Southeastern Oklahoma State University - Savage Yearbook (Durant, OK)

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4 Metal arts machines are only one facet of the Industrial Education department at SSC. Majors in the field of industrial arts prepare for careers as shop teachers, welders and cabinet makers. 1. Marvin Johnson works at a metal lathe in shop class. 2. Inspecting the mo- tor of one of the projects in an auto mechanics class are l-r, Keith Norman, Bill Clowers and Tommy Tyler. 3. Some things never change. Since man crept out of the woods and into cities, people have been drifting back to walk quietly among the trees. Valda Merrick and Jerry Buchanon share a still moment together. 4. Bus- iness education majors have some of the latest equipment available to them that is on the market. Here a typing class practices skills on modern electric typewriters. 3 More and more, people are realizing what great opportunities are developing in the field of business. Because of this insight, SSC's Business department is on the increase.

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3 1. Swimming instructor Val Reneau and class Randall Taylor, Rick Grubbs, Brent Martin and Paul Ridgway. 2. The foreign language labs are a far cry from the old method of classes repeating phrases. Shannon Whisenhunt is participating in one of the labs where a stu- dent may progress at his own rate by replaying and stopping tapes when needed. Besides traditional French, Spanish and German, courses are being offered in Choctaw and Russian. This department has also played a pioneering role in a bi-lingual, bi-cultural education program. Co- operating with McCurtain County schools and Southeastern College specialists, Choctaw students have been training to become teachers in schools with large percentage Choctaw enrollment. 3. Ellen Ken- nedy, graduate student, uses copy machine located in the library for student use. 4. John Gregory makes use of the game room in the Union. agtft 2 'Ipjfejsi 4

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3 1. Evelyn Griffith and Anne Abner, bookstore clerks, keep track of books and supplies students need. Though the store's main pur- pose is to supply text books to students, toiletries and sundries may also be purchased. 2. Girish Patel works at a terminal collect- ing data. A major is now offered in computer science along with the minor already available. Nine new courses were added this year to meet the needs of a society which grows more technical every year. 3. Donita Lowery and Joquita Kitchens await their turn in bowling class by keeping score for their teammates. 4. Music classes have taken on a new look as students seem to be plugged in to their music. The need for numerous practice rooms is eliminated with the use of headphones. Up to 12 students may practice simultaneously.