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Of the many species of orchids grown by Imogene Young, the
large white catileya shown above is one of the most prizedj, The
smaller orchids are phalenopsis.
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Friday, November 22, 1963
San Antonio, Texas
Volume XXXVIII—No. 1
Dr. Edwin Keasler, Sr.
dance coke party,” with the gay
sounds of lively conversation and
laughter.
At the end of the class session
all cards are turned in to Mrs.
Uhrich, who, on another night, as-
signs each student, with the use
of the cards, the task of writing a
biographical essay on another stu-
dent, complete with footnotes.
What have the students learned
from all this? First, they have
learned how to interview the sub-
ject for an essay. They have learn-
ed how to take notes on cards,
verbatim, paraphrase, and outline.
They have gained experience in
the difficult art of essay writing.
They have learned to footnote their
essay properly by using the name
of the interviewer plus the ficti-
tious publication and publishing
house he “represents.”
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courses
Francis
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Keasler Studies
Night Drop-Outs,
Gets Doctorate
It is a “game” in which each
student makes out a series of 12
to 15 cards, with his own name
in the top left corner and ONE
FACT pertaining to his life in the
top right corner. The facts in-
clude his birthplace, date, ancestry,
and environment; personal data—
height, weight, coloring, etc.; his
educational background, his ambi-
tions, and the position he holds
now; his political and religious
beliefs; his interests and hobbies;
Night Teachers
Plan Class Tours
Of Local Firms
Because field trips and special
projects add interest to subjects
and make concrete many abstract
ideas taught in class, SAC instruc-
tors have planned an assortment
for the fall term.
Mr. Richard Jauregui who teach-
es physics and industrial engineer-
ing has planned two plant visita-
tions to give his students an op-
portunity to compare the control
systems used in a job shop with
those in a production shop.
A tour of Ed Friedrich, Inc., on
October 9, was scheduled by Mr.
Joseph C. Gregory for Engineering
805 (Air Conditioning and Refrig-
eration) .
Mr. Nick Garza has three trips
and projects in mind for his Edu-
cation 210 class: 1. A visit to Rob-
ert B. Green Hospital, 2. A visit to
Knowlton’s Dairy, and 3. A cook-
out as part of a special project.
Computer Programming (D. P.
315) students probably will tour the
Computer Center at Kelly AFB,
according to Mr. Edwin J. Acker-
mann, while Mr. Orville Ander-
son’s art class will visit portrait
studios to observe retouching in
practice.
“We are anticipating a possible
field trip to the San Antonio
Builders Exchange,” says Mr. Wal-
ter Bauerschlag, Jr., of Engineer-
ing 201. “We want to look over en-
gineering plans of various projects
in the Central Texas area.”
A field trip to Medical Field
Service School at Ft. Sam Houston
is planned by Dr. William Dono-
van for his Dental Lab students.
Mr. Patrick Dowd said that his
psychology class will visit the ex-
perimental psychologjr lab at Trin-
ity University and will run an ex-
periment at the School of Aero-
space Medicine, Brooks AFB, in
the Vestibular (organ of balance)
Lab. Expect to read more about
this in a later Night Ranger is-
sue.
Novel Card System of Interviewing
Makes Research Theme Writing Easy
Mrs. Virginia Uhrich, who teach- piest (or most terrible, or most
es English 601a Tuesday evenings,
has devised a fascinating and very
ingenious method of introducing a
student to the rest of the class,
while teaching the fundamentals of
essay writing in a painless way.
10 New Courses
Answer Requests
Of Night Groups
Ten new courses were added to
the curriculum this fall, fulfilling
the need for increased instruction
and research in certain areas.
Leading the list are Architec-
ture 404.60, a general drafting
course offered for terminal credit,
and Data Processing 315.60, a gen-
eral description of the 301 com-
puter system, taught by Mr. Ed-
win Ackermann.
Two new engineering
have been added. Mr.
Brogan teaches Electronics 801a.-
60, which deals with the funda-
mentals of alternating and direct
current theory. The second half
of the course, which will be
taught also, contains the funda-
mentals of. vacuum tubes and
transistors and their applications
in power supplies and amplifiers.
Engineering 317, an introduction
to basic mechanics, is being
taught by Mr. Max Shepherd.
The new medical assistance
courses include Medical Secretar-
ial Procedures 303.60, which treats
with medical terminology, legal
practice, and ethics, taught by
Sister M. Benignus, CCVI; and
Medical Secretarial Procedures
303.60, instructed by Miss Jose-
phine Estrada, which deals with
p a ti e n t reception, appointment
scheduling, proper telephoning
techniques, and other pertinent of-
fice traning.
The three new “P’s” on the
schedule are Philosophy 310.60, an
introductory course, taught by Mr.
Truett Hilliard; Photography 602a.-
60, which takes up retouching, col-
oring, and tinting, taught by Mr.
Orville Anderson; and a manage-
ment communication course, Psy-
chology 309.60 taught by Mr. Leon-
ard Scott.
