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

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o„ srs ii MrHrkr rc;j.s:: s; Lifr . ' sxttk ' : H« c. Lr ■ -■ ° ™ ' -• ' ■ - - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT The status cf MTSC has undergone many changes since the Middle Tennessee Normal days. Vocational and liberal arts courses have be en added, but the primary function of the college is still to tram teachers. Dr. Wilmouth B. Bowdoin is the competent head of this department, which has seven educators with doctor ' s degrees. The college maintains the Training School and works closely with the local high school to provide the student teachers with at least one quarter of Miss Mary HjU ' s cla experience in actual classroom work under the di- rection of skilled teachers. This year the department is beginning a new di- rected teaching program on a small scale in David- son County. The educators are currently in the process of re-evaluating the course outline of the department. The faculty meets once a week to discuss staff problems and the teacher-training program. Training School classroom III iM. ill fp 1 mmmj 27

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' fl % niRECTOh OF FIELD SEIWICES Robert Abernathv It could be said that no one spreads more good will for Middle Tennessee State College than our jovial director of field services, Robert Abernathy. Always in demand as a speaker, he visits many high schools and encourages students to continue their education at MTSC. An alumnus of MTSC ,he is Secretary cii the Alumni Association and handles the college placement bureau. His smiling face and ready wit have become a fixture on the campus since he came back to MTSC in 1947- lUlhSAh T. B. WOODMORE Mr. T. B. Woodmore and his assistant, Mr. Jimmy Jackson, are responsible tor the smooth way in which the finances of MTSC are handled. Author of a book on financial administration, Mr. Woodmore uses his experience and knowledge in meeting the needs of our enlarging student body and expanding campus activities. He and Mr. Jack- son are an important part of Registration Day, when they collect student fees. They are also im- portant to employees of the college when payday arrives and they issue checks. It is no accident that financial matters are handled smoothly here at MTSC. These two men and their efficient staff make sure no mistakes arise. 26 IHhEOTOh OF PUhLIOATIONS Gene H. Sloan Gene H. Sloan is the man of many jobs. He is not only a classroom instructor and director of stu- dent publications; he also serves as faculty athletic chairman, member of the administrative committee, discipline committee, and student activities com- mittee. He and his student assistants. Bob Brooks, Glendel Bryson, and Jo Maybrey, send out several thousand press and radio releases each year on happenings at MTSC as a function of the public relations department. A member of the Tennessee Bar and an exper- ienced newspaper man. Gene Sloan has been a high school teacher and school administrator. He was accredited as a war correspondent during World War II and has recently published a book on the war maneuvers m Tennessee.

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T R A I N 1 N fi SCHOOL The Training School is the branch of our college where the MTSC students majoring in education have an opportunity to do their practice teaching under highly skilled supervising teachers. It is an ideal place for those who are qualifying for a teach- er ' s certificate in the elementary field to put to use the things they have learned. The student teachers have the opportunity to observe the high educational standards at the Training School, which inspire them as future teachers to achieve higher ideals and goals. Mr. Hilary Parker is in charge of the elementary student teachers program in addition to being principal at the Training School where a select group of students are taught. TRAlNINd SCHOOL TRAINING SCHOOL STAFF First Row: Left to Right, Jack Gamble, Miss Mary Frances Snell, Mrs. Tempie Hansford, Miss Marguerite Harrison, Mrs. Mary Manley, Mrs. Andrena Briney. Second Row: Miss Leneil Edwards, Miss Margaret Lowe, Mrs. Faye Phillips, Mr. Hilray Parker, Principal, Miss Anne Ashley, Mrs. Clarence Greever, Mrs. Laura Smith, Miss Mary Bell Jordan. [irasill