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

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SOCIAL SCIENCE Courses m the department of Social Science are designed for those who will teach or for those who enter various fields of service related to the social studies. It is among the oldest in the college. Max Souby and Miss Katherine Monahan were the first teachers in the department with Dr. C. C. Sims, present head of the department, joining the faculty in 1922. Other instructors in the department at present include W. B. Judd, economics, Dr. Edward Baldwin, geography, Robert Corlew, history and orientation; Miss OUie Green, geography; Clayton L. James, sociology; Dr. Robert L. Martin, economics; Gene H. Sloan, law and orienta- tion; Roscoe L. Strickland, political science and history; Dr. Charlotte Williams, political science and history. More than 30 graduates from this department have com- pleted the doctorate degree and now occupy responsible positions in educational leadership over the nation. A minimum of 18 hours in social science, including nine hours of American history or American government is re- quired for graduation. One may offer a major or a minor in the social sciences or the related divisions in history, political science, economics, sociology and geography. Majors in the social sciences are required to take far more than the 36 hours usually required for a major that prepara- tions in all subjects in the social studies may be adequate for teaching. A minor in the department is offered for graduate students. C. C. SiMMS, History; Edw. ' rd B. B. ldwin, Geography; Robert E. Corlew, Social Science; Ollie Green, Geography; Robert L. M. ' rtin, Ecorwmics; Gene H. Sloan, Social Science; Roscoe L. Strickland, History; Charlotte Wil- liams, Political Science. Left: World problems can be understood. Below: The young voices of America. Left: Serious courses make serious students.

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i Mf j fc Richard C. Peck, English; Emily Calcott, English; S. Carroll Evins, English; Virginia L. Peck, English; John A. Scott, Jr., English; Eugene L. Wiggins, Enghsh; Lane L. BouTWELL, Speech; Elizabeth Schardt, Foreign Lan- guages. The department of languages at Middle Tennessee State College is one of the best in the South. In the five years that have passed since the arrival of its present head. Dr. Richard C. Peck, the department has doubled its staff, expanded and intensified its curriculum and in general raised considerably the standards and academic qualifications of the students it produces. Beginning with 1946, the requirement for majors m English climbed to 45 hours, and the following year a semi- nar program was introduced making the department unique at Middle Tennessee State in offering a comprehensive exami- nation to its majors. In the same year. Lane Boutwell took over in the field of speech. He has since then brought the number of hours offered from 15 to 27 and inserted a variety of new equipment and technique. In sponsoring the campus dramatic club and speech- arts society, Mr. Boutwell has furthered graphically the area of the department. In foreign languages, French and Spanish are the most popu- lar. Miss Elizabeth Schardt, head of the foreign languages section, has been at MTSC longer than anyone in the depart- ment. Her background of extensive European and South American travel and experience makes foreign language courses interesting and realistic. Right: Instruction is given in the art of debating. Below: A report in process at the seminar table. Right: Languages other than English are studied

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r li in n J i p Ellis S. Rucker, Jr., Biology; Robert R . Bryden, Biology; Walter H. Herndon, Biology; John G. Parch- ment, Biology; J. Eldrfo Wiser, Chemistry; Charles Hull, Chemistry; Douglas Shields, Physics. Two separate and distinct departments of correlated scientific study are presented here as one. The objectives of both departments may be summarized as follows: ade- quate preparation and training both in fundamental scientific principles and in biological, chemical, and physical skills, permitting immediate practical activities in all three; and the development of a scientific philosophy effecting an in- telligent reaction to changing social and physical environ- ments. Middle Tennessee State College is perhaps one of the best equipped colleges in this area in the field of science. A separate laboratory for each year of chemistry, except physical chemistry, is provided for the benefit of the stu- dent. There is one large laboratory for all of the work in physics, and there are six biology laboratories in full-time operation. The Science Department offers majors in Biology, Chemistry, Science, and Science Medical. A biology major consists of forty hours made up of the general courses along with special- ized ones such as embryology, field zoology, and field botany; included in the forty-eight hours required for a chemistry major are such specialized courses as qualitative, physical, volumetric, and gravimetic chemistry; a Science major is compiled of a minor in chemistry and biology, and one year of physics; the last major offered is designed for students who complete three years of college work, and then transfer and graduate from a medical college. Right: Into the unseen world. Below: A practical demonstration in physics. tm S HB ■VT — Wm W ..a 1 r 1 ' inIM ■9 ! ' ' JtL Right: In the lab; we learn by doing.