Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1936 volume:

For Reference 57fi.7fiB NOT TO BE De Soto (1936) TAKEN Fl ROM THIS ROOM THE DE SOTO Published by the CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX EARL CRUTHIRDS Editor-in-Chief REGINALD FERGUSON Business Manager 25487 The II SOTO Dedication to DR. DAN ROBISON whom we admire and respect as a man, vvhose friendliness consic e ra- tion, and sympathy toward the students o State Teachers Col leee have won for him the love and esteem of all who know him. this twen :y-third edition of The DeSoto is respectfully dedicated by the class of nineteen hundred and thirty -six. DR. DAN ROBISON ALMA MATER Stc nd firm, O Alma Mater, Through all the years to come,- In days of youth and beauty Thy halls have been our home. In time of preparation Great lessons didst thou teach, Til 1 now, O Alma Mater, The stars we ' ll strive to reach. Lead on, O Alma Mater, Thy sons to higher ways, Gi ve light and truth unto them For all their coming days. To thee we ' ll give all honor, Our hopes abide in thee, For thou, O Alma Mater, Hast made us ever free. ■u . M mm . ' « ?v .v Sp  1 ' LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING DINING HALL MANNING HALL LU 5 I I u u to z U j z 9 t 5 z as ex Q£ T at. i 5 h- 2 1 DOR DERS H 02 CAMPUS VIEWS u ZS u 1935 DE SOTO 1936 BOARD OF PUBLICATIONS Dr. Dan Robison, Chairman; Marie McCormack; J. M. Smith; O. H. Jones. ATHLETIC COMMITTEE R. W. Johnson; Chairman,- O. H. Jones,- J. M. Smith; S. E. Scates. •♦♦IE 13 3 - PRESIDENT J. W. BRISTER A.B., A.M. 1935 D E S OTO 936 ' ADMINISTRATION Top Row J. M. Smith, B.S., M.A. Dean Nellie Angel Smith, Ph.D. Dean of Women, Second Row Mrs. T. K. Harper Matron A. D. Holt, B.S., M.A. High School Visitor Third Row E. H. Lanier Engineer Mrs. E. M. Leslie Secretary to the President Fourth Row May Hutcheson Secretary to the Dean O. H. Jones, B.S. Bursar k ■♦«= 15  3§+- 19 35 111 DE SOTCM fma FACULTY Top Row: Ethel G. Blackman, B.S., M.A., Physical Education,- Velma Brooks, B.S., M.A., Modern Languages,- Alice Chappell, B.S., M.A., Home Economics,- Zach Curlin, B.A., LI.B., Physical Education, Coach. Second Row: William G. Deen, B.S., M.A., Education,- Chester P. Freeman, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Biology,- Henry M. Frizell, B.A., Commerce,- Grover H. Hayden, B.A., M.A., Chemistry,- Mary Heiskeli, A.B., M.A., Modern Languages. Third Row: Bess L. Henderson, B.S., M.A., Home Economics,- Robert D. Highfill, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., English; Harvey Scott Hincks, Ph.B., M.A., English,- Owen R. Hughes, B.A., M.A., Education,- R. W. Johnson, B.S., A.M., Geography. -«S 16 ♦■ DE SOTO ' . -936 Ik FACULTY Top Row: J. F. Locke, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Mathematics; Alma Mays, B.A., M.A., English; Marie McCormack, Art and Penmanship,- Clarence E. Moore, A.B., Ph.D., Biology. Second Row: J. N. Oldham, B.S., M.A., English,- Carol Robertson, B.S., M.A., History,- Dan M. Robison, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., History,- Ellen Davies Rodgers, B.S., M.A., Education. Third Row: S. E. Scates, A.B., B.S., M.A., History,- Nellie Angel Smith, B.S., M. A. Ph.D., Latin,- H. J. Steere, Ph.B., M.A., Ph.D., Education,- Mary P. Thomas, M.A., Modern Languages,- Garland L. Weidner, M.D., Health. •HIE « 17  1935 DE SOTO 1936 TRAINING