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

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Cramped but cherished, fhe TRoom succumbs to expansion. A final mail check In the old post office. Tradition Gives Way To Progress

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Student teaching is more than explaining — it ' s understanding. Education Exists Outside The Classroom Too COLLISION of two societies occurs forming an atmosphere of learning in which we begin to know ourselves, to formulate our ideas, and to find purpose to our lives. The worlds of student and teacher meet on the campus of MTSU in an aura outside that of the classroom. The weary and discouraged student is often uplifted by a casual talk, an informal conference over a cup of coffee, a few minutes before or after class — the extra time and efforts of an already overworked, underpaid, and underrated teacher. These casual hours will be remembered long after the hurry and scurry of other times are forgotten and will be appreciated always. 23

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OiNCE 1951, the Student Union Building has served the students of Middle Tennessee in a multitude of capacities. Now, however, the SUB is relinquishing its position to a newer and larger accommodation. No matter what capacity it serves, the sight of the SUB will always bring to mind heartwarming memories. Those long hours spent in the T-Room socializin ' , those thousands of treks to the post office to check the mail one more time, those nights spent meeting in its various rooms, the meals eaten in its cafeteria, the afternoons frittered away on its steps watching the girls go by, the games lost at its pool tables, the cards played in its lounge, the long voting lines in its basement with the candidates milling around in at least a five-yard radius, the dates made, the hearts broken, and the loves won in the SUB — this is the Student Union Building to its students: a concrete symbol of college life. The passage of thousands of students has worn tradition into these memorable steps.