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

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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.

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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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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT The siudciu who is interested in a brighter and more prosijeroiis luiine usually finds the way to the physics laboratory. With the modern trend toward scientific development, the physics major can be as- sured of a very good job. The many long hoius of study produce concrete results. Douglas Shields instructs the students in such prob- lems as measining amoiuits ot heat from certain solid materials ' hen they become ignited, electrical wiring, speed of light and sound, atomic energy, and inany other complicated problems of modern lite. The very best in etinipment is furnished so that the student has first-hand experience in working on his problems. In freshman coinscs, all students participate on the same experiments, btu in the achanced cotnses, each stu- dent has a different set of experiments given him at the beginning of each quarter which he is expected to report on to the rest of the class after his work is completed. HOUSE MOTHERS riure are lew mothers xvho have so many childien who beai so liiile resemlilance to each other, desire so nni(h aikntion, and ha e such complicated prob- lems. All ihese— and many more— are the everyday responsibilities facing the hotise mothers. In fid- filling their jobs so well, they are guided by patience and understanding in every decision they have to make. Their wisdom inspires each sttidcnt to make his own decisions. E en with all this weight bearing heavily upon their shoidders, the house mothers al- ways have a friendly smile and a kind word for each of their children. Ihey have complete charge of their respective dormitories: from left to right are: standing, Mrs. Evelyn Felder, and Mrs. Katltcrine Parks, seated: Mrs. [esse Sullivan, and Mrs. Frances Pitts.