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

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MATH Horace G. Jones Mathematics ToMMiE Reynolds Mathematics The Mathematics Department of the College was established when the college was founded in 1911. The first professor of mathematics was P. A. Lyon, later president of the college. Professor Lyon remained with the mathematics department until 1921 when he was replaced by Horace G. Jones, who still holds the position of head of the Mathematics Depart- ment. Miss Tommie Reynolds was assistant professor of mathematics from 1911 to 1922 when she went to Peabody to get her master ' s degree. She returned in 1923 and from 1923-44 taught both physical education and mathematics. From 1944 until the present she has taught only mathe- matics. The Mathematics Department offers the standard four years of mathe- matics found at most four year colleges. In addition, it offers one methods course in the teaching of mathematics and a year of surveying. It also offers a year of special business math designed for business majors. ART Hester Rogers Art The Middle Tennessee State College Art Department was one of the first departments established in the college. The primary aim of this department has always been to meet the particular needs of the elementary school teachers of the state. There- fore the main offerings have been in the field of Art Education. In recent years, however, some courses have been offered to meet the demands of students who are particularly interested in the art field. Other courses of an appreciational nature are offered for students in general. Majors in art are found in almost every graduating class. The majority of these go on to other colleges and secure a master ' s degree in art before attempting to teach art as a special subject.

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BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION Elwin Midgett Accounting Henrietta Myers Wade Stenography On January 1, 1939, the Business Administration Department began at Middle Tennessee State College as a division of the Social Science Department. Accountmg, shorthand and typewriting were its only offerings. Advanced accounting and auditing, together with the busi- ness education courses, methods and materials m accounting, and methods and materials in stenography, were added for the school year 1939-1940. Advanced stenography and business law were included in the curricu- lum for 1942-1943. In 1945 cost accounting and business machines were added, and the division of Accounting, Secretarial Science, Business Education and Business Law were combined to form a new department which was named the Department of Commerce. In 1946 the name of the department was changed to the Business Administration Department, and in 1948 a course in advertising was added to the business curriculum. Three additional quarter hours of accounting are to be added in the fall of W. ' il. The department offers two majors. Business Administration and Secretarial Science and Teacher-Training. Its graduates are certified to teach any business subject taught in the secondary schools of the state, are prepared for responsible business positions, and to manage and operate businesses of their own. The objective of a broad general business educa- tion is met by requiring students to take related business courses such as business mathematics, business organization and management, labor problems, marketing, statistics, and public finance, in other departments of the college. AVIATION Miller Lanier iiii The Aviation Department at Middle Tennessee State was formed in 1941. MTSC is one of four colleges and universities in the United States that operates its own airport. All phases of aviation work are offered in the well-rounded department, including instruction in navigation, meter- ology, radio. Civil Air Regulations, aircraft and engine structure, and flight. In the latter, it is possible for students to get their private and commercial licenses and instructor ' s rating. In the past five years 450 students have received pilot licenses at the airport. Two Piper Cubs are used in pilot training and a four-place Stinson is used for radio and navigation work. The department has its own building for ground school instruction, which is equipped with a Link trainer, engines, and instruments. Mock-ups of all types of instru- ments are also used as training aids. More than 300 students are trained each year in the department.

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TRAINING Roy J. Simpson, Prinapal; Ann Ashley, Fifth Grade; Lewis Bandy, Sdence; Mrs. Edward Briney. Sixth Grade; Marguerite Harrison, Tliird Grade; Mary Belle Jordan, Second Gnide; Margaret Lowe, Seventh Grade; Mrs. Sewell Manley, First Grade; Mrs. Madge Manson, Art; Mrs. Lizzie Street Nelson, Music; Mary Frances Snell, English; Mrs. Joe Howell Wood, Dietitian; George KuHNERT, Music; Lea Kuhnert, Librarian.