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

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Lawns ,..,,, may , . 5 H' ' A symbol of a rockhound, the piCk, is Used bY Mary Seal' t? chip aw upper cretaceous fossils of Navarro formation along the road to Marion. . ,,.,f-rw.,-, -11325 gk, 'A 1, ' Above: Taking a closer look at a Marble Falls granite quarry are'Kenneth Trude, Charles St. Clair and Milton Turner. Below: Information about Saspamco clay pits, which students inspect on their spring tour, is relayed over a megaphone by Dr. John Sandidge. I 'Vw' . Stalagmites in Natural Bridge Caverns hold av the attention of Fred Davis. Geology Tau ht Since l953 Increag and expansion-coupled with informative and enjoyable field trips-have been the watchwords for the GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT since its inception in 1956 under Mr. John Gibson. Geology classes, however, had been taught since 1953. Headed by Dr. John Sandidge since 1960, the depart- ment this year added Mr. Eldon Langford to -its Day 'Di- vision and Mr. John Currie to handle the 21-student night class. Other instructors include Mr. Clyde Dickinson and Mr. Millard 'Brent. Addition of these instructors was due to the steady in- crease of student enrollment. A total of 326 geology students in the fall represented a 20 per cent increase over last year's enrollment. Laboratory accommodations have also grown. Continu- ously from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily there are geology labs in progress. Dr. Sandidge speculates that the demand for well-trained geologists will probably increase for a number of years necessitating a further growth of the SAC depart- ment in an effort to meet this need. During the two annual field trips, students visited Natural Bridge Caverns, Enchanted Rock,ABalanced Rock, Marble Falls, the Llano area, Persons Field and a large gas separat- ing plant. On the SAC campus, one aspect of the Geology Depart- ment that is ofteri overlooked is its maintenance of a r0Ck and fossil museum. Located in the Chemistry-Geology Build- ing basement, the exhibit, which has been collected, bought and donated, ishestimated at an approximate value of 552,500 Makinggup the collection are common, rare and florescent minerals and invertebrate fossils representative of all geo- logic periods among which are a leg bone and tooth of 8 mammoth and a huge dinosaur tract from a coal mine in Utah. A special case is devoted to various kinds of cave de- posits which are characteristic of Texas hill country. F 5. ,Z J swf Q h, ,MJ 5915 5,1 3. Q36 N. 52235 3 - .-T lil -1 ,gf 4 .5-'Il Q' W1 pits 2 Jack: West

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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.

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g A1,. -Q.-WS. Caverns hold informative and chwords for the ception in 1956 s, however, had 960, the depart- l to its Day Di- 2l-student night i Dickinson and o the steady in- geology students e over last year's grown. Continu- are geology labs the demand for e for a number he SAC depart- visited Natural l Rock, Marble rge gas separat- leology Depart- lance of a rock -Geology Build- Jllected, bought falue of 52,500 and florescent ive of all geo- and tooth of a 1 coal mine in ids of cave de- ountry. My , 7, 'z-,,,,.,., Y xl -- I i- 5-golf V. er A, A, X i . - v, f,M-HMI-K-w,,,,,....-are i A geologic map, structural model and styrofoam model showing folded beds and formations help students in a geology lab. - ...,, . ,,..gf--1 ' ' .-ff -' U V .D -- 1 --v .,--. ' I - - -., H' A - f -,-I-4-5:1iH , -,, fff...-27 1,17 , 4' ,lli5'I5 ?e'-'- 'ifPf! lt. up 4 ,,-j,,-i d - Q I . - ,- t,1 T' ' ' -,:?SV't'g , L... .- ff ' ga. I I., jg ' fi 'ffl ff 4 'fx E. , fi fixif. A' ' Af f.fA3f N'2- f . . fr ' 'mfi' -I-'. . 'fi :F ' if-Avfjl 'if' ' 7' rs-'A We - ' 1 yr' 'IMF rlva, -z'5 'iV 'nr' fI lt'i W3 f1..rn-I-'Q-,Lj'5.: '1-, N, -nl 3-6 .My - .. 1' ,- .fff,,,- yy- ff. - ,V 1,3 fu, ' .?f:.- A Y ,.i,.5lg W' F335 , . ,iv ,Ta-,fn 3 ,Ji-' ' ...r A 1 'C'-ii-V 1 ,. lfagl 1 Q 5 ff' r A af- , 22534, 1 Mr' A 2' Vl'f,l , '. f ,fww A, ,, I 4. ' - ,- .- Zllu..la West of Falls City, students observe one of the large uranium pits in Karnes County. Uranium oxide from camotite ore in the Jackson Sandstone formation is milled at a near-by Susquehanna Western plant and shipped to West Germany. Looking at Natural Bridge Cavems stalactltes, wvhlch lr -- H ' ffl' 1 WA MM are in a display case on the first floor of the Chemistry- .At I j ,gig Geology Building, is Gilbert Candia. J' vw -'ir-W, H 1 Operations of Persons Gas Plant in Karnes County are explained by Mr. J. R. Grant, an engineer in charge. This refinery, a division of Shell Oil Company, furnishes gas to the San Antonio area. V 4 -4. K. ' N5 ,, MM 53