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

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Language Department Mr. Boutwell, Mrs. Dorethe Tucker, Mr. Trimble speech and dramatics. Mrs. Dorethe Tucker, wife of M. T. S. C. ' s most Ivy-League-looking English professor, adeptly guides the campus dramatic activities through at least three plays annually, as well as assisting with the opera. Mr. Lone Boutwell and Mrs. Clifton Trimble are in charge of the speech area of the language department. In addition to the speech courses they are in charge of the forensic activities. The final division of the language department is that of foreign lan- guages. Miss Elizabeth Schardt, who has been with M. T. S. C. since 1918, is in charge of French and Spanish. This year for the first time German was offered and taught by Mrs. Ortrun Gilbert. Long demanded, the German class was a decided success. Miss Schardt, Dr. Calcott, Miss Derryberry, Miss Voughn Curriculum— Page 21

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Language Department Dr. Richard C. Peck, Head of the Department Mr. Coleman, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Evins Like death and taxes, for anyone who plans to graduate, contact with the language department is inescapable. It might be added that for some erstwhile students, this con- tact is catastrophic, and sometimes even ephemeral. The traditional joke about majors in English 101 is not entirely without foundation! The language department, like some of the other departments has the sizable task of providing language education for the institutional requirement and for majors in the field too. It evidently is doing the fine job that we suspected, for it has the reputation of being one of the finest English departments in the South. English, of course, composes the largest part of the department. Any English major will attest to the rigidity of the department. Every spring finds senior English majors in the throes of seminar papers and preparation for the oral exams. The excellence of the department is a direct result of the quality of its faculty. Not only is Dr. Richard Peck, department head, well-known for his proficiency in the field, but his wife. Dr. Virginia Peck is declared by authorities to be one of the South ' s best modern poets. Similar statements could equally well be made for the other members of the staff. An im- portant component of the language department is that of Miss Vaughn Dr. Virginia Peck ee 20— Curriculum

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Science Department Dr. Eldred Wiser, Head of the department Parchment, Dr. Rucker, Mr. Strobel Where the odors of sulphur and sweet rolls mix— often over- looked by juniors and seniors because it ' s building is off the more beaten paths, the science department might well be thankful for its seclusion from curious eyes and meddling fingers. Of course, freshmen and sophomores cannot by any stretch of imagination overlook this department, since they are still busily, and more often than not, painfully and re- luctantly, working off their institutional requirement in science. Every freshman receives, free of breakage fee, a frog for his own personal education, enjoyment, and mutilation. From the appearance of some of the used frogs, those harm- less, cuddly creatures were also used for frustration. Last, semester ' s biology grade was taken out of more than one frog ' s hide! However, the scientific entertainment does not end with the freshman year. Every sophomore is given the Mr. J. W. Gilbert Dr. Scott, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Boyd Page 22—C irriciiliim