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

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Business Administration faculty members are: seated. Miss Elaine Stepp, Mrs. Ruth Garland, Mrs. Henrietta Wade; standing, Charles G. Moore, Gene H. Sloan, E. W. Midgett (department head), and Hollie Sharp. IV ' e Are Ready After Work In BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Ten years ago Business Administration attained de- partmental status and this year 324 chose this field as a major. To the traditional offerings of typing, shorthand and bookkeeping have come additions in advanced stenog- raphy, secretarial science, business law, methods and ma- terials in accounting, advanced accounting, advertising, auditing, taxation, business math, salesmanship, business English and business machines. The department continues to certify teachers for any business subjects taught in the secondary schools an in- creasing number of majors in this department add eco- nomics as a minor and graduate to enter banking, insur- ance accounting and business executive positions. Departmental offerings now include a major in Busi- ness Administration, Secretarial Science and Teacher Training with one and two-year terminal programs available for those who wish to register as special stu- dents and secure business school training with college credit. More offering in night classes are available in this department than any other except education. RUTLEDGE HALL

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r y ASSISTANTS Charles Murphy, athletic director, and Dr. Elbert Patty, athletic business manager, are the top-sergeants of MTSC ' s athletic-recreational division. Both are alum- ni of MTSC and had achieved outstanding high school coaching records before Uncle Sam took them on a tour. Returning home they have turned their talents to creating successful Raider teams, and like all other extra-curri- cular activities — making athletics pay its way. SECRETARIES As Busy As Bees, the Secret aries Keep the Administrators in Order. As I entered the main building one day, I heard a noise which sounded like a woodpecker. I floated down the hall until I found a room where this odd-sounding noise was coming from and I noticed a young lady sit- ting at a table. She was making the noise on a strange looking machine. I later learned that she was one of the capable and skilled secretaries who keep the office busi- ness in working order. This office is filled with tables, files and strange looking machines like the one on which the lady was punching keys. They tell me this machine is called a typewriter. I perched myself on top of one of the filing cabinets and observed these ladies at work. It seems that the president of the college and each one of the deans have their own secretaries, who are essen- tial in keeping the records straight. These women work many hours writing letters, cutting stencils, keeping books, tabulating and recording each student ' s grades, sending out business letters, and keeping accurate and complete files of the students ' records and progress re- ports. At the end of each quarter many of the secretaries, with the assistance of selected students, record and send out the grades to the students. Each secretary knows her job well, and the office operates smoothly and efficiently. They also serve as individual bureaus of information be- cause they usually know everything that is going on around the school. The secretarial staff uses patience, knowledge and skill to make for an efficient part of the MTSC school system. SECRETARIAL STAFF SEATED AROUND TABLE: Mrs. Macon Manson; Mrs. Blond Sweeney; Mrs. Wanda Earle, Mrs. Norene Hudgens; Mrs. Thelma Sloan; Mrs. Sally Brunson; Mrs. Betty Lynn Gentry; Mrs. Jane Warner; Mrs. Bonnie McHenry; Mrs. Eleanor Mat- thews; Mrs. Evelyn Turney; Mrs. Carolyn HoUoway; Mrs. Charlotte Heinz.

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MONOHAN HALL The Principal Thing at MTSC Is Still EDUCATION ' In the dear, dim days ' this college was called Middle Tennessee Normal, later Tennessee State Teachers Col- lege. With expansion into a liberal arts program and vocational offerings, it is still the primary aim of the col- lege to provide teachers. Approximately 8 5 per cent of 407 seniors in the 1956 class will qualify for teaching certificates. Since the undergraduate and graduate divisions of the college are so much concerned with meeting the in- creased demand for well-trained teachers, the selection, general education, guidance and in-service professional growth of the teacher continue to be dominant concerns of the faculty. The college campus is the center for educational con- ferences, clinics and workshops throughout the year. Through the division of extension, classes are conducted for hundreds of teachers in scores of communities an- nually. By maintaining the Training School as an integral part of the Murfreesboro school system and co-operating closely with the local high schools, the college offers student teachers at least one quarter work under the guidance of experienced and skilled teachers in actual classroom situations. Such training insures that MTSC graduates go to the school room front with valuable combat ' experience. Members of the Education Department are: seated, Howard Kirksey, Ralph Dunham, Belt Keathley, Kenimer Morgan, Miss Mary HaU, N. C. Beasley, James H. Swann; standing, Roy Simpson, W. B. Bowdoin (department head), James Martin, Finis W. Poole, Hilary Parker, Bealer Smotherman.