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

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THE LIBRARY More ihan ;58,()0() books, additional bound volumes, periodicals and newspapers in the MTSC library pro- vide a broad selection ol relerence and soiuce ma- terial as well as recreational reading. Constantly ex- panding, the annual accretion list includes hundreds ot books each month— all designed to enrich the iiir- riculum and increase student knowledge. Ihitil recently the library was also the ceiuer ol the college audio-visual materials. At the present time most ot this equipment has been cataloged and stored tor ready access in the adminisiiati(jn Ijiiilding echica- tional departmeiu. Members of the library stalt are Miss C atherine Clark, Ambrose Easterly and Miss Virginia Wilkinson. Mrs. Alvie Anderson is secretary tor the library. There are l-l student assistants. Near the periodical room in the basement of the library is located the regional library headquarters. This library serves seven counties and is staffed by Miss Maureen Williams, regional librarian. Miss Mary Elizabeth Wallace, assistant regional liijrarian and Mrs. Emily Runion, secretary.

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GRADUATE DIVISION M ISC is jjioiul to li,nlii tlu ' fiisi c;mclle on tlic l)iilli(l.i (akr ol ihc C.r.iduaU ' l)i ision. A lont; aii- licipaU ' d tliiam has (oiiic (iiii- wiih .t;r(. ' au-r results than liopccl tor. Its louiulcrs truly Iccl likt ' luw lathers l ' ostcrins the birth ol a (greater eihicaiioual a(l aiK (inriit for the sdiool. A Master ' s degree iu- suics the Itiuiessee leai lui ol an increase in salary. The t iadiiate students receive a iiiajoi in Educa- tion and a minor in the liekls ol Enjilish, .Social .Science. Industiial Aits. Science, or Physical Educa- tion. This constiliiles a ijioad c iiri ic iiluin. Dr. llowaid (.. kiiksex. head ol the ' ( iaduate Di- vision, is a (listinguished cclncatoi. His advanced phil()s()|)liics and methods have- plavccl a major role in the on;ani .ition and IniKlioninn ol tliis depart- mi ' iii. .Ml ol the mentioned depaitments have added the j.;iadiiate courses to theii cniriculum to meet the needs ol the sjraduaie stnckiits and produce even more capable teacheis. . lai; ;e percentage of stu- dents enrolled in graduate work are, at the same time, still carrying on their jobs in the classroom. During classvvork here on the cam|)us, ihev aie able to share valuable experiences with one anothei. as well as to cleiive iinich inlormalion liom the able instructors. A blue libbon is due the (.laduale Division which has shown nothing but piogress since its origin. 1 he plioio at the top shows a graduate class in progiess. The photo at the lower kit pictures the si men vvho wci c Inst to icccive the Master of Arts degree hcic at . 1 ISC in Ml. ' il. There are, first row, kit to light: ' illiam I.eavitl. Clay C. Coble, Gordon I ' lavcis, Second row: (.uy A. Scott, I ' homas G. King, . . . Link.

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) lop pluilo Iriim (• 1)1. C;liltortl J. Ueniiis. Ui. J. ticlu CHEMISTRY— PHYSICS— BIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS Stiiiknis iiiuixsud in (luniistiy. and |)rc-profes- sion.il xoiaiions u(ci L ' supirior training in their Ik-UI under ilu- uidancr ol Dr. |. Eldrcd Wiser, head 111 ilii ' ik])annienl. and Mi. |anR-s Scliili. . n ixiilknl |)h si(,il pl.nu i a ailal)k- tor the ii e ol the suukiits, a separate laboratory Ijeiii ; piovided lor each vear ol chemistry except physical cheiiiistiy. In adtiiiion to these excellent facilities, advanced stii- denis have acce.ss to the use ol s]jLcial e(ini|)nient such as the Becknian .SpectrophoionRUr. IMioioeki trie Calorinuler. anil .M)le Reliai liiintlei . {)c(iip ini; till ' t-ntire third Hoor ol the scieiue biiildin is the BiologN Department. In this field the fresh- man comes in contact with a very im- portant piiase of higher learning— lixiiig material. Majors and minors ma tie acquired in biology with the reiiiiiretl courses of embryologi, ' , zool- og . botany, genetics, and others hav- ing been completed. The professors an exercise their ability in the ade- (|uaiel i(|iiippeil classrooms and lab- oratories. Students can carry on private ' stucK in some of the indi id- nal looms. Biology offers growing interest for those with professional or industrial sjoals.