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

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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-

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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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A more detailed curriculum made it possible . for a wider and more varied study of the biological aspects of science. ing certificates in any of these fields by following the education curriculum and completing a speci- fied time in practice teaching. From the first single classroom of the Normal School, the campus has grown and expanded to cover almost fifteen city blocks with eleven classroom buildings and Lining the first floor walls oi the Administration Building were photographs of Indiana State graduates who have served or are serving as presidents of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. seven residence halls. Remodeling of old buildings, construction of new ones, and modern architecture have changed the picture of the campus. Although original buildings are now vanishing landmarks, new buildings make possible the keeping of the past in memory. Residence halls, classrooms, and buildings, were dedicated to and named for, men and women who contributed T to the college for many years, the 1 men and women who worked to make the college what it is today. This was the year thatvmarked the opening of two new residence halls, Gillum for men and Pickerl