Austin Peay State University - Yearbook (Clarksville, TN)

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and a library of 8,000 volumes. The tacuttyeconsisted of 21 instructbrs; - and 125 courses in 14 subject areas were offered L Footbatt was reinstated thet year and soon after that the athletes were no tenger catted Austin Peay ftteachers and Pteacherettes but were termed Austin Peay 44Gover4 nors. . e , Severat events hightighted the year 1939. The curriculum was ex- 1 L panded to a three-year program in March withgthe prospects efrthe' fourthyear being added soon; A 'fund-raistng drive was conducted by the Ctarksvitie Chamber Of Cdm- J merce and resulted in the presenta? tion of 28 musical instruments to the schoot; a 35 piece band was 7 formed in Aprit under the direction L ,, of Guy Lynn Hague. L Spring of 1939 also marked the staging; Let the iris Bat! a dance, 7 which became. the major Sociat , event of each spring for amund L39 . years The first of these was hetd inf; the tabby ef Herhed Halt. ' ' 7 The frst hemecommg celebratiant f- i sponsored by the Atumni Ass'o ation, which organized in 1937, was hetd on campus in 1940 This was; i different tram the previeus 'hem comings? in, that it centered arou L the toetbalt game. ,4 A mater step in the grth 4 n Peay' occurred Wit 8 '0? the tourtyear cutricutum t spring M1941 The first ctass egrae 'duate With the Batheler of Science ,L degree was that of 1942 when 48 , 7 L L istudents were awarded the degree ,1 L 1. TennesSeeE'winterlweathv 1 er was unusually bad. this year 2. But even in the cold 7 , Jm Patten takes time to allow 4 H her boyfriend ah Guest to v , snap a ptctura. W

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council was to raise money for a stu- dent room on campus. At this time, a survey showed dancing and bas- ketball to be the favorite recrea- tional activities of students. With the partial collapsing of a building in 1946, the need for new structures was more fully realized and a construction program began and continued through the 1960's until all the buildings except Harned Hall had been replaced. The first edition of the Farewell and Hail yearbook was published in 1946. Students raised the full cost of publication through advertising and sale of the book. This was also the year when social activities on campus increased, led by Miss Mabel Meacham, dean of women. One big social event was held each quarter along with a num- ber of minor ones. The first home- coming parade was held in 1946, also. Halbert Harvill became president of APSC Aug. 15, 1946 when Claxton retired. The 16 years of his presi- dency were filled with much physical expansion as well as important changes and additions academical- ly. In December, 1947, the Southern Association of Colleges and Secon- dary Schools accepted APSC as a member. This meant that any Austin Peay student could enroll in any uni- versity in the country and receive full credit for work done at Austin Peay. A new core curriculum was ap- l. The large amounts of snow that fell at The Peay was probably surprising to every- one. 2. An unwelcome surprise to custodian Noel Gupton. 3. But, a rather pleasant one to a Ieaf-eyed snowman erected on the front grounds. gill?