Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Erected between the twin buildings , the sundiul Iran: the graduates of 1905 stood as a traditional landmark on the campus. V0 OgDLQ t is said that a college is her students, her community, her environment. But a college in itself is more-it is the result of the lives and actions of the thousands of people Who have been a part of the development of the learning institution. Indiana State College IS the result of the thousands of people Who were associated With her from the beginning as a one building school to the present expanding, towering, spacious campus. What Indiana State College is today is a result of what it has been.

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seeking higher education on J anuary 6, 1870. From that first bleak, dreary day, the school thrived in an era when the state and the country strived for more and better ; learning. By an act of legislature in 1929, the old normal school became Indiana State Teachers College, an institution of higher learning designated to prepare young men and women for the profession of teaching. For 33 years the college ranked among the top teachers colleges in the nation. Then, in 1961 the state legislature granted the institution another name change. The restriction of teacher education was removed and Indiana State College came into existence. After ' .90 years, the school set up by the state to provide. training for young persons with ambition became an institution ' of higher learning preparing students for various and varied professions and ways of livelihood. And now, 94 years after her beginning, Indiana State College is a new, modern, progressing college with a forward look to the future built on her past. Table of Contents Prologue ............. 7 ........................................... 3 Features ........................................................ 14 Student Leaders .......................................... 48 Greeks ............................................. I. ................ 62 Activities ........................................................ 94 Sports ................................................................ 122 Academics .................................................... 160 Epilogue .................................................... 230

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Indiana State 1964 was a college of results, a college of growth, and a college of progress. The college of today is a far step ahead of the first college erected as Indiana State Normal School, but it re- flects upon the beginning. The first 21 students to enroll in the college found a wide cur- riculum offering courses of study in metaphysics, language, mathe- matics, natural science, geography, and history. As enrollment grew and demands for qualified teachers became greater, the school devel- oped a class A, B, C course of study for teaching certificates with specifications made for the number of weeks of study in each case. For all teachers preparing for teaching in district and town schools, at two- year curriculum was added. Again in 1923 the curriculum changed with elementary and special meth- ods preparing students remaining on a two-year course. Those who desired to teach in high school, however, were required to take the four year course in study. In 1962 when Indiana State Teachers College dropped the Alumni oliices were moved to the newly remodeled Candi! Home in the full. The at- mosphere oi the home ieatures original wall- paper. lamps, and glass doors. Well-known lo upperclassmen as the Slu- titeachersf more and varied COUI'S- denf un'ci , Buddm he cent of cfmpus es 1n liberal arts were offered in socml activny changed names as 11 became ' Tirey Memorial Union Building in honor of addition to teaching courses. President Emeritus Ralph Tirey. And this year students were able to receive degrees in art, biol- ogy, botany, business, chemistry, economics, English, French, geog- raphy, German, history, home economics, industrial education, journalism, Latin, library science, mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, political science, psychol- ogy, Russian, sociaology, Spanish, and zoology. In the new professional-voca- tional field, bachelor of science degrees were granted students in courses of study in art, business administration, accounting, mar- keting, secretarial science, home economics, foods and nutrition, dietetics, interior design, textiles, industrial technician, journalism, music, physical education, psychol- ogy, medical technology, speech, theater, and social work. Three year preparatory courses were of- fered in dentistry, engineering, e law, medicine, pharmacy, and seminary. Students could also obtain teach-