Delta State University - Broom Yearbook (Cleveland, MS)

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Officers of Administration William Marion Kethley, A.M. President William Henry Zeigel, Ph.D. Dean of Faculty William Vincent Frierson, A.B. Business Manager Etta Frances Eckles, A.B. Registrar Katie Durelle Mauldin, A.B. Adviser of Women Virginia Louise Thompson, A.B. Secretary to President Marie Sutherland Johnson Assistant Librarian Myra O ' Brien, B.L.S. Librarian Mary J. Haynes Dietitian Elizabeth Exum Matron Teaching Faculty Margaret Bedwell, B.S. Demonstration Sc iools Margaret Louise Bourgeois Department of Hygiene and Physical Education Theodore Burdine, A.M. Departments of Science and Mathematics Julia Dale, Ph.D. Head of Department of Mathematics Carey C. Dobbs, D.Sc. Head of Department of Science Laurie Doolittle, B.S. Director of Elementary Demonstration Schools Gertrude Estill Eckford, A.M. Supervisor of Demonstration Schools Department of Englis h Etta Frances Eckles, A.B. Department of Commerce C. Baltzell Frierson Departments of French and Music Ruth Fischer Department of Music Grace Gaw, A.M. Department of Fine Arts Mary Craig Gerard (Resigned) Department of Music Mary R. Gresham, B.S., MA. Department of Home Economics Evelyn Allen Hammett, A.M. Department of English Dorothy Lam kin McLain, B.S. Demonstration Schools Anna Prince Pittman. A.B. Department of Foreign Languages Ruth Rogers, B.S. Demonstration Schools Elizabeth Caburn Stamps, B.S. Department of Home Economics Georgia Lee Tatum, A.M. Department of History Wirt Alfred Williams, A.M. Head of Department of History Annie Caulfield Winston, A.M. (Resigned) Department of English Albert Leon Young, A.M. Department of Education William Henry Zeigel, Ph.D. Head of Department of Education Herman Zimoski, A.B. Department of Hygiene and Physical Education

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Faculty Georgia Lee Tatum, A.M. Department of History a Education, State Teachers College, Kirks- Mo.; A.M., Vanderbllt University, Nashville, Tain. Marie Sutherland Johxsox Assistant Librarian Katie Durelle Mauldix, A.B. Advisor of Women A.B., Mississippi State College for Women, Colun bus, Miss.; Graduate Student, University of Mi; sissippi, Oxford, Miss. Anna Prince Pittmax, A.B. Department of Foreign Languages Ph.B., A.B.. Hendrix College, Conway. Ark.; Stu- dent in Spanish, Mexico City, Mexico; Student. Ar- kansas Teachers College, Conway, Ark.; Graduate Student, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.; Graduate Student, University of Chicago. Mary R. Gresham, B.S. Department of Home Economics Theodore Burdixe, A.M. Department of Science and Mathematics Chapel Hili, ' N. 6! Virginia Louise Thompsox, A. Secretary to President i., Mississippi State College for Women, I

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Facts Concerning the College Opening of the COLLEGE. — The Mississippi Delta State Teachers College, Cleveland, Mis- sissippi, has completed five years of work. The formal opening of the College, with a perma- nent faculty, took place on September 15, 1925. On this date a new teachers college was brought into being in the State of Mississippi. Membership in ' American Association of Teachers Colleges. — The Delta State Teachers College has been accepted as a member of the American Association of Teachers Colleges and is designated as a Class A College. Cleveland. — The Delta State Teachers College is located in the heart of the Delta. Cleve- land, the home of the College, is one of the busy, thriving towns of the State. It has good stores, a fine court house, a large consolidated school, and a new five-story hotel. Cleveland is well provided with churches. The Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, and Christians have handsome buildings. The Jews have recently erected a syna- gogue and the Episcopalians a parish house. The faculty and townspeople feel a responsibility for surrounding students with the best religious influences. Climate and Health. — The climate is inviting and health conditions are good. According to the Review of Reviews, March, 1926, Misiissippi has a death rate of only 8.6 per 1000, and holds third place among all the states of the Union in point of health. Moreover, many close observers consider the Delta the most healthful section of the state. There are fewer mosquitoes than in the average hill country, and malarial fever is now infrequent. The city furnishes the College with an abundant supply of pure artesian water. Grounds and Buildings. — The College owns 135 acres of fertile land adjoining the corporate limits of Cleveland. The campus is one-half mile west of the business section of town. The rich alluvial soil lends itself readily to landscape gardening and campus designs which will harmonize with the wide stretches of the open Delta. The present plan consists of two brick dormitories for women, one brick dormitory for men, a gymnasium, laundry, two residences, two small cottages, and the Hill Demonstration School Building. The demonstration school, which was formerly the administration building, is an attractive and well arranged two-story structure consisting of nine classrooms, an auditorium, a library, a home economics laboratory, a supply room, and four offices. The new dormitory for women, Cleveland Hall, is a three-story building, consisting of fifty-two rooms. It is fire proof, well furnished, and modern in every detail. The other two dormitories, Hardee and Taylor Halls, are each two stories high, and each contains thirty rooms. They are well lighted and steam heated. The reception rooms are attractive, and the bedrooms are thoroughly comfortable and suitably furnished. New Buildings. — The past session of the State Legislature provided a sum of three hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars for building purposes. A new academic building, a residence hall for women, a dining hall, and other buildings- for increasing the facilities for college work are being erected and will be ready for use at the opening of the Fall Quarter. The academic building, to be known as the Broom Memorial Building, will contain thirteen classrooms, an auditorium, a library with cataloguing and stack rooms, three laboratories, a woman ' s rest room, and thirteen administrative and faculty offices. The B. F. Ward Dormitory is a new three-story building consisting of forty-two rooms and will provide comfortable quar- ters for eighty-four girls. The Charles Scott Dining Hall is a commodious building with modern conveniences and appliances, and will seat four hundred and eighty persons in its spa- cious hall. The Broom Memorial Building is named in honor of J. W. Broom, the first President of the College; the Ward Dormitory, in honor of Dr. B. F. Ward, of Winona; and the Scott Dining Hall, in honor of Honorable Charles Scott, of Rosedale. 24