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

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SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The School of Arts and Sciences includes the depart- ments of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, Languages, Mathematics, and Social Sciences. Pre-professional pro- grams are essential part of the five departments found within this school . The general courses required of all candidates for the B.S. and B.A. degrees as well as subject-matter require- ments for either secondary school teaching or for entry into graduate school are found within this school . The director of this school is Dr. Clay Tucker. School Director--Dr. Clay Tucker Fourteen teachers received their masters degree in August, 1963, through the National Science Foundation. 26

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MASTERS DEGREE GRADUATES 1963 MAY LEFT TO RIGHT: ROW 1: Martha H. Maddox, Robbie D. Wiley, Thelma Straw. ROW 2: George Regas, Polly F. Chambers, Clarence R. Law, James F. Kidwell, Terry L. Bailey, James E. Price. ROW 3: Glenn Earl Bonner, William C. Johnson, Ralph Hastings, William T. Binkley, Maurice L. Driver, James Claude Painter. ROW 4: Phillip D. Roobinson, Clyde Douglas Cluck, Charles F. Spicka, 1963 AUGUST LEFT TO RIGHT: ROW 1: Claudine Russ, Ethel Jaco, Martha Robinson, Rubye Brodioi, Sarah Barlow, Reba Jo Newby, Noland Spenser Barham, Mary Jeringan, Frank Griffith, Lee D. Ross, O. L. Rice, James W. Tate, T. E. McGee, Jr. ROW 2: John Swafford, Arthur M. Irwin, Morgan Farris, John Carson, John B. Ha Ties, Vernon L. Williams, Elizabeth Pollard, Lorene Craddock, Nora Lee Denny, Elizabeth Jane Hale, Katherine Frazi, Marie De- Hoff. ROW 3: Ted A. Beach, Don Franklin, Clara Fielding, Billy Brooks, Orena G. Humphrey, Ronald Bar- nett, PaulDucker, James E. Cline, Robert Craig, Paul T. Deason, Ernest W. Goddard, Melvin H. Evans. ROW 4: James Faulkner, Eddie Addock, Robert W. Belcher, Lynn A. Williamson, Russell Stamper, Terry Sweeney, Billy Joe Evans, Raymond L. Green, Jesse W. Morgan, Marshall Perritt, Vernon Adcock, Billy Jo Hensley. ROW 5: Homer M. Coggin, ArmCummings, Bob McGhee, James L. Green, Ray Wagner, John McCord, Jimmy D. Bryant, Dale L. Carter, Joyce Poynor, Violet Ognio, Jessie Warren, Laura JeanMossison. CENTER, REAR: Benjamin Hirst. 1964 JANUARY Left to Right: Andrena Briney, Harold Hitt, James Frost, Lynn Banks, Vincent Hughes, Ray Hogan, Charles Henry- Taylor, John Jones. ■ i l L ' - i 4 £ i t i.S. 25

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BIOLOGY The Department of Biology is one of many rapidly growing departments on campus . The department has recently added a new faculty member and also a new course which affords academically superior students op- portunity to do advanced work in certain fields . There are now one hundred and thirty-two students majoring in Biology . The major objective of the Biology Department involves presenting a sound basic curriculum which should ade- quately prepare students for teaching or graduate work in Biology . The Department of Biology sponsors the Biology Club which has established the George Davis Biology Club Loan Fund . This fund is available to Biology majors planning to enter graduate school. The Biology Club also presents stunt night each year. Department Head--Dr. John Patten Mr. Edmond Cox Miss Jackie Edwards Mr. George Allen Dr. J. L. Fletcher Mrs. Curtis Mason Mr. Willie Farley Dr. Gerald Parcliment Dr. Lionel Prescott Mr. Charles R. McGhee Dr. Ellis Rucker Dr. C. W. Wiser The principal project in Biology 101 is the dissection of a frog. 27