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

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Psychology, Sociology, Popular; Swimming Courses for Everyone Frank Davia, Daniel Montalvo, Joe Benito, Lynn Franken, and Sidney Nation improve their kicking strokes by using paddle boards for support. Swimmers of all ages seek rel axation and enjoyment in the heated gymnasium pool. Why does man act the way he does ? This is a major question asked by Psychology students. Twelve courses in this field are offered in the evening, seven of which are introductory. Sched- uled also are Psychology of Personal Adjustment, Business Psychology, Methods in Psychology, Personnel iVIanagement, and Management Com- munications. Why does society act the way it does? This is the leading query in Sociology classes. Two introductory sociology courses are offered to- gether with Marriage and the Family, contem- porary Social Problems, Cultural Anthropology, and Criminology. Anyone can have a stroke; it ' s as easy as one, two, three. If you are either a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced swimmer, there is a class for you. The courses provide recreation along with their teaching aspects. During the spring semester a total of 103 water-logged paddlers were enrolled in Physical Education. Future elementary grade teachers study the basic health principles and methods of teaching the health program in elementary grades. Once a month a SCUBA diving class is pro- vided for the more adventurous. Walter Rast plays psychiatrist for Mrs. Harriet Collins as she spouts out her problems in Mr. Donald Helm ' s Psychology of Personal Ad- justment class. 19 A

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Music Teaching Now Universal I Students taking the course Teaching of Music in Elementary Grades learn dances such as Put Your Little Foot through actual practice and demonstration. Song leading, rhythmic activities, folk materials, and other creative activities are also taught. The Greeks ' nine mystical Muses gave it the name — music! And as early as 4000 B. C, music had a place of honor. Today its appeal is as strong as ever, and in keeping with the thirst for knowledge of this art, the Evening Music Depart- ment offers several courses each semester. The two music education classes offered in the spring are typical examples. Advanced Music Miss Sylvia Ostrow, instructor, and students Patricia Van Valeck, Robert Zirkel, and Irene Scott enjoy a rhythm session in their Mu- sic Education class. 18 A Appreciation includes musical structures and materials, harmony, melody, rhythm, and form studied from the appreciative point of view. The other course. Music in Elementary Grades, pre- pares the teacher for song leading and use of musical instruments and folk materials in activi- ties of the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. istn e- i Materials in abundance and studious concentration are apparent in this workshop where small paper baskets are being made by Mesdames Curtis Swan and R. A. Good- win of the kindergarten class.

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Physics Curriculum General Diligently pursuing the most efficient method of assembling a stapler are Jimmy Stone, Don Compton and W. G. Voigt in a Design and Measure- ment of Work Methods class. This course offers a mathematical study of time-saving procedures for simple jobs. As the shadows grow long on the campus of San Antonio College, the lights from the win- dows of the Department of Physics and Engineer- ing grow bright. The rooms are filled with men and women learning the nature of the forces around them such as light, heat, gravitational force, and energy. These men and women are students of Pre-Medjcal and Pre-Dental Technology, Engi- neering, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics. Students wishing to pursue further the science of Physics, find specialized courses on Electricity and Heat as well as Electricity and Magnetism. In the spring term, 11 faculty mem- bers instructed three physics and eight engi- neering courses. Teaching the basic concepts of air conditioning and refrigeration, Mr. Michael Valtierra illus- trates to James Browning, Jim Colewell, and David Barajas the fact that higher gas pressure in an air conditioning system will produce lower temperatures. 20 A