Completing the list is Geography
310.60, instructed by Mr. L. J. Gex.
It analyzes the population and the
leading economic activities in ma-
jor world regions, with special
emphasis on the United States.
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frightening, o r funniest) experi-
ence.
When the card-forms have been
macle out, each student then inter-
views, and in turn is interviewed
by, 10 to 15 other students in the
class.
This is the way it works. John
approaches Mary and asks for an
interview. Mary gives John one
of her cards, perhaps it will be
the one concerning her “idea of
happiness.” They discuss just what
Mary believes constitutes happi-
ness. John makes notes on her
card as Mary talks, signs his name
at the bottom, and gives it back.
Eventually all of Mray’s and
John’s and the cards of the rest
of the class will be filled in this
manner with complete biograp-
his likes and dislikes; the people, i hical data. And in the meantime a
places, and events that have shap- I quiet English classroom develops
ed or influenced his life; his hap- ■ the atmosphere of an “after-the-
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Dr. Edwin Keasler, Sr., Director
of the Evening Division, is being
congratulated these days on his
doctorate in Education which was
conferred upon him August 24,
1963, at The University of Texas.
This highlight in his life culmi-
nated a period of study and self-
discipline started in 1952. Holder
of a Bachelor in Science degree
from the University of New
Mexico, and a Master of Educa-
tion degree from Trinity Uni-
versity, -Dr Keasler is also a
member of Phi Delta Kappa, the
Texas Junior College Teachers As-
sociation, National Education
Association, and a director of the
Downtown San Antonio’s Lions
Club. He is married to the former
Marion Smith and has a son and
a daughter.
Aside from teaching, which as
a matter of fact, began at Indian
Schools in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, his only other work has
been with the Veterans Adminis-
tration in Dallas and San Antonio.
He served a year in the Navy at
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Preparing for a show at the Pearl Harbo.r NCO Open Mess in
Honolulu, Hawaii, are, left to right, Mrs. Imogene Young and her
daughters, Sandy and Sharon.
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The Night Ranger staff wishes to thank the hundreds
of students and members of the faculty who so very gra-
ciously filled out and returned the questionnaires which
were sent to them. Your answers plus a few telephone
calls made possible these eight pages of copy.
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She further explained, “We are
not growing orchids now for com-
mercial use. Perhaps later, when
my husband retires from the serv-
ice, we may consider having a
business of our own.”
An assignment to Hickam Air
Force Base, Hawaii, for her hus-
band took the family there and
served to further their experiments
in growing orchids. Several un-
usual characteristics of the plants
were explained by her. She found,
for instance, that they were not
as fragile as they appeared. “The
blossoms don’t spot easily, and they
can be .painted,” she said. “How-
ever, it takes from two to ten
years for plants to bloom.” Her
species include miniatures or dwarf
plants and others that reach room
height, with blossoms of every hue.
Mrs. Young stated that she had
“become interested in flowers aft-
er a visit to the border in 1946.”
She now has more than 3,000 or-
chid specimens growing in a
“green” room in their Belair home,
the temperature of which is con-
trolled by the use of electric heat-
ers on cool days and fans when
temperatures soar. Humidity is
held constant by the use of water
spray and vessels of water placed
throughout the room.
The assignment to Hawaii also
engendered an enthusiasm for hula
dancing which resulted in the en-
rollment of herself and the chil-
dren for three years in a school
whose instructress was a native
Tahatian woman. Since their return
to the homeland, they have been
called upon to perform at several
school and civic functions. They
are looking forward to returning
someday to Hawaii, as they have
many happy memories of this ex-
otic land.
She recalled that her skill in the
line of flower arrangements did
not result from her study in Ha-
waii, but was acquired in Japan,
when she accompanied her hus-
band there.
SAC Family Mixes Shorthand,
Orchid Culture, Ma Dancing
- Mrs. Imogene Young, an alert but quiet-mannered
. member of Mrs. Olidene McDermond’s Tuesday evening
shorthand class was interviewed by the Night Ranger staff
when her interest in orchids and the mimical art of hula
dancing became known. However during the interview,
Her husband made a study of
dwarfed plants while in Hawaii
—“T h e Propagation of B a n s a i”
which Mrs. Young describes as a
very interesting, plus an artistic
piece of work. B a n s a i must be
started, according to Mrs. Young,
by using the proper amount of
water and plant food, by studying
the time to prime, and last but
very important, by learning the
art of wiring the limbs and bend-
ing them to achieve the desired
effect which is where the artistic
touch and balance enters the pic-
ture.
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■ she revealed that her husband, a
master sergeant, has also been a
student at SAC, but is “sitting out”
this semester. Their oldest daugh-
ter, Sharon, shares her mother’s in-
terest in shorthand and is enrolled
in Mr. B. W. Quinn’s class. “You
might say we are sort of a SAC
family,” she commented. There are
two other members of the Young
family: Sandy, who attends Ter-
rell Hills Junior High; and Ronnie,
who attends the Belair Elementary
School.
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