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

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Sailboat, silhouette, and a sunset at the ASB Retreat. X4

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K r Ilk mgfrjf - n ' mA rT President Bert Wakeley proudly unveil the marker bearing the new name . . . Middle Tennessee State University! A UNIVERSITY IS BORN At 12:01 A.M., (or perhaps a few heartbeats earlier), July 1, 1965, College faded into history and the bright, new University aegis was welded to the monument down on the south campus. The ASB came through in a hurry with a dedication plan. There was the Mayor of Murfreesboro, two state legislators, and a whole register of other important people. The oratory, the Raider, the unveilers, and the small covey of onlookers were all there at the nativity of University .

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Elinor Brandon and Bob Hardison work on plans for future Senatorial policy. Bill Baskin . . . Pondering a point! The fleet is out! A. SB. AT RETREAT Near the witching hour, that is to say, just before the registration hnes qued up at the Student Union Building, the ASB hied away to its Annual Retreat. There, with Mother Nature just a breath away, the plans and ground rules evolved for another University year. There were moments when the forum was pre-empted by Dame Nature herself and dullness was absent on the schedule of events . 5