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

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.,-..i..,..,...,,s X l 3 ,-,., .,,. .r....l,,.,..... e I . 'V 'T' V-V' Building human pyramids is one of the fun activities undertaken in a tumbling class in Women's P.E. 101 as depicted by these smiling faces. . ,.., 3 , . . ., nfffi Joe Contreras easily curls 90 pounds in the weight lifting class taught in the spring for the first time at SAC. Under the direction of Mr. Charles Waltman, 67 students were enrolled. Performing one of the graceful arabesque positions of Modern Dance are fl. to rJ Kerry Kreinhop, Sandra Adams, Suzanne Weeber and George Ann Simpson. 60 Harold Sewald CleftJ and Robert Boaz, Water Safety Instruction students, demonstrate the correct procedure in departing from a canoe without turnmg it over. Physical Education Before San Antonio College moved to its present location, the idea of a Physical Education program was unheard of due to the lack of space. However, when the college moved in 1950, plans for a PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT had been completed, and the program was started. In 1951 the present Health Building was opened housing a regulation basketball court and indoor swimming pool, other physical education and recreation facilities, and classrooms in addition to offices. At first there were only two instructors-one of them the present department chairman Mr. Bill Candler-teaching 350 students. This year there were almost 2,000 day students enrolled with a teaching staff of eight instructors. Mr. Candler noted that since 1951 there has always been a constant percentage, about 40 per cent, of the entire student body enrolled in the de- partment. p Activities offered by the department are divided into three categories: the regular physical program, intramural athletics, and inter-collegiate athletics. Among the nineteen courses offered to students are freshman and sophomore Physical Training for men and womeng Begin- ning, lntermediate and Advanced Swimming fSenior Life Sav- H! . Inc ingftg in lnc and fl Schoo Dur speake isterin These at the of the Higl Synchr Show, the pre athlete The Educatl courses senior 4 student: courses of work

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ation ents to 12 in- ents-this has ARTMENT. was given the epartment. He eight to nine Mr. Gambino o Street cam- . Still the head only instructor school music. ro campus, Dr. tructor and a ing music. The from Dr. Wal- - 12 instructors ear the depart- and recitals, ex- ts students and 2 F . ya lil wi l 4, ...pg ff 421 ,i, 32 , fr at the 400 Students Enrolled The EDUCATION DEPARTMENT overlaps up. on many other departments. Elementary school ed- ucation courses provide training in elementary school music. elementary physical education and an in the elementary grades. These couises are offered by their respective departments and are coordinated by the Education Department, which provides teacher training courses also. A Complete two-year kindergarten training pro. gram provides trained people to fulfill the increas- ing demand for kindergarten directors. The pro- gram includes visits to kindergartens and schools so that students may observe teaching skills in ac- tion. The many successful musicians and teachers who began at San Antonio College attest to the quality of the training they received here. Discussing the theories of learning Mrs Virginia Sowell invites queries from her Educational Psychology class on principles of human behavlor Miss Sylvia Ostrow at the piano instructs her Education 309 class 1n song leading and rhythnuc activities in preparation for teaching music in the elementary grades . L, V Musical director, Mr. Theron Kirk, rehearses with the Men's Glee Club in preparation for one of the many pr0- grams the group presented during the year.

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.sw- ' ii ,Q'li i K Q.. . struction students, e without turning tion rexnt location, i eard of due oved in 1950, RTMENT had med housing a l ng pool, other md classrooms e of them the -teaching 350 s enrolled with ller noted that rcentage, about led in the de- ded into three nural athletics, s are freshman womeng Begin- :nior Life Sav- . -,.,..1.,.... -L......,, 4-L 1 .,,,, Includes Three Phases inglg Beginning Synchronized Swimmingg Skills and Techniques in Individual and Team Sportsg Personal Hygieneg First Aid and Safety Education, and Health Education in Elementary Schools. During the fall semester the department sponsored several speakers for individual and combined classes as well as admin- istering the National Physical Fitness tests to all P.E. students. These tests point out the strengths and weaknesses of students at the beginning of their P.E. courses and at the completion of the courses. Highlights of the .year included a Folk Dance Festival, a Synchronized Swimming Fun Festival, the Marlinis annual Water Show, the Ex-Lettermen and Present Lettermen Banquet and the presentation of the Hallmark Award to the most outstanding athlete during the Honors Assembly. The program offered by the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation strives to meet the activity and theory courses leading to a major or minor in Physical Education in senior college work, activity and theory courses as electives for students majoring in related fields, and activity and theory courses that meet requirements of physical education-completion of work at SAC, stated Mr. Candler. Members of a sophomore physical training course display the correct form essential for accurate aim in archery. The correct way to grip a badminton racket is explained to Joe Hettler frightl by Coach Tom Frazier. Badminton is one of the many beneficial activities offered students during the year. Coach Tom Smith observes two students practicing a life- saving technique during an Advanced Swimming class. Students meeting the proper requirements are eligible for the Red Cross Senior Life Saving Certificate upon com- pleting the course. Mrs. Merle Dulin distributes pamphlets on the American Cancer Society to fl. to rJ Sally McCarty, Jerri Shaner and Larry Starnes. Members of the Physical,Education 302 and 303 classes collected over S300 during the drive. 6I