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

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During a visit to the campus, U.S. Commissioner Frank Baskin fleftb chats with Mr. James Wallace in the 1ibrary's rare books room. Named after his aunt, the late Dr. Janie Field Baskin who served as first chairman of the English Department, the room is used by students for special re- search projects. Head Librarian Mr. James Wallace supplies light with 3 candle while Mrs. Irma Everts locates a book during one of the construction power failures. One of the many jobs student assistants perform in the library is checking out books to the large number of SACites who use the facility daily. During the spring semester 36 students worked in the library an average of 15 hours per week. 70 Library Aids Students Material ranging from the latest scientific discoveries to the earliest learnings of the pre-historic man may be found in' the SAC library. One of the best-equipped in San An- tonio, the library contains 63,000 books, a rare books room, the latest periodicals and recordings of music, drama, poetry, shorthand dictation and foreign language exercises. Open until 10 p.m. weekly and 12:15 p.m. on Saturdays, the SAC facility is available to the public. .1-lixi i Sonia Canle and Lure Nell Richards, student assistants, surprise their super- v1sor Mrs. Muriel Bates with a unique Easter basket, .-- f M Operati College B Supply net Centrall operating Center for will move the additic Supplies from 3 a.: 8:30 p.m. a.m. on Sa .Donald Yarto Siva, secretary, order with the I C S S

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cal ses isi- HTH ch- Lent rch- loy- ls-- San Antonio College is equipped with the latest Card Sorter Printing Card Punch Data Processing Technology Data Processing is one of the newer technical fields beino' offered at SAC. Over 3150,000 has , I g data processing machines. Courses include Princi- D f 52 31 g X ples of IBM Punch Card Accounting, IBM 4057 already been invested in Data Processing equip- g cg, Accounting Machines, General Data Processing ment to train SAC students. Job opportunities are ig N, Systems, COBOL Programming, and IBM 14410 found in banks, insurance companies, research in- 'T 'T Com uter. These courses are offered for terminal stitutions, schools and civil service. Xiff- 'A nology San Antonio nology which in Drafting. ing, Descrip- Architectural, g, Geological ing and Esti- mathematics :nt opportuni- openings are ineering and struction com- .ties and man- Carol Bocchetti, Kay Chandler, Sandra G P credit but may be accepted by some colleges. Trained Under MDT Program Since the start of the Manpower Development Training Act at San Antonio Col- ' ' l l medi- lege in 1963, cal and clerical secretaries. Conducted at various state agencies, the program provides for the training of un- employed and underemployed people and also for researching manpower problems. Classes begin when the local Texas Employment Commission receives requests for or feels a possible need for these specially-trained workers in the near future. Training is then provided by the Texas Education Agency working through a local 10 classes have been conducted training 180 students as ega , public institution. ,,,...,.t...,.w.,,-.vvpv-f u-un..m-. -,.. ,.. ...,- . , , DIl3.Iuu1u illeece, Mollie Mills, Betty Morris, Theresa Peon, uatny

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.3 I1tS ries to . found an Ixu- books drama, ercises. urdays, their super- ,Z-I' ,1-f' Campus Book Store Operating with a staff of 12, the San Antonio College Book Store provides almost every type of supply needed by the college student. Centrally located on campus, the Book Store is operating from the first floor of the Loftin Student Center for the last time. Next fall, the campus store will move into its new home in the basement of the addition to the Student Center. Supplies may be purchased during the week from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. and from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Store hours are from 8 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. 1353 l ,l.w.a:.i..L,5:.. N .Donald Yarton Cleftb, night assistant manager, and Connie Silva, secretary, go over a book catalog before placing an order with the publisher. Student Assistant Daniel Paniagua hands Mrs Mary Olson, assistant manager of the Book Store, a box of supplies from one of the top shelves ln the campus SlCOI'C.