SCHOOL FACULTY Top Row: R. M. Robison, Jr., Principal; Johnnye Bandy, Jean Blair, Nellie Caldwell. Second Row: R. P. Clark, Opal Coleman, Mattie Connell, Mary Dunn. Third Row: Agnes Favrot, Emma Lea, Lillian McClanahan, Irene Moore. Fourth Row: Eugene Packard, Annie L. Peeler, Flora H. Rawls, Assistant Principal; Lottie Suiter. •♦•KG =BM- « 18 • PP 1935 ' : , ; D E S OTO 1936 raining School Graduating Class Front Row: Elnora Hawkins, Amy Duncan, Evelyn Smiley, Estelle Jeffries, Jean Butler, Colleen Sutton, Ruth White, Lucille Watson, Catharine Winters, Inez Mills, Cleo Belew, Mary Nell Wilborn, Betty Sharman. Second Row: Mr. E. W. Packard, Billy Phillies, Rogers Beasly, Sue Vaughn, Dashiell Perkins, Marjorie Wilcoxson, Mary Louise Blackburn, Maude Evelyn McCaslin, Virginia Guy, Evelyn Daniels, Dorothy Adams, Eunice Muskelly, Ann Adams, Virginia Knowlton. Third Row: Robert Pugh, George Coors, James Prewett, Vincent Berg, Jerome Johnson, Leonard Thompson, Helen Gowen, Katharine Miller, Annie Laurie Peeler, Sarah Morehead, Dorris McKain, Jeanette Bell, Miss Flora Rawls, Charles Vaughn. Back Row: James Reed, Billy Weeks, Joe Whitaker, Carl Frank Scott, Julius Crawford, McNeill Ayres, Rex Brasher, Eugene Gardner, Ray Adsit, Hunter Stock, Clark Loomis, Richard Gruenwald, James Hobday, Percy Woods. Training for college seniors and instruction for the pupils is the two-fold purpose of the State Teachers College Training School which was built and officially opened in 1923. The school provides six months training in observational and actual teaching for approximately 125 college seniors each year. Each student is assigned to a classroom teacher for that particular grade, and in addition, permitted to participate in as many school activities as he desires. In addition, the school provides an apportunity for directed observation for students other than seniors. The training school is under the administration of the college and is partially maintained by the City Board of Education. It has a faculty of fifteen teachers, all but one having M.A. degrees and having had more than four years ' experience in supervision and instruction. R. M. Robison, principal, is director of practice teaching. A consistent program of recreation is carried out with the help of the physical education department of the college. This year the girls basketball team was runner-up in the district junior high tournament. •♦«E 19 H- 1935 DE SOTO 1936 THE DE SOTO 1936 Top Row Earl Cruthirds Editor-in-Chief Reginald Ferguson Business Manager Second Row Richard Shaffer Assistant Editor Julia Carter Make-up Horace Colby Assistant Business Manager Third Row Arch Colbrunn Associate Editor Violet Reich Feature Editor Samuel Barnett Class Editor Bottom Row Paul Davis Sports Editor Cooper Roberts Girl Sports Etta Mae Hargraves Activities Mary Jo Tate Art Editor 20  3 +- - 19 35 DE SOTO 1936 SENIORS Nona Drake Helen Ford Memphis Memphis History — English Mathematics — Commerce President, Junior Class, ' 35 Xi Beta Nu, 1933-36 President, Senior Class, ' 36 Vice-President, ' 36 Vice-President, Sophomore Class, Secretary, Senior Class, ' 36 ' 34 Secretary, Sophomore Class, ' 34 A. C. E., 1935-36 Miss State Teachers College ' 36 Vice-President, ' 36 Glee Club, ' 36 Clyde Ball Lowrey Haynie Union City, Tenn. Memphis English — History — Mathematics History — Music — English World Affairs