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

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'an1pus, the ART about seven years the entire art fac- a tin-roofed. un- ree yearly activi- ry window in the : a showcase for ation, designed by udents of the Art local art exhibi- professional art- is responsible for e college float for the first float she -te President J. O. d a float. Though ' for both students first prize in the .,. 'F . on the minia- and pink how- ttle of Flowers lg. : V I .4 1. space nting Float Yearl Project parade and was featured on the front page of the San Antonio Express. From 35 students, the art enrollment has grown to more than 250. Students have overflowed their rooms in the Fine Arts Building into the halls and foyer. There, the rows of windows provide a well- lighted studio for the dozens of student artists busy throughout the day and into the evening. The faculty has grown to include four full-time and two part-time instructors. Of the full-time in- structors, all are practicing artists in addition to teaching, keeping up with their fields. Mr. Melesio Casas, Mr. Michael Kincaid and Mrs. Peavey are specialists in painting and drawing, while Mr. John Champion,s special interest is crafts. A mansion deeded to the college by Mr. Otto Koehler, president of Pearl Brewery, is to be used as an art museum and art training center. Mr. and Mrs. Koehler now occupy the home. Using charcoal, David Zettner sketches the old bandstand in San Pedro Park for an assignment in life drawing class. gf Spinning clay is formed into a pottery jar by Oliver Williams. Thomas Wilson supervises the erection of the two- story Christmas window he designed for the Admin- istration Building facing San Pedro Avenue. The display, a yearly project of the Art Department, IS constructed by beginning and advanced art students.

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:sig Mrs. Margaret Peavey, department chairman, poses during an advanced life drawing class. Patricia Anthony, an advanced design class stu. denft HdJUSIS a spring arm on her three-dimensional l C'I'C3.tlOI'l. model Mary Fritsch Art Relatively new to the SAC campus, the ART DEPARTMENT made its debut about seven years ago. Mrs. Margaret Peavey was the entire art fac- ulty for 35 students who met in a tin-roofed, un- airconditioned annex building. The department engages in three yearly activi- ties. At Christmas time, a two-story window in the Administration Building becomes a showcase for a huge stained-glass effect decoration, designed by the art students. Faculty and students of the Art Department annually enter into local art exhibi- tions, competing successfully with professional art- ists. Each year the department is responsible for the designing and building of the college float for the Battle of Flowers Parade. Mrs. Peavey remembers well the first float she and the students created. The late President J. O. Loftin walked in and said, Build a floatf, Though it was the first such undertaking for both students and instructor, the float won first prize in the Designer Robert Burden completes work on the minia- YU-fe PUIDIC elephant, complete with trainer and pink how- d0W, a replica of SAC's entry in the Battle of Flowers Parade. .X so '- mt3lE2g0iVIsN2fI'Y Huis the last touch of paint on his space and design. urmg 15 Studi' Of the formal elements of painting ro foj lic thi an str U33 Ca sp: Ch Kc as Mi r L W

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Studying the internal anatomy of a preserved bullfrog is a Biology 80la student. Living frogs and turtles were also dis- sected during ,the semester. 'A . ny. z II .pa Using a display case, Mr. Robert Graham points out differences between a moth and a butterfly to James Hughes who was one of the many students enrolled in Biology 801 during the year. 40 Biologics Sciences Care to join the Frog and Pansy Club? You might have been asked to do so back in 1928. Under the sponsorship of Miss Mary Hynes, the only teacher of botany and zoology, 59 students who planted pansies on the campus and dissected frogs joined to form the first biological club. Now the modern facilities of the Biological Sci- ences Departmenl and the wide variety of courses offered make the Frog and Pansy Club a memory. A physiograph with its attachments, a myograph, electrocardiograph, pneumograph, and electrosphy- cmograph, converts the heart and muscle movements of a frog into electrical impulses. Other modern equipment items are the spectro- photometer, centrifuge, P.H. meter, bacteria colony counters, autoclave, incubators and hot water bath. Presently more than 180 microscopes aid students in bacteriology study and are used in practical ex- aminations. Whereas botany and zoology were the only cours- es offered in the early years of SAC, the studies now consist of Public Health and Hygiene, Funda- . REX AQ-Q . is Leslie Brolinetstudies a Piriqueta wildflower from Nacogdoches which IS preserved in the herbariunl. James Mills fCCUtCI'l adjusts the control on the' distiller as Linda Nolan washes the mineral Eaidue from a b-eaker and Charles Robinette a container with water as a means of grow- ing bacteria. S, ments Plant my, 3 Its Aj hours Mo to 'tht the us ing ct demoi F rc now Burri: ner l MCDE F al last 5 Spring spring Wo care 1 Scienf There Benedic during the se-co