Arkansas State University - Indian Yearbook (Jonesboro, AR)

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COMMUTERS WERE FEW but when some one drove a car, it was piled full. COEDS GATHER WITH THEIR FRIENDS in front of the ivy-covered Administration Building. The school ' s first graduating class planted the ivy as part of graduation ceremonies. TRAINING SCHOOL STUDENTS pose with their teachers. Future teachers did their practice teach- ing in the training school in the armory. THIS IS HOW THE ADMINISTRATION BUILD- ING GROUNDS LOOKED THEN. Cattle grazed the area where the Education Building now stands. II

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people ' s interest saves sas . . . SAS ' S LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM won top honors in nationwide competition. Lewis Hall, a boys ' dormitory, Barnhart, a women ' s dorm, and the Administration Building, which faced south, were complet- ed in 1911. Enrollment had reached 195 but SAS was a secondary school, not a college, until later; although the curriculum was ar- ranged so that a junior college could be formed. In 1911, five graduates received the first degrees awarded by SAS. The school faced death when the governor ve- toed teachers ' salaries in 1915. One-hun- dred citizens provided funds to pay one- half the salary of each teacher, and in 1927 the school was put on a millage basis. STUDENTS GATHER ON THE CAMPUS in front of the men ' s dormitory. Conversation was one of the chief recreations. Si

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outward signs of growth WOMEN ' S ATHLETICS became import- ant in this era. Note the modest uni- forms. The legislature approved a bill providing that agricultural schools be supported by a levy of I 9 mill. This same year, 1917, high school work and junior college work were separated. The dairy barn was built in 1914, the power plant in 1916. The YMCA building was built in 1919. Social activities were quite different from the present. The Overall Club was the main men ' s social club; dating rules required that a chaperone be with the couple at all times. Old Maud and the hack became too lowly for the college students, and a campaign for a car was begun in 1914 in the first student publication, The Jones- boro Aggie edited by Fred Boyd. Pre-med courses were added in 1924 and in 1925 education and engineering subjects were offered. The legislature changed the name from State Agriculture School to State Agriculture and Mechanical Col- lege in 1925. In 1926 courses in the arts and science were added, and in the following year application was made to the North Central Association for admission as a junior college. Certain readjustments were made in the faculty before the college was admitted to the NCA in 1928. FOOTBALL COMPETED with a carnival. These early uniforms seemed to be missing shoulder pads.