Club, 1933-36 Treasurer, Senior Class, ' 36 Vice-President, ' 35 World Affairs Club President, ' 36 President, ' 36 English Club, ' 36 Sock and Buskin Club, ' 35 All-Students Club Council, ' 36 Glee Club and Orchestra Math Club, ' 35 y. M. C. A., 1934-35 Vice-President, Senior Class, ' 36 Tiger Rag Staff, ' 34 Honor Student, ' 35 Student Activity Committee, ' 35 •■H8 22 3Sf -   935 TO 1936 Violet Reich Memphis History — Engl ish Sisma Alpha Mu, 1933-36 Secretary, ' 35 President, 1935 World Affairs Club, ' 36 All-Students Club Council 1935-36 Pan-Hellenic Council, 1935-36 College Social Committee 36 Martha Whitaker Millington, Tenn. History — English World Affairs Club, 1934-35 Treasurer, Junior Class, ' 35 James Houston Eads, Tenn. English — History English Club, ' 36 Baseball, 1934-36 Earle Fowler Memphis History — Mathematics Elizabeth Swett Memphis Commerce — English — History Mrs. Margaret Scott Memphis English — History Kappa Lambda Sigma. 1933-36 •MSE ES++- 23 1935 DE SOTO 1936 Fay Craig Ripley, Tenn. Geography — History — English Gamma Tau Alpha, 1934-36 President, ' 36 Baptist Student Union President, ' 36 World Affairs Club, 1935-36 Secretary, ' 36 loka Wikewam, ' 36 Elizabeth Scott Memphis English — Home Economics loka Wikewam Lurline Martin Oakville, Tenn. English — History English Club, ' 36 Richard Shaffer Memphis Chemistry — Music — Mathematics Band, 1933-36 Orchestra, 1933-36 Tiger Rag Staff, 1933-36 Business Manager, ' 35 Managing Editor, ' 36 All-Students Club Council, ' 36 Publications Honor Key, ' 35 Student Handbook Staff, ' 36 Pan-Hellenic Council, ' 36 DeSoto Staff Business Manager, ' 35 Assistant Editor, ' 36 William Perm Moody Huntington, Tenn. History — English Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn. 1933-34 Glee Club, 1933-34 Phi Lambda Delta, 1935-36 Secretary, ' 36 La Verne Attaway Memphis History — English Gamma Tau Alpha, President, ' 34 All-Students Club Council, 1935-36 Pan-Hellenic Council, ' 35 •♦ LUfv « 24 1935 D E S OTO 1936 Mrs. Mary Lee Maxwel Memphis English — History — Home Economics Frances E. McKinney Memphis Biology — English — History Xi Beta Nu, 1932-36 Treasurer, ' 35 Parliamentarian, ' 36 Pan-Hellenic Council, 1934-36 Secretary, ' 36 All Students Club Council, ' 35 Episcopal Students Club, 1933-36 President, ' 34 Ramon DeShazo Coldwater, Miss. English — French — History Phi Lambda Delta, 1935-36 World Affairs Club, ' 36 English Club, ' 36 Happel E. Smith Bradford, Tenn. Chemistry — Physics — Biology- Nr Louise Kelly Memphis English — Social Science- -French Lillie Mae Krosp Millington, Tenn. History — Geography — English World Affairs Club, ' 36 ■♦«E = ♦■ 25 «j 1935 HHId e s o t oRfj ■r 1936M Odessa Harrison Trenton, Tenn. Home Economics — Chemistry — Biology loka Wikewam, 1933-36 Zeta Chi, 1933-36 Vice-President, ' 36 Y.W.C.A., Vice-President, ' 35 All-Students Club Council ' 35-36 Baptist Students Union, 1935-36 Mrs. Mary Louise Martin Williston, Tenn. Latin — Spanish — English Samuel Martin Barnett, Jr. Memphis Biology — Social Science Tiger Rag Staff, 1935-36 Circulation Manager, ' 36 DeSoto Staff, ' 36 Class Editor James LeDuke Tiptonville, Tenn. Latin — English Latin Club, 1934-36 Sarah Bee Gandy Mary Emma Callis Bartlett, Tenn. Germantown, Tenn History — English — Geography English — Latin — History Latin Club Vice-President, ' 36 English Club ' 36 ■ - 26 