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

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TABLE of CONTENTS featuRes PAGE 106 orgAnization S PAGE 50 DMI NISTRATION PAGE 18 AlyVERTISERS PAGE 210 LASsE S PAGE 152 OTC PAGE 90 Sport S PAGE 128 17

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You have just finished the introduction to the 1956 MiDLAiNDER. My Staff and I hope you will enjoy the rest of the book. We have done our best to present Middle Tennessee State as we all know and love it. It was once said by Webster, Ours, Sir, is a small school, but there are those who love it. To those of us who have made MTSC our home for the past four years a truer statement was never made. We have seen buildings erected and roads removed, and we have seen students and teachers come and go. . . . I would like for you to reminisce with me over the past four years, and the many and varied memories they hold. REMEMBER . . . Freshman week 1952, Fresh- man girls in Jones Hall, Your first college dance. Home- comings, Plays on the MTSC stage. Football and Basket- ball games, The old wrestling team, ASB elections. The first Miss Midlander from our class. Fun nights in the old gym, Stunt nights, The drive in front of the Ad build- ing, The gallons of rain during winter quarters, the ROTC in their new building, Monahan Hall erected. Pep rallies. Bull sessions. Receptions, Banquets, Reli- gious emphasis weeks. Parties. . . . and we can ' t forget those Classes, Exams, Lectures, Term papers. Grades, Registration, and the same thing all over again. I have rambled around enough. I hope I didn ' t bore you and that I brought back some pleasant memories. To publish a book such as the 1956 Midlander takes a lot of words, pictures, ink, considerable planning, loss of a little sleep, sweat, work and a lot of co-operation. I have had a great deal of co-operation from a lot of people. First I would like to thank my staff, their names and the work they did appear on page 152. A special thanks to Lois Stedman my associate editor who pre- pared all the copy, to George Gardner who headed the business staff, and to Peggy McQuiddy who headed the class sections. For the cover, we are indebted to Cartoonist Jack Knox of the Nashville Banner in permitting us to use one of his drawings. The remainder of the art work was done by Bob Mingle, a member of our staff. Our photographers were Wink Bennett, Jimmy Carna- han, Ed Delbridge, and Dr. Bealer Smotherman. Our thanks to Dr. Guy Battle and Mr. William Beasley, who proofread all our copy. Mr. Ruben Gulbenk and Charles and the entire staff of Gulbenk Engraving Co., also Mr. Ben Shields and his staff at Ambrose Printing Co. Our last vote of appreciation goes to one of the busiest men on the campus. His help and assistance in preparing the 1956 Midlander is surpassed by none. I refer to Mr. Gene Sloan, the Director of Publications, at Middle Tennessee State College. In closing, I sincerely hope that the 1956 Midlander brings to you our reader the spirit of MTSC, and that you enjoy the book as much as I have enjoyed working on it. 16

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I n. From what they tell me. Middle Ten- nessee State College is one oj the five state colleges in Tennessee: and even though it is not the largest, it ' s the best. And I can tell you, it really has changed since I rode through here on my horse. Founded in 1911, the college had only three buildings at the time. One ivas the Administration Building. In 1925 the Gene- ral Assembly authorized the maintenance of a state teachers college in each Grand Division oj the State. Thus, the college became known as Middle Tennessee State Teachers College. Since then, the actual acreage oj the school has increased jrom 125 acres to 375, and the name has been changed to Aliddle Tennessee State College. As I said bejore, ichen I came through here, there was nothing but acres and acres oj plowed fields. Now there are 27 perma- nent brick buildings, an agricultural unit, jootball stadium, baseball field, and tennis courts. The ' Ad ' Building is still the main center oj the campus. I ivas really interested in the newest addi- tions this year and the plans jor juture im- provement. The administration has added the Family-Centered Home Matiagement Edu- cation House, a neiv jootball scoreboard, and a neiv parking area. They also paved new sidewalks and widened some oj the old ones. This has really changed the looks oj this place jor me because they didn ' t have many side- walks and roads here when I rode through with Forrest. The college ' s juture plans in- clude the recently authorized library which will be completely modern throughout. Now ni introduce you to the members oj the jaculty and tell you something about them and their departments. 18