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

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{ f • 1 Dr. Wilmoth Bowdoin, Head of fhe Department Dr. Womock, Dr. Martin, Dr. Raper, Dr. Pittord Education Department Although no major is offered in education, it is generally recognized to be one of the more important departments of the college. Especially this is so since this institution was founded primarily for the purpose of furthering professional education in Tennessee. Dr. Wilmoth Bowdoin heads this department which purposely has no major to fit the design of the teacher training program. The program provides that those preparing to teach on the secondary level major in the subject which they plan to teach, while those becoming certified in the elementary area take a distribution major in- cluding a significant number of hours in art, music, mathema- tics, humanities, science, health and physical education, and social science. That is, these students become proficient in Miss Mary Ho Ptige 26— Curriculum

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Social Science S EE j . ' vK H|H H | I Hi H 1 9 H V a fenA H ■■ 1 Ik iiW I Dean James, Miss Gray, Dr. Brearley economics, geography, history, political science, and socio- logy. Inter-disciplinary teamwo: ' promotes the integration of methods and goo ' s. The depaiment now enrolls ap- proximately 2,000 students each semester and it has main- tained a 10 per cent rate of growtii for some years. Social Science ranks with Education in turning out the largest num- ber of graduates each year. The department is strongly staffed. Nine hold the Ph.D. degree and three have done extensive work beyond the M.A. Some of the department have had teaching experience at leading colleges and uni- versities before coming to M. T. S. C. The department ' s lab- oratory, the library, has grown rapidly during the past decade, there being more than 20,000 volumes relating to the areas of its five disciplines. Curriculum— Page 23

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Dr. Bealer Smotherman Dr. Finis Poole Education Department all the areas of the elementary teacher ' s responsibilities. Miss Mary Hall is the recognized campus authority on ele- mentary education. However, there are education majors offered for the M.A. degree. The major may be in either Administration and Supervision or in Curriculum and Super- vision. It looks like Drs. Womack, Martin, Raper, and Pittard might be conspiring to overthrow the rest of the college. Or maybe they ' re hearing a new joke as told by you-know- who. Dr. Smotherman may be viewed in his natural sur- roundings, the field of audio-visual aids. Drs. Moore, Abbott, Greever, and Beaty are hard at work outlining the policies (and pansies) of their department. ■ Dr. R. E. Moore, Dr. Abbott, Dr. Greever, Dr. Beaty Curriculum— Page 27