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

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Members of the Language department faculty are: seated, BifBe Moore, Lane Boutwell, Miss Emily Calcott, Miss Elizabeth Schardt, Mrs. Virginia Peck, Guy Battle, Edwin Howard; standing, Eugene Wiggins, Greg Coleman, Richard Peck (department head), S. Carroll Evins, William Beasley. Reading, Writing and Speaking Are Found In LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Basic training is necessary in college, too. In the Department of Languages, all who come this way must face indoctrination. To meet the requirements for a B. S. degree one must complete 18 hours in English. For the B. A. degree, additional English and a minimum of 18 hours in foreign languages must be completed. The volunteer for regular duty as an English major must present a minimum of 45 hours in English and must pass a ' comprehensive ' written and oral examina- tion in his senior year. This examination will not be required after this year. Through the division of speech those interested in forensics and the drama gain valuable experience in inter-collegiate competition with practical experience in all phases of radio and theater. Courses in journalism round out the offerings in the field of communications. In these courses theory is com- bined with experience, the results appearing in the SIDELINES, the college newspaper, and the MID- LANDER, the yearbook. SMITH HALL

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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.

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LYON HALL Mental Alertness Is Stimulated By MATHEMATICS Basic in war and national defense as well as peaceful industry, mathematics is an inviting field for the student. The usual four year program of collegiate mathe- matics is supplemented at MTSC by courses in methods of teaching mathematics, surveying, and courses es- pecially designed for business majors. Perhaps no department has expanded as rapidly in recent years as that of mathematics. The demand for skilled mathematicians at Oak Ridge, AEDC, Redstone Arsenal and in private industry in the TVA area served by the college has stimulated an increasing number to undertake work in this basic science. Combining with the department of industrial arts and the division of physics, the mathematics department has developed a pre-engineering curriculum through three years work that is approved by the major engi- neering schools. Many of our graduates in this field are moving immediately into engineering or are taking an additional year of graduate study for an engineering de- gree. Meantime the department is faced with increased ap- peals from school superintendents for mathematics teachers. Members of the Mathematics department faculty are: Horace Jones (department head). Miss Tommie Reynolds, Jesse Smith, Roy Simp- son, and Robert McCliniock.