1935 E SOTO 1936 Mary Kathryn Reynolds Memphis Music — Home Economics — History Tiger Rag Staff, 1933-35 Glee Club, 1933-36 Orchestra, Band Mrs. Cyndia A. Harder Memphis English — Geography World Affairs Club Secretary ' 35 James Tucker Vickrey Memphis History — English French Club, 1934-35 President, 34 English Club President, ' 36 World Affairs Club, 1935-36 Sock and Buskin Club, 1934-36 All Students Club Council, ' 36 Kenneth Bryson Fleer Memphis Chemistry — Physics — Mathematics Lamar Cooper Roberts Paris, Tenn. Geography — Physical Education Zeta Chi, President, ' 36 y.W.C.A., Vice-President, ' 36 All-Students Club Council, 1935-36 Vice-President, ' 36 Basketball, 1933-36 Tennis, 1933-35 Miss Versatility, ' 36 Catherine Frazier Patty Memphis Latin — English — French Latin Club Honor Student, ' 35, ' 36 y. W. C. A. •MSE 27 ES+v 1935 DE SOTO 1936 m: r r Anna Helen Dickey Memphis History — French — English Helen Davis Memphis French — History — Music Tiger Rag, ' 35 Herbert Smith Memphis Biology — History George Guy, Jr. Memphis Chemistry — Mathematics Tiger Rag Staff, 1935-36 Claire Elliott Memphis Latin — English Gamma Tau Alpha Vice-President, ' 36 Latin Club Erin Brock Memphis English — Social Science — French University of Illinois Transfer -♦♦a iff - 28  1935 JmKmm DE SOTO Mildred French Grooms Memphis History — Spanish — French World Affairs Club Episcopal Student Club Louise Schultze Memphis History — Geography — English Gamma Tau Alpha Aubrey E. Guy, Jr. Collierville, Tenn. English — French — History Seymour A. Mynders Club, 1933-36 English Club, ' 36 Glee Club, 1933-36 Latin Club, 1934-36 Sock and Buskin Club, 1934-35 Treadwell Davis Ramer, Tenn. History — English — Science Bethel College, ' 30 Martha Peterson Memphis English — History — Mathematics Xi Beta Nu Vice-President, ' 35 President, ' 36 All-Student Club Council, ' 36 College Social Committee, ' 36 Benita Holland Memphis English — Geography — Music English Club A. C. E. ■H3E 33H « 29 DE SOTO m 1936 Wt Frances Castlemun Memphis Home Economics — History- English loka Wikewam A.C.E. Secretary, ' 36 President, ' 35 Sarah Fuqua Dresden, Tenn. History — English — Spanish Hekn X) . ' !Jziz Erighton, Tern. Music — English V onen ' s Stucent Counc Glee Club, 1933-3o Orchestra, 1933-35 Horace S. Colby Memphis Mathematics — Agriculture — Science Tiger Rag Staff, 1934-36 Associate Editor, ' 34 Editor, ' 35 Business Manager, ' 36 Publications Honor Key, ' 34 Band and Orchestra, 1933-36 Student Activity Committee, ' 36 DeSoto Staff, 1935-36 Foy Heffington Iron City, Tenn. History — English Margaret Bee Memphis English — History — Biology A.C.E, 1935-36 English Club, ' 36 ■♦«  • 30 4M193 JffiBm DF SOTO 936 p Ruth Coffman Memphis English — History — French Tiger Rag, ' 34 Velora Katherine Hargett Ripley, Tenn. Mathematics — English — History English Club, ' 36 E. A. Cleveland Memphis Chemistry — Physics — Mathematics Honor Student, 1933-35 Elbert D. McKissack Memphis Music — Biology — English Assembly Song Leader, ' 36 Chorus, 1933-36 Orchestra, 1933-36 Band, 1935-36 Ida Pearl Cohen Memphis Latin — English — Spanish Sock and Buskin Club, 1934-36 Secretary, ' 35 Debating Club, 1934-36 Vice-President, 1935-36 Rubie Ham Memphis English — History Sigma Alpha Mu Reporter, ' 34 Secretary, ' 34 Treasurer, ' 35 Vice-President, ' 36 English Club, ' 36 •♦«= :«♦♦• « 31 4 1935 ■ .. ■ ' ■■ ' :■;. D E SOTO 1936 Vadine Russell Lucy, Tenn. English — History Secretary, Freshman Class, ' 34 En g lish Club, ' 36 Rhoda Neel Sheppard Paris, Tenn. English — History — Biology Peabody College, ' 33 Murray Teachers College, ' 34 English Club, 36 Carnot McDonald Memphis Chemistry — Physics — Spani Spanish Club, 1935-36 Glee Club, 1934-36 Orchestra, ' 36 Julian Owen Mount Pleasant, Miss. Social Science — English Phi Lambda Delta, 1934-36 President, 1935-36 Pan-Hellenic Council, 1935-36 Hall of Fame, ' 35 M Dena Scheinberg Memphis English — History Debating Club, 1933-36 Secretary, 1933-36 Sock and Buskin Club, 1933-36 World Affairs Club, 1934-36 President, ' 35 English Club, ' 36 Elizabeth Pittard Pulaski, Tenn. History — Biology — English East Central Junior College, Decatur, Miss., 1931-32 Hiking Club Vice-President, 1931-32 Home Economics Club, 1931-32 y.W.C.A., Treasurer, ' 36 •♦ ■ • 32  1935 E S OTO Jelks Nail Memphis Chemistry — Physics Sock and Buskin Club, ' 36 Frances Thompson Ripley, Tenn. English — Mathematics — History A.CE., ' 36 Math Club, 1925-27 Chorus, 1925 27 Basketball, 1925-27 Track, 1925-27 Softball Team, ' 36 Arvad McKissack Memphis Music — English — Biology Glee Club, 1933-36 Orchestra, 1935-36 Robert Payne Caldwell Stanton, Tenn. Science — Latin — English Frances Welch Memphis Biology — English English Club, ' 36 Grace Kathryn Sims Memphis Science — English — History Debating Team, 1933-36 Secretary, 1935-36 Tiger Rag Staff English Club, Secretary, ' 36 Spanish Club Episcopal Student Club •++SE 5U++- 33  1935 DE SOTO 1936 Frances Strong Brighton, Tenn. French — Latin — English Erskine College, Due West, S. C. ' 33 Latin Club, 1934-36 English Club, ' 36 Mary Jo Tate Memphis History — English Tiger Rag Staff, 1933-36 World Affairs Club, 1934-35 DeSoto Staff, ' 36 Glee Club, 1934-36 Episcopal Student Club, 1935-36 English Club, ' 36 Elizabeth Hall Millington, Tenn. History — Home Economics- English loka Wikewam Paul Davis Parsons, Tenn. Science- English Football, 1933-35 Tiger Rag Staff, 1934-35 DeSoto Staff, ' 36 Orchestra, 1933-36 Sam McClanahan Bartlett, Tenn. Football, 1932-35 All-M. V. C., 33 Hall of Fame, ' 36 Tennie Rose Crews Memphis English — History — Chemistry •♦«=  ♦• 34 4J I935 E SOTO 1936 M Minnie Ingram Memphis English — History Xi Beta Nil, 1933-36 English Club, ' 36 -■■ i fl f Evelyn Long Byhalia, Miss. English — French — Spanish Mississippi Synodical College, Holly Springs, Miss., 1933-34 Miss Sunshine Award, ' 34 y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ' 35 World Affairs Club, 1935-36 Woman ' s Student Council Secretary, ' 35 President, ' 36 English Club, ' 36 All-Students Club Council, ' 36 Earl R. Cruthirds Memphis Social Science — Mathematics — English World Affairs Club, 1934-36 All-Students Club Council, ' 36 Tiger Rag Staff, ' 36 DeSoto Staff, 1935-36 Editor-in-Chief, ' 36 Ed Rhew Memphis History — Engli sh — French Natlie Jarratt Memphis Home Economics — Social Science loka Wikewam, 1933-36 President, ' 36 Mazie Burkett Memphis English — Languages Spanish Club •♦«± Uf- 35 .... 1935 D E SOTO 1936 Louise Weeks Cordova, Tenn. History — English — Geography Xi Beta Nu, 1933-36 Loretta Porter Memphis English — Home Economics — Science Sigma Alpha Mu President. 