Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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• Since the signing of Act 100 of the Acts of 1909 establis hing four schools of agriculture in the state of Arkansas, each successive year lias brought changes for the betterment of our institution. Dur- ing the first year. 1910. one hundred eighty-nine students enrolled, and while the Administration advised ht§ . . . Building was being completed, the students attend- ed classes on the second floor of one of the business establishments in uptown Jonesboro with students living in private homes until the first dormitories, Barnhart and Lewis, were erected. After the build- ings were finished, a federal highway, the first in the state, was built to the college. In 1925 State became Arkansas State Agricul- tural and Mechanical College. First District. 1929 brought a new building program, first of which was the College Club. The Administration Build- ing burned in 1931 and was reconstructed at a cost of $350,000; however library material, books, records, and other valuable furnishings can never be restored. In 1930 two years of college work was added and the North Central Association rec- ognized State as a standard arts college receiving its membership as a senior college under the name of Arkansas State College, with the authority to grant degrees. This same year brought construction of the Women ' s Residence Hall and Danner Hall with Commons, the Engineering, Education, Sci- ence. Agriculture and other buildings being added later. With the steadily increasing enrollment has come new and adequate curriculum of studies. This year revision placed the schools under ten departments, which form the basis of our modern- ized, r.dvancing institution. The harmony between these departments received commendation by vis- iting evaluating teams of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The Board of Trustees: James Heath, Marion; Vice-Chairman Roland Hughes, Jonesboro; Secretary Russel Owen, Marked Tree; William Wyatt, Blytheville; and Chairman R. S. Rainwater, Walnut Ridge. 6