Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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MISS EDITH BARNHART. MRS. D. T. ROGERS, B. A B. S.. B. A. Head of English Dean of Women and Head Department of Art Department niiiiMiiiiniiiiNiMiinniiniMiihiiiinniinniirmtuniiiiiiiiniuiuiiiimiiiiA Twenty-four

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Anticipations Who can tell what the future will bring forth? We can; or, at least, in part. As we look in to the future and see the long procession of good things that is moving steadily toward Aggie, we rejoice for we realize that our splendid school is to be still better in time to come. First and nearest among these good things is the new gymnasium which will be constructed at a cost of approximately $15,000. It will have three stories and will contain a swimming pool, track for indoor meets, lockers, shower baths, and all the latest modern equipment. The rooms that will be in the upper stories will be used as class rooms for those desiring physical education. A part of this new building will also be given over to the Music Department. We next see some radical changes in the main building. The study hall will be moved to the present gym where we will have plenty of room for the pupils and the library. A number of new books will be added to our present supply and a librarian will be employed so that the books may al- ways be in place — and the students may find what they want when they want it. The study hall will be made into class rooms with the exception that part next to the girls ' dressing-room which will be given over to the Y. W. C. A. for a ladies ' rest-room. We are going to have some much-needed new equipment next year. All the class rooms are to have desk chairs; the art department will pur- chase some more prints and paintings; the laboratories will be supplied with all the apparatus they need ; and, we hope, a grand piano, stage fur- nishings, and one or two beautiful paintings. Looking further into the future we see a new dormitory for the girls. It will have a gymnasium and a teacher who will be hired especially to coach the girls in physical training. Of course, all the rooms will be strictly up-to-date and most home-like. All the women ' s work will be moved into the building when it is finished, thus making things more convenient for all concerned. Next year we will have a beautiful campus. A large amount of money has been raised by the business men of this district for this purpose. We are going to have a landscape gardener and a hot-house so that those in- terested in landscape gardening can take that work. Of course, these things will incidentally beautify the school. We hope there will be numer- ous rustic benches over the campus and we anticipate a beautiful fountain just in front of the main building. We are expecting to have the largest student body in the history of the school enrolled next fall. We expect fully 750. We will have about 500 teachers at the Rural Teachers ' Training Course this year and this number should grow next year. Last, but by no means the least in importance, we are going to have a live Alumni Association which will boost Aggie in the coming years and lend all their aid toward making the S. A. S. at Jonesboro THE School of the State. Twenty-three

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W. T. MARTIN. B. S. Head of Horticultural Department MISS MARY P. BABCOCK, B. A. Head of Latin and History Department MISS DELLA ROBERTSON Instructor in Expression, — English B. A. I ' ARRlSri, B. S., B. C. Head of Commercial Department Twenty-five