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

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iences 'ansy Club? You so back in 1928. Mary Hynes, the logy. 59 students pus and dissected iological club. he Biological Sci- variety of courses r Club a memory. ents, a myograph, , and electrosphy- muscle movements s are the spectro- fr, bacteria colony id hot water bath. :opes aid students ed in practical ex- ere the only cours- SAC, the studies d Hygiene, Funda- leta wildflower from in the herbarium. ol on ineral inette grow- Established in I 928 mentals of Pathology, Elementary Bacteriology, Plant Taxonomy, Comparative Vertebrate Anato- my, Mammalian Anatomy, Human Physiology and Its Application, and Heredity, totaling 27 semester hours on the sophomore level. Movies, slides, color transparencies, yearly trips to the zoo, assembling skeletons from bones, and the use of modern laboratory instruments are mak- ing courses more interesting than the lectures and demonstrations of earlier times. From the years of only one teacher, there are now 13 full-time instructors under Dr. William Burris, chairman for the past six years. Mr. Sum- ner Dana, Mr. Russell Weichlein and Mr. Dean McDaniel joined the department this year. Fall day term enrollment of 1,325, .200 more than last year, shows the growth of the department. Spring day enrollment increased 200 over last spring and reached l,l50. Would the members of the Frog and Pansy Club care to join the present Department of Biological Sciences? X T7 Sf i 1, Theresa Scneible inspects a large turtle that Mr. Irving Benedict is adding to one of the exhibits he prepared during the year which were displayed in the showcase on the second floor of the Science Building. .aff Joe Martinez Cleftl hands some living algae from the refrigerator to botony students Sue Traweek and Albert Dugosz who are studying green chlorophyl in plant cells. 'CH ip!! Peggy Farnes, student assistant, takes dictation from Dr. William Burris, head of the department. n ' A ,Ji ,x Dr, O. E. Orr points out the ulna on the human skeleton for William Sherman who is alsp learning the various bone structures of a bat, p1gC0H, fish head, monkey and cat.

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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

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42 JO Lynn Havard puts her training to use as she takes dictation from Mr. Marvin Slovacek, department head- a Business Administration Patricia Solarczyk removes a stencil from the duplicating p I d G machine affefcompletinghef class assignment' Starting with a handful of students in 1946, the BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT has undergone a fantastic growth not only in its enrollment but also in its teaching per- sonnel. A. Beginning with only three instructors, including Mr. Vernon 1 1 La Bauve who was first chairman and is now college comptrol- I y 1 ler, the department attempted to meet the growing needs of the I community. Today, all full-time and four part-time instructors continue to work toward the departmentis objective-making the student more employable, whether he is enrolled in a one- in year program or is planning to transfer to a four-year college. As the department increases and expands its facilities, new and better equipment is being added. With only two classrooms in the old South Alamo building, the department now occupies 15 classrooms and has an enrollment of 1,500 students. Starting with only one typing room, there are now two fully-equipped rooms with electric typewriters. The office machine room has added modern machines to keep in step with the automated, business-minded World. The department currently boasts ap- proximately 3B50,000 worth of equipment not including that in the data processing center. Offering courses from typing and shorthand to accounting and data processing, the department has been under the chair- manship of Mr. Marvin Slovacek since 1960. Different programs are being offered to meet the varying needs of the students. A student may work toward an Associate in Arts in Business or may obtain a Certificate of Completion after two years of col- lege work. Aiding students in finding employment, the depart- ment receives 20 to 30 calls per week from local businesses. We constantly strive to upbuild and upgrade the department as it grows, states Mr. Slovacek. Next year our technical pr0- grams will be moved into the new Technical Arts Building career. which will then enable us to handle approximately 3,000 stu- dents, he concluded. -Maxx Ora Bell Harris types a letter with the aid of a dicta- phone in a secretarial class in preparation for her future I Instr-u dents in