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

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Hobbies Fit Many Categories These students from four different states are enrolled in a single English class. They are Ronald Fleming from Maine, T. A. McCoy from Pennsylvania, Patricia Mikkelsen from Ca lifornia, Michael Mahoney also from Pennsylvania, and Jim Stacey and George Man- uel both from New York. During the fall semester Audrey Dudley and Al- fred Rosebrock attended night school. But in the spring they enrolled as Mr. Alfred Rosebrock and Mrs. Audrey Rosebrock, and now are one of the numerous married couples attending San Antonio College. Michael ' ' Oifilliamson came from England last fall so he could attend college. He supported himself and was enrolled in both day and evening classes. Mi- chael said that he wished there was just one school in England with the wonderful educational oppor- tunities which SAC has opened to him. Miscellaneous honors run from a Red Cross volunteer to one of the first Protestant choir members to appear before the Archbishop of Crete to a baby sitter for John Glenn ' s children between 1948-51. Varied hobbies can be separated into four groups: outdoor, intellectual, technical, and ar- tistic. Some outdoor types are gardening, golf, hunting, rodeos, skiing, swimming, and tennis. Intellectual pastimes include chess, working crossword puzzles, nature study, reading, and study- ing Arabic. Among the artistic endeavors are ceramics, corsage making, dancing, sewing, and sketching. Technical hobbies pursued by SACites are automotive mechanics, electronics, photogra- phy, and woodwork. 29 A

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Honors Galore Among Students Military personnel arrive on shuttle buses from the surrounding installations and disperse to various buildings for their evening classes at 6:45. Approximately 1,400 men and women sta- tioned at the local bases come to SAC at night to broaden their education. SAC night students hold many honors. Awards in sports include a baseball let- terman from St. Mary ' s University, a winner of the CAAU one-mile walking contest, and a recipient of a life saving awaid. Military decorations received by the students include an Air Force outstand- ing unit award, Good Conduct Medal, dec- orations for the Korean Conflict, U. S. Department of Defense award. United Nations Citation, Distinguished Flying Cross, Korean and U. N. Service Medal, and a World War II Victory Medal. Hobby awards have been given to a member of the San Antonio Camera Club, president of the American Meteor- ology Society of Pennsylvania State Uni- versity, and a one-time Women ' s Chess Champion of San Antonio. Air Force Captain James Burruss, who frequently flies to England, tells Mrs. Zula Vizard, his English mstructor, of an historical landmark in London. 28 A

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Library Service Continuous Robert Stewart and Jacob Noll control the night voice of WSAC, the campus radio station which broadcasts during the evening break periods. The San Antonio College Library, as a serv- ice both to the college personnel and to the com- munity, remains open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, and until 12 noon on Saturday. Evening students who rush by before or aft- er their classes or who come in for an evening of study or research usually find an unusual group assembled. They encounter day students working on the identical assignments which they are do- ing. Teenagers from local high schools may be researching for material not found in their own library. Residents of the community use the li- brary to gain knowledge of the present day. With- in the past two months the circulation record for a single evening has been broken several times. The six regular librarians alternate for even- ing duty. One is on hand each night, except for Tuesday when two are needed. Three student clerks serve as aides; one works in the periodicals division and the other two assist downstairs. 30 A