36 loka Wikewam English Club ' 36 Junior Class, Secretary, ' 35 John McGehee Memphis English — History English Club, ' 36 World Affairs Club, 1935-36 Mrs. Frances B. Appling Bartlett, Tenn. English — History — Agriculture Ferina Wilson Memphis English — History — Spanish Lucille Choate Memphis English — History Sigma Alpha Mu, 1933-36 World Affairs Club, 1935-36 A.C.E. Treasurer, 36 $0 T% np •♦«= 36  1935 :■■ ' ... ■ D E S OTO 1936 JUNIORS Gerald Kornegay J. B. Price Memphis Memphis President Vice-President Christian Pontius Lillie Chambers Marion Lineberry Memphis Brownsville, Tenn. Memphis Treasurer Secretary Reporter •HSE 37  =S++- 1935 DE SOTO 1936 ' Top Row Mdrcella Crump Memphis Charles Brigham Memphis Hazael Pegues Memphis Second Row Onis Bowman Parsons, Tenn. Mary Virginia Gates Memphis Osborn Smith Memphis Third Row Virginia Creech Memphis Kenneth McDonald Memphis Mrs. Nell Coleman Stutler Memphis Fourth Row Otis Dodd Holladay, Tenn. Margaret Martin Memphis Milton Mayo Cades, Tenn. Bottom Row Mary Louise Emmons Memphis Pete Mulligan Brownsville, Tenn. Etta Mae Hargraves Memphis •♦ « 38  '  • • ' filsfiPrWI 1936 Top Row Grace Smith Memphis Arch Colbrunn Memphis Anaglen Thomasson Memphis Second Rovv Robert O ' Brien Memphis Mamie DuBose Memphis Gorden Lawhead Memphis Third Row Elizabeth Conley Memphis Robert Watkins Memphis Rebecca Grantham Memphis Fourth Row Bert Barnes Bells, Tenn. Edith Johnson Memphis Guynne Lowry Memphis Bottom Row Edith Brooks Lexington, Tenn. Emory Ross Memphis Bernice Anderson Cordova, Tenn. •♦♦IE 3tt +- 39 1935 SOTO mp 1936 %C i Top Row Lorraine Burchett Memphis Joe Guess Memphis Daphne Hildebrand Whitehaven, Tenn. Second Row O. D. White Scotts Hill, Tenn. Juanita Chandler Germantown, Tenn. Riley Harris Toone, Tenn. Third Row Hollie Mae Maxey Memphis Elbert Edward Edwards Bells, Tenn. Laura Russell Memphis Fourth Row Jack Gardner Memphis Mary Ella Ford Capleville, Tenn. Berdyne Cierley Addmsville, Tenn. Bottom Row Ruth Bobbitt Lexington, Tenn. Reginald Ferguson Halls, Tenn. Ruth Moose Arlington, Tenn. 40 . 3 Sf - ... DE SOTO 1936 Top Row Elizabeth Thorn Memphis Frank Williams Savannah, Tenn. Adelaide Sullivan Memphis Second Rov Walter McCallen Memphis Evelyn Haun Memphis Fred Walker Memphis Third Row Vivian Taylor Mason, Tenn. Leighton Ballew Memphis Margaret Cashdollar Ridgely, Tenn. Fourth Row Billy Perkins Dyer, Tenn. Ruth Hamner Collierville, Tenn. Joe Smith Memphis Bottom Rov Betty Humphreys Memphis Fred Wooten Memphis Olivia Welch Memphis ■Ht 41 193 5 DE SOTO %m 1936 Stella Schnupp Joelton, Tenn. Charlotte Van Vulpen Memphis Helen Wiseman Memphis Virginia Allen Memphis Winnie Bond Arlington, Tenn. -♦it 42 « -y   ■ 0 935 iH D E SOTOH |93 SOPHOMORES Nelms Johnson Freida Dale Amis Margaret Foust Whitehaven, Tenn. Memphis Ripley, Tenn. President Treasurer Secretary •♦+SE 43 ■ ♦■ mm •♦•BE Top Row: Barney Anderson, Saltillo, Tenn.; Irba Jane Austin, Parsons, Tenn.; John Aymett, Pulaski, Tenn.; Bruce Ballew, Memphis,- Rebecca Bazemore, Cordova, Tenn. Second Row: Roger Bell, Memphis,- Grace Blalock, Whiteville, Tenn.,- Catherine Blann, Memphis,- Louise Brooks, Milan, Tenn.,- Margaret Brooks, Lexington, Tenn. Third Row: Sarah Vineyard, Memphis,- Warren Walker, Memphis; lo Wall, Miston, Tenn.,- Martha Fay Weaver, Memphis,- James Webb, Milan, Tenn. Fourth Row: Martha Ann Welch, Memphis; Dorothy Whitfo rd, Memphis,- Marjorie Wilborn, Memphis,- Martha Witt, Medina, Tenn.,- Addie Young, Memphis. Bottom Row: Frances Bryant, Memphis; Virginia Carey, Memphis,- Elton Carr, Bradford, Tenn.; Julia Carter, Memphis. 