Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

Page 16 text:

. H, 5753 N, .,1 I ,E l PRESIDENT ELLIS ' Above: Dr. Roy Ellis, present chief administrator, assumed his position in 1927 when Dr. Hill moved to Yale Unifuersity. A former instructor in the Department of History, Dr. Ellis had been named to head the newly-established Department of Sociology and Economics in 1920. The new president had initiated his college education at State Normal, but transferred to the University of Missouri where he received his A.B. and B..S'. in Education in 1914. Below: One of the early graduating classes gave the bird bath in the fish pond to the school. In the early 1930's the bath stood on the lawn to the right of the Administration Building. Since that time it has been moved to the rocl: garden pond next to the Music C onservatory. CAMPUS SCENE, 1930's I0 S Q -Eh 3 u D 'x I -E. 1 1940 Football team placed second in MIAA Conference. Bears won second in MIAA Indoor Track Meet. Gerald Perry won tennis singles cham- pionship in MIAA Tournament. Perry and Leon Miller retained doubles cham- pionship. Grand Eastern Debate Championship awarded to Woodrow Denney and Horace Haseltine. SMS debate team won 132 out of 175 debates. Ozarko Queen was Ann Shadburnez Student Prince, Ralph Crews. 1941 Sigma Tau Gamma replaced the Key and Dagger Club, May 18. Ozarko dedicated to Dr. W. V. Cheek. Homecoming Queen was Pollyanna Coble. 1942 Ozarko was dedicated to Miss Deborah Weisel. Ozarko Queen was Roberta Gillespie. Homecoming Queen. Lillian Darby. May Queen was Betty Ann Reese. 1943 Ozark and Standard were combined this year. There was no football team because of the war. Army Air Cadets attend Southwest Teachers College. Bond Queen was Martha Lou Gillespie. February 11.

Page 15 text:

1937 Pi Omega Pi. national honorary com- merce fraternity, formed. Friends of Art organized. An Athletic Council was formed. Bears won 2nd place in MIAA track meet, Spring. Bears won the MIAA singles and doubles championships. W. O. Cralle. tennis coach. Spring. Golf team took 3rd place in MIAA. Spring. ' 1938 Alpha Mu Gamma, honorary foreign lan- guage fraternity. formed. Pep Squad reorganized, Fall. First invitational Band and Drum Corps Day. Fall. Bears won second place in MIAA Con- ference Indoor Track and Field Meet, Spring. Bears won MIAA doubles championship, Spring. Olympic regulation swimming pool was built, Spring. 1939 Health and Recreation Building dedicated, September. Bears won third place in MIAA football Conference, Fall. Bears take second place in MIAA basket- ball Conference, Winter. Alpha Phi Omega, service fraternity, or- ganized in Ianuary. Bears placed second in MIAA Track Meet, Spring. Bears won MIAA tennis singles crown for fifth consecutive year, Spring. SMS placed second in State Peace Con- test. Choral Club organized. Y' 1 S tb. 'Yi' X. Q-Sa x 5 I SCIENCE BUILDING, 1925 Above: The original plans for Slate Normal rallell for llirec builrl-ings: llie Aca- denzfiz: Hall, the Education Building, and the Science Hall. An. appropriation of 880,000 was asked of lln: .vials lL?gl.VlUfl!1'C in 1907, but no approfirialion was mario 'nnlil 1922, and in fllal year work began. on Nm Scivzzce buildilzlg. A .rt-rike pr'mfm1lvrl uonifvlulion for a tinze. The building :var finished in 1930, and thc rest of the .rciezlcc department,eqnipznent 'was nzoticd from flio second floor of the Academic Hall. Below: Before the comlwleiion of the Academic Hall, two gynmasiums in the attic of the building sewccl as allzlelic practice rooms for men and women. No co1npctiti've .S'P01'l.Y were played in the rooms. ACADEMIC HALL PRACTICE BASKETBALL COURT 9

Page 17 text:

1944 Ozarko and Standard were still combined because of the war. I-Iealth and Recreation Building housed Army convalescents. There were still no athletics on campus. Coach Blair, the college coach, was coaching at Greenwood. 1945 Name changed from State Teachers Col- lege to State College by Southwest Missouri Teachers Association that the name might more clearly represent the entire function of the college. Fall enrollment was 700, September 2l. Homecoming revived, September. Radio Club, September. Marching band formed, September. Both football and basketball revived on campus. Science Club formed'-'sponsored by Dr. Douglas, September. Football team ended season with five wins, two losses and two ties, Novem- ber 30. German Club reorganized, Fall. ' Basketball team won 2nd place in MIAA with 7 wins and 3 losses, March 1. Cafeteria opened, February 15. Delta Phi Delta, art fraternity formecl, March. American Veteran Committee formed chapter on campus, April. Tri Sigma established-formerly the Di- ana Club, April. Kappa Omicron Phi, home economics fra- ternity organized, May. K OZARKO PLAY, 1936 Above: Half of the 1936 OZARKO play, LADIES OF THE JURY, was made up of OZARKO staff 1ne1nbers. The other half was chosen from students trying out for the parts. One of the star parts, Bridget M cGniire, was played by Gracie Gardner, Class of '40, and present training school s-npervisor. For her acting ability and reporting on the STANDARD that year, Miss Gardner received the OZARKO f'lVh,o's Willa award in talent The OZARKO plays were discon- tinued in 1939. Below: The STANDARD Office -in 1933 occnjiied a portion of the present guidance office. STANDARD OFFICE, 1933 A l w l l