Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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FLOY T. BURGESS W. V. CHEEK WAYNE CHRISTESON Home Economics Commerce Wind Instruments M. S. Ph. D. B. S. studies in its art department and in its music conservatory, where, under the guidance of widely studied instructors, embryonic artists and musicians are turned from raw material into accomplished students. If, on the other hand, one is interested in physical culture, S. T. C. can again throw out its chest and point with pride to its department of physical education. Then there is the student who, fascinated by the marvels of our modern civilization and the accumulated knowledge of the past, discovers the science department is a place which not only will give him an explanation of the mysteries of the universe, but also that valuable and stimulating student-instructor rela- tionship, which grows out of their common interest and laboratory contacts. All these things are the important elements of any educational institution: it is not magnificent building or elaborate equipment, neither is it pomp or age-old tradition that makes a perfect school. The ingredients of the model school cannot, however, be calculated with mathematical precision, for schools

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ac ulltiff meets the most exacting standards in these fields and that the instructors are second to none. On the other hand, if the student prefers a course of study featuring an English major we can offer accredited courses in practically every field of this subject plus the superb instruction of our English faculty. In the field of the foreign languages we give first place to no other college. offering four languages with instructors that cannot be surpassed. If it be the history of man, the maxims of our economic system, or the fundamentals of our social order that intrigues the prospective student, then it is the beckoning of the helping hand of our social science department that bids the student to enter S. T. C. Where he finds a corps of instructors who are Widely recognized in this field of endeavor. To those students who prefer a more exacting course of study to help them meet the needs of our complex and scientific society we offer the services of our very able mathematical departmentg for the student of more artistic temperament S. T. C. invites I D. BOUNOUS ELIZABETH BRAGG A. BRIGQS French Greenwood PIWSICHI Edl1C3-H011 Ph. D. A. M. B- P- E- 27'

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I. H. COLLINS Physical Education M. P. E. are administered, for better or Worse, by humans who have all the faults and vir- tues of their kind. The human element, that most difficult to calculate of all factors, can in one situation be the bane of the students existence, in an- other, be the saving feature of the situation. Leading this Iekyllal-Iyde existence, it is really the school in itselfg and its importance is