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

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Hundreds Join Business Ranks Concentration is the key to taking shorthand dictation. This is demonstrated by Mrs. Phyliss Ryan and Mrs. Thelma Silos, left and right foreground, two housewives who are taking steno as a re- fresher course. With a total enrollment of 970, Busi- ness Administmlioii ranks as one of the largest Evening Division departments. Offered under this curriculum are Business Mathematics, Business Communi- cations, Accounting, and introductory courses. Several classes in typing and short- hand are available under Secretarial Stud- ies. As a community service, the Business Department also provides two terminal courses. Personal Income Tax Preparation and Advanced Shorthand. The Data Processing Section consists of 11 courses, 10 of which are offered in the Evening Division only. Most of the same techniques taught in these business machines courses are utilized in the col- lege IBM center for processing registration cards and student records. At present, plans are being made to offer Data Processing as a separate Technical Division in the cur- riculum. Many of the night students believe that the formal course at SAC plus on-the-job training make Data Processing a worth- while educational subject. Mr. Louis Gil demonstrates the principles of wir- ing the 514 Reproduction Punch console to Mes- dames Dawn Edwards, Joanell Siefold, and Grace Vogt. 10 A Mr. Eugene Flood uses the blackboard to explain the ranks of office executives in his Personnel Management class to Capt. C. J. Anderson, USAF, at left, and K. G. Wolfshohl.

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Full Biology Course Available Six courses in General Biology, two in Bacteriology, and three in Zoology comprise the Evening Division Biological Science curriculum. Biology 801, a survey course which deals with plants and animals, is usually utilized by students to fulfill their science requirements. Bacteriology 4l6 is a basic course, while Public Health and Hygiene concerns man and the organisms which cause human disease. Zoologi- cal courses include Vertebrate Zoology, an in- troduction to the phylum Chordata, and Zoology 602 and 414, which deal with human physiology. Biological science classes meet twice a week. One evening is devoted to classroom lecture and the other to laboratory work. V Hk i Fik ii» Henry Insall Jr., Terrill Wenz el, Jack Even, and Susie Mir- anda look at the diagram of a sewage disposal plant as they discuss the biological and chemical activity involved in the disposal of waste. In one of SACs iiUKlcrn-equipped laboratories, Patricia Kralik and Yvonne Mattock, appearing amused over the results obtained in Bacteriology class, record data on a culture of minute orgin- isms which live in test tubes. 9A

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Data Processers Most Numerous The instructor explains the fundamentals in wiring a 408 Accounting Machine to one of the large Data Processing classes. Two students receive individual guidance in the use of the key punch console. In a Data Processing 303 class, students set up the punch board for the -407 Accounting Machine. Checking the result of their problem preparation and con- trol panel wiring, Warren Carlisle, Merle Vogt, and Ray Vistaro work problems on the -404 Accounting Machine con- sole, just one of several computers available to students in the Evening Division. 11 A