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

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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT A Held Avhich requires many long hours of study leads its master into a brighter and a more prosperous fiuine in ihis mod- ern vorld. Douglas Shields instructs the physics students in the different aspects of the sub- ject in well-ec)uipped laboratories. The h-eshman students all study the same ma- terial, but in advanced courses each stu- dent is given a different set of experiments wliich he is expected to complete and re- port on at the end of the c[uarter. These are the women whose untiring ettorls and unceasing patience are combined to make our lives here on the campus as much like home as is possible. We appreciate more than words coidd ever express, their fine work, for they have a big and dillicult job lo perform. The house- mothers are: Mrs, Mattie Lee Parks, Mrs, Myrtle Sullivan, Mrs. Evelyn Felder, and Mrs. Josephine Patterson. HOUSE MOTHERS

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Dr. Ellis Rucker heads the bioloqy department. Other professors are: James Hurley Dr. John Patten, John Parchment, James Setllff, Douglas Shields, Dr. Rucker. Dr. Eldred Wiser heads the chemistry department, assisted by James Setliff. Douglas Shields is in charge of the physics division. CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS Dr. J. Eldred Wiser is the head ot this depart- ment, assisted by James Setliff. Students interest- ed in chemistry and preprotessional training gain superior guidance under their able teaching. A well-ecjuipped physical plant is available for the use of the students. A separate laboratory is provided for each year of chemistry except for physical chemistry. In addition to this, advanced students have access to special ecjuipment such as the Becknian .Spectrophotometer. Photoelectric C ' .aloriincier. and Able Refractometer. The third lloor of the science building is oc- cupied by the Biology Department. In this de- partment freshmen come into contact with living materials for laboratory study, an essential phase of this field. Majors and minors may be acquired in biology with the recjuireti courses of embryology. zoolog)% botany, genetics, and others. There are indi- vidual rooms in which students can carry on private studies m addition to the adequately equipped classrooms and laboratories. Those ith professional or industrial goals sho ' a gro v- ing interest in this field.

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT Ihc Music Deparimeni. under the leadtrship of Neil Wright, has atlded much lo the enjoyuieiu of many students. Some of the organizations ot the Music Department are: The To vnsmen. the pep band, the women ' s trio, the men ' s t[uartet. Harp Singers, orchestra, chorus, string ensemble, band, student organ guild, Saimderian society, and Pi Mu Sigma. I hese mtisic groups. es]:)ecially the band and chorus, make tours each year dining the winter and spring (piarters. These tours consist of isits to area high schools for a concert at each school. Margaret Johnson Wright, Mary Dillon Scott, Helen Trivett. Rubye Taylor Sanders,, E. Mae Saunders, Kenneth Pace, Phillip How- ard, and Neil Wright compose the faculty of the music department.