Kentucky where they presented Spanish and iVlexican dances. Frances Ferrell President Sylvia Kerckhoff Patricia Woodward Vice-President Secretary Folk Dancers Travel To National Festival A busy schedule of 29 appearances through- out the San Antonio area has kept the FOLK DANCE CLUB members on the go. Although, the Club was chartered only last October, it was invited to participate in the National Folk Dance Festival in Covington, Kentucky, June 5, 6, and 7. Sylvia Kerckhoff, Frances Ferrell, Patricia Woodward, Yolanda Gonzales, Jimmy Saldana, Roy Villagran, Rene Martinez, and Jim Morris journeyed to the Festival which portrayed the folk heritage of the country. At the same conven- tion Mrs. Nelda Drury, sponsor, received the Burl Ives award for outstanding work in this field. 158 Dancing the Jarabe Tapatio, a Mexican Dance, three club members entertain their associates on the patio of the Spanish Governor ' s Palace in downtown San Antonio.