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

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ffl' .ww Before taking part in a French dialogue session, advanced students in Dr. Marianne Purdy's class check their papers for hard-to-pronounce words. ' Foreign Languages Eleven Tongues Spoken 'cBroaden your knowledge of international affairs and increase your comprehension of our global neighborsf' beckons the DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES as it opens its doors to a world of adventure in numerous lands. Instructors use film strips, slides, records, pre-recorded tapes, charts of idiomatic expressions, and overhead projec- tors to give the students not only a better understanding of the language which they are studying but also of the country itself. Started in 1948 by Miss Mary McGill as the Department of Modern Languages, three languages were offered-French, Spanish and German. Now the department has the facilities to offer French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and the just recently added Norwegian. Size of the department has been increasing at a steady rate of about 15 per cent per year. This year there are ap- proximately 1,300 day students and 600 in the night classes taught by 21 instructors. Open during the day and night is the language laboratory added in 1959. With the latest in electronic equipment, the lab is designed to handle as many as nine languages simul- taneously. In 1961 it was necessary to divide the department into the Department of Germanic Languages and the Department of Romance Languages. ln 1963, the department was re- unified under the chairmanship of Dr. lvilliam Samelson, who st1ll holds this post To serve the community as best we can 15 our foremost 0bJ6ClI1VC states Dr Samelson Excellence 1n teaching plus the use of modern teachln aids and the latest equip ment help us as we work ton ard this goal he explained lfHfl To r fo a language recording in the Library ecewe additional Practice in Spanish this co ed listens J h m gn? lfogan Peffecis 110111 his oral and written use of Spanish I 0 e language labs which students must attend to meet C0lll'S6 Tequlrements 50 0 . . A ' gg . v . 1 ' ' - 77 cc , - ' , . . . D , Q . U . . - f o U r ' l 0' 3, A' I , ., Q e 5 ' . l. l . K Q pkg ' s A , ,A I .3 ,,,..,,..,.,,,..,,,, M. VV .l Q J 4 rw,,,,V .Q M- R ' ' p, NK ' A s , .M ,gil V74 . X XX -faq, 'v ,sf-:H - . , XX lf ,. K -as-......-,,, Q an ,. , ' ' ' , - , re--sw N . ,r-K K, un . ' W- . .g . ' ' ,g1agp'zfga, . ' - - - - - ' u u . v 71... ...1

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nalism RTMENT had one ' in six freshman sophomore classes. lled in 1-ll classes art-time instructors nflish instructor and Field Baskin, the named the Baskin rical collections as aiats and art plates an historical link -we been Miss Ma- Osborne and Dr. for the past two rrect and effective :required in all de- students may sub- ourse designed for ing in English on vest member of the fith Dr. Perry Gragg publication's staff in Courses Offer Variety their entrance exams. This past year 160 students were enrolled in the honors course. Sophomore students majoring in English usual- ly choose the Survey of British Literature, a study in chronological order of trends in British litera- ture and of writings of principle authors. While an elementary education major usually chooses World Literature, science and engineering students may select Readings in American Litera- ture followed by Report Writing, a course in writ- ing scientific papers and reports. This year the 20-year-old JOURNALISM staff added its first laboratory instructor, Mrs. Rose- mary Toland, who assists with laboratory work and sponsors the yearbook, El Alamo. Mrs. Edith' King, publications director, teaches an introductory course in Mass Communications, as well as one day and one evening News Gathering and Report- ing class for which four hours of laboratory work are required. Students in all classes work on the production of the yearbook and the newspaper, The Ranger. Benny Sorrels uses his guitar in explaining folk ballads of the Middle English Period to an English 311 class. Mrs. Edith King feeds the kitty with money col- lected from Mr. John Igo and Mrs. Charles Howard for yearbook pictures. English faculty members register delegates attend- ing the regional meeting of the Conference on Col- lege Composition and Communication and the Na- tional Council of Teachers of English. Participants from 32 Texas and six out-of-state colleges attended the two-day session at SAC. v-...Wi 'Q- 'filin- Dr. Perry Cragg, department chairman, checks out a reference as he prepares notes for a class lecture. Nmhxv, N 1 3 r W 7 'E L.. L i .

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oken il affairs and l neighbors, LANGUAGES in numerous . pre-recorded erhead projec- erstanding of of the country he Department iered-French. s the facilities 'an. Japanese, e just recently lg at a steady ' there are ap- e night classes age laboratory equipment. the nguages simul- :partrnent into he Department trnent was re- .am Sarnelson, a our foremost e in teaching 2 latest equip- he explained. zo-ed listens 2 of Spanish :nd to meet As often happens in foreign language classes, a humorous situation develops after a word is mispronounced during Dr. Wil- liam Samelson's German 612 class. , x-xg, Students in Mrs. Alba Farfaglias Italian class listen intently as she discusses the work of an Italian artist. In addition to learning the grammatical aspects of the language, students also learn about the ' country's culture and its inhabitants. 1 ,am -Q ,!1t,,,,i,l:,'. ,M ,l.v,',nh,.!,.' I ,HJ , , , I,, 07 I , .M-Y. W. ,,. . ft- ,.1,f,. I, 5 - . ,, , r -., ,,- 'Q4'1'f 1 f , -W H ,,, jf' I 14 .4 'x.l,.,fJ:-Wf' '5i f-f12,ff:'.w','- 1 fe 1-,1-'fm , '.'.-'KV -' .:-' 1 . ' 'f'E - -U1 San Pedro Park provides a change of scenery for a Gennan lecture class under the instruction of Dr. William Samelson, chairman of the Department. Such field trips give students a break from the routine classroom work.