Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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TRAINING SCHOOL The Training .Stlionl is a (.i ital pari of tlic {(illcgv. It is Ikmi- iluil prospcclive teachers from the college stiulent l)(nly tiniiillv go foitli to take their Inst step in tlie realm of pedagogy. It is here they meet the problents and work witit cliildren in real silnations. It is liere that an effort is made to gi e tlie diildrcn and the college students the best and latest in content and procedure. The Training School endeavors to make its classrooms, its various activities, and its daily loiilinc as nearly lifelike as possible. I he student louniil and the presidents of the four jmiior high school classes head up the student go ernment. through uhich the boys and girls participate in the goNcinmenl of ihc siliool. It endeavors to place the diildien in an atmosphere which is inlorn al, free, and conducive to happiness and best ellort.

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Hon. Prentice Cooper, Governor of TcniKssee Hon. B. O. Duggan. Commissioner of Edmiilion E. C. Ball S. C. Garrison W. R. I.ANDRLIM .Mrs. Fi-RDiNAND Powell Edward P. Ialpin Mrs. w. r. Stone BARTO v ' Strang Lawrence Tavlor emphis Johnson City .Shelliyvillc Bristol Cliattanooga Jackson In November. 1911, tlic State Board of Education approved the suggestion that the name of the college be changed from State Teachers College, Afurfreesboro, to Middle Tennessee State College, and authorized the president of the college to request the next legislatme to make the change in name official.

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FACULTY Mary P ranc:es Snell Mrs. Andrena Briney Fifth anil Si lli (.rades Marguerite Harrison Secnnd Crtidr Robert Abernathy Sixth Crade Mrs. Oliindall Evans Home Economics Frances .Snell Ann . shlev -■; ( riulc Frank E. Bass Director W. R. ROMINE MtuuKil Arti Mrs. Sewell AFanly Third Grade Mrs. Scott Williams First Grade Lera Comngton Librarian Eleanor V. Robertson Fotirlli Grade Margaret Lowe Social Science Roy Simpson Princil al James Lokiv Science