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

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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS In the past five years, the Chemistry and Physics De- partment has increased from seven to thirteen faculty members, three of whom have been added this year. The department has increased so rapidly as a whole that plans are being made to construct a new building in the near future . The department has initiated a program to permit out- standing students to advance more rapidly . This is in conjunction with the department ' s wish to give the best possible training in chemistry, physics, and pre- professional courses to its two hundred and eighty-seven majors . For the past six years the department has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation grant in order to offer the science teachers of this area the opportunity to participate in a Summer Institute for secondary school teachers of science and mathematics . Department Head--Dr. J. E. Wiser 1 Cl i 4iftC% Dr. James W. Brown Mr. Roy Clark Mr. Jack Fayssonx Mr. Oakley Jennings Mr. Curtis Mason Dr. Dan Scott Mr. Leon Stancliff Mr. Aaron Todd Dr. Horace Uselton Dr. Exum Watts Dr. Ed Woods 28 A student in Advanced Analytical Chemistry performs the Electrometric Titration in the Instrument Labora- tory.

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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

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LANGUAGES One of the largest departments on campus, with twenty - two teachers, is the Language Department. Located in the center of the campus, this department occupies one of the school ' s oldest buildings, the Murfree Building. There are six new faculty members on this staff. College graduates with majors in English may become teachers, writers, reporters, editors, radio and tele- vision announcers, or enter many other fields . Those interested in modern foreign languages may choose among French, Spanish, and German. Inmost instances, those courses are taught by staff members who are native of the countries represented by their par- ticular instructional area . Department Head--Dr. Richard Peck Dr. Joseph Ballew Dr. William Beasley Dr. Emily Calcott Mrs. Carmen Carrillo Mr. Ronald Coleman Mr. Charles Dean Miss Virginia Derryberry Mr. Raymond DeShazo Mr. Perry Dillon Dr. William Doxey Mr. S. Carroll Evins Mrs. Annie R. Farris Mrs. Ortrun Gilbert Miss Joan Hildenbrand Dr. Edwin Howard Mr. John Mast Mr. Reza Ordoubadian Dr. Virginia Peck Mr. George Pitman Mr. Lewis Rosenthal Mr. Samuel Simmons Dr. Clay Tucker Miss Christine Vaughan Mr. Curtis Whittington