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

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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.

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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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Social Science faculty members include: seated. Miss OIlie Green, Norman Parks (department head), Robert Martin, William T.Wind- ham, Newell Moore, C. C. Sims; standing, E. B. Baldwin, Clayton L. James, Robert Corlew, Billy Mac Jones, Firman Cunningham, Roscoe Strickland. Students Discover Their Cultural Heritage hi SOCIAL SCIENCE If the soldier fights best for the cause to which he is dedicated, the civilian, logically, serves best that which he appreciates through understanding. They learn a lot about the accomplishments of soldiers and the duties of civilians in social studies. It is then in this field that the students ' counter-intel- ligence is alerted to recognize, analyze and evaluate propaganda forces while grasping the synthesis of their culture base and developing the understanding that will fortify them to meet any ideological challenge. Here they study the forces of economics, the trends of history, the impact of geography, the organization of government, the movements in sociology and the con- tributions of the humanities to life. This department is one of the largest and oldest in the college. A varied curriculum offers majors and minors in the various fields of the social studies or in combinations. In addition to encouraging students to teach the social studies, many of MTSC ' s more recent graduates have found profitable careers in federal gov- ernment and state agencies, in law, personnel and coun- seling work. JONES HALL