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

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Geologists Aid Modern Living We are grateful to you, Mr. Geologist, for finding the minerals, ores, and oil which feed our industries. Without them we could not have the standard of living we now enjoy. As fast as we devour these resources in ever-increasing amounts, you always manage to discover more or to improve the techniques for getting more. Not to let the public down in their estima- tion of the Geology Department, the 16 night school geologists went on an exploratory spring- time field trip to the Austin formation exposed in San Pedro Park, participated in a Day Divi- sion excursion at Llano, and attended class and lab two nights a week. Interrupted by the photographer, geology students Bil Stratton and Virginia Carson are caught with Geiger counter in hand checking a rock pile for radioactivity. With the help of Dr. John Sandidge, students learn more about historical geology by studying chambered mollusk shells, fossils present in ancient rock formations. Laboratory work also in- cludes a study of rock and minerals, topographic maps, and geology maps. 16 A

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8 Foreign Languages Available Lt. Charles Heimardingen practices German in Mr. Byron Niel- sen ' s lab. Each booth is equipped with earphones and micro- phone, and has a plastic front. Courses in eight languages are open to Evening Division students in the Foreign Language Department. In six of these, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Por- tuguese and Spanish, conversational courses are of- fered, while Latin and Russian are given for regular credit only. The conversational course is designed to develop a basic speaking knowledge of the language. To the nighttime enrollees, most of whom are working people, this is very advantageous. The student learns the idio- matic expressions used in daily speech and conversa- tion. However, these are terminal courses. The department also offers courses in elementary, intermediate, and advanced language for transferrable credit. Margaret Jenschke appears ready to take the controls af- ter being instructed in the operation of the console by German student advisor Michael McKay. Ecny-Meeny-Miny-Mo is a serious lesson of recitation in Conversational Spanish Marvin and C. E. Chapman as taught by Mr. Felix Garcia, Spanish instructor. 15 A

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Math Vital for Space Conquest In this modern age, as mankind reaches out toward the infinity of outer space, mathematics is a basic need. As a result, this subject emerges more prominently as a means of increasing one ' s stature on the job, and in daily life as well. Meeting this need, the Mathematics Depart- ment at SAC offers a wide variety of courses in the Evening Division. These range from Pre- college Mathematics, algebra, and geometry through College Algebra, trigonometry, and ana- lytic geometry to calculus, a more advanced course. Statistics and Mathematics of Investment are also popular with those students seeking im- provement. Modern courses keep secondary school teach- ers abreast of modern concepts in mathematics education. After i hard day b work, even the simplest equation can be difficult as Wesley Penland proves in his nighttime College Algebra class. First you divide both sides by ' a ' , explains Mr. Frank Gordon to Mrs. Margaret McMillan and James Troutman in an algebra course offered as part of the Evening Division curriculum. Using the abc ' s to find x is difficult. 17 A