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

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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

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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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Designed to Stimulate Study Stands The LIBRARY THE LIBRARY Books have been the mute comrades and the mental inspiration for man since the art of writing was de- veloped. Although bursting its beams with the load carried, the squat building in the center of the quadrangle, this message center of our activities, has served us well. Now there is in process of construction a commodious new building located between the Science Building and Jones Hall into which the 50,000 volumes, the audio-visual laboratory, the textbook center, library science class- rooms, the reading and periodical rooms will soon be moved. With increased space will come increased opportuni- ties. The ' Tennessee Room which already includes a fine collection of books by Tennesseans and about Ten- nesseans, with state maps, papers, and pamphlets, will take on added importance that may well make it second only to the State Archives as a source for those seeking information about the Volunteer State. The Library Staff is composed of Miss Virginia Wilkinson, Miss Catherine Clark, Sarah Moore, Miss Leneil Edwards.