Murray State University - Shield Yearbook (Murray, KY)

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A NNN, Lt YE IN THE SKY Photos by Roy Mobley scramble for first place in the 1. . 'hv..,N fn . 4 .' f . 1, E WM '91 , .59 .gl P Jw .. ,.. E Uma ' PLILLING FOR THE PIKES Sheer determiniation and dedication shows on the faces of Gary Rzucidlo and Steve Mitchell in the Tug-o-war competition. CALLING THE SHOTS Cheryl Endres emcees the activities and contests at Cutchin Field during the ADPi 500 competition. A, tt ADP, 500 ,al Qu

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5 . . I Q I I With A Dedication To Excellence Founder's Day Has or the first time since the tradition began in 1979 to commemorate the opening of Murray State Normal School on Sept. 24, 1923, Founder's Day was held in the evening at Wrather West Kentucky Muse- um. I think that it was a neat idea, said senior, Rick Kup- chella, of the change in format of Founder's Day. The way it was this year, the students that went were the ones that really wanted to be there, which I think is best, said Kupchella. In the past all freshman were required to attend. Deborah Puckett said the program was better in Wrather Museum than in Lo- vett. She also enjoyed the speaker, Dr. Forrest C. Pogue, whom she considers the best Founder's Day speaker she has heard. My adviser told me to go hear him, because he was a good speaker, said Puckett, Changing Tradition By Kimberly Oles He was very interesting. Dr. Pogue, a former Murray State University faculty mem- ber, is director of the Smithson- ian Institute's Dwight D. Eisen- hower Institute of Historical Re- -search. Pogue spoke on the ear- ly years of the presidency of Dr. Ralph K. Woods at Murray State. He described Woods' presidency from 1945 to 1968, the longest in the school's his- tory, as not only a period for building, but a period of reorien- tation. Pogue said Dr. Woods was a man who always made it a point to express his appre- ciation to people who did a job well. Pogue recalled that Woods faced a 200 percent enrollment increase in the years following World War Il. It was a time when an insufficient amount of housing was available and cam- pus buildings had suffered considerable neglect. Not only did Woods tackle these prob- lems, but he also rebuilt the faculty in the humanities, strengthened the sciences and began programs in industrial education, agriculture, nursing, business and speech. This peri- od was the time of the greatest growth in physical facilities and enrollment in the Universi- ty's history. Dr. Kala M. Stroup, opened the program. Others participat- ing in the program were Dr. Ru- bie E. Smith, professor emeri- tus, who gave the invocationg and Calloway County school teacher, Margery Shown, who provided special music. I Founder 's Day