44 EBM- 1« 4 Top Row: Mary Lou Carter, Memphis,- Margarita Christian, Memphis,- Doris Costello, Memphis,- Lois Crenshaw, Millington, Tenn.,- Wilmoth Davidson, Camden, Tenn. Second Row: Lavinia Davis, Brownsville, Tenn.,- Peggy Davis, Memphis,- Verne Davis, Parsons, Tenn.,- Paul Eahart, Memphis,- Iris Evans, Decaturville, Tenn. Third Row: Retta Finley, Finley, Tenn.,- Billy Fones, Memphis,- L. T. Ford, Memphis,- James Frederick- son, Covington, Tenn.,- Leonard Garthright, Memphis. Fourth Row: Mary Wilma Gaulding, Memphis; Virginia Glover, Union City, Tenn.,- lone Goff, Memphis,- Emma Graham, Memphis; Laverne Griffin, Bradford, Tenn. Bottom Row: Louise Gwynn, Williston, Tenn.,- Catherine Hall, Halls, Tenn.,- James Hart, Memphis. •♦♦SEEEE EU +- 45 . i l w Top Row: Sarah Hartzell, Memphis,- Louis Head, Memphis,- Mildred Hickman, Covington, Tenn.,- Robert Holloway, Memphis; Naomi Hopper, Juno, Tenn. Second Row: Evelyn Johnson, Memphis,- Billie Johnston, Memphis,- Jessie Kerr, Memphis; Hugh Lessenbery, Humboldt, Tenn.,- Raymond Mabry, Savannah, Tenn. Third Row: William Maddox, Memphis,- Mary Ethel Marshall, Mason, Tenn.,- Lucile Marvin, Tipton- ville, Tenn.,- Francene Maxwell, Memphis,- Tom Michael, Memphis. Fourth Row: Ethel Mills, Milan, Tenn.,- Dorothy Moore, Stanton, Tenn.,- Marietta Morris, Memphis,- Robert Oliver, Memphis,- Mary Park, Middleton, Tenn. Bottom Row: Claire Parkinson, Memphis,- John Parsons, Memphis,- Mitchell Parsons, Memphis,- Inez Pate, Bradford, Tenn. ■♦ . 46 3 Top Row: Ruby Rhea Pearce, Milan, Term.; Powell Peek, Memphis,- Lucile Permenter, Bells, Tenn.; Marian Phillips, Brighton, Tenn.; Dorothy Pierce, Memphis. Second Row: Marian Ruth Pratt, Memphis,- Annie B. Price, Somerville, Tenn.,- W. D. Reid, Memphis,- Margaret Shearer, Memphis,- Ruth Sheffield, Fayetteville, Tenn. Third Row: Vivien Schleicher, Memphis,- Emily Smith, Memphis,- Gracie Smith, Grand Junction, Tenn.; Martha Smith, Memphis,- Bernice Stark, Memphis. Fourth Row: Edith Starr, Memphis,- J. R. Stricklin, Savannah, Tenn.; Nancy Taylor, Memphis,- Cecil Teal, Memphis,- Robert Teer, Lexington, Tenn. Bottom Row: Bruce Till ey, Memphis,- Juan Trillo, Havana, Cuba,- Haiden Turner, Memphis. ■H8E . ♦■ 47  1935 DE SOTO ; 1936 FRESHMEN Earle Duffy, President Bertha Gibson, Vice-President Brownsville, Tenn. Pans, Tenn. Marie Hansen, Secretary Memphis •♦ « 48  £♦♦• Top Row: Hugh Anderson, Memphis,- Ralph Appleton, Cades, Tenn. ; Dick Asbury, Memphis,- Vivian Baird, Brighton, Tenn.,- Vivian Baskin, Burlison, Tenn. Second Row: Lorraine Bishop, Bolivar, Tenn.,- Virginia Black, Munford, Tenn.,- Dan Bland, Millington, Tenn.,- Lurene Bomer, Memphis; Erlyn Bright, Camden, Tenn. Third Row: Virginia Booker, Gibson, Tenn.,- Wanza Brent, Hornsby, Tenn.; Edna Brown, Memphis,- Joyce Brown, Memphis,- Marian Calhoun, Memphis. Fourth Row: Sarah Campbell, Memphis,- Richard Chauncey, Memphis,- Mary Chumney, Memphis,- Cathryn Clay, Collierville, Tenn.,- Prentiss Cole, Jackson, Tenn. Bottom Row: Dorothy Collins, Memphis,- Edd Creech, Memphis,- Shelby Crenshaw, Millington, Tenn.; Elizabeth Crowley, Memphis,- Charlene Davis, Covington, Tenn.,- Christine Davis, Memphis. ■♦ - 49 =£++■ Top Row: Jerre Douzenis, Memphis,- Bessie Lee Downing, Covington, Tenn.; Catherine Duncan, Memphis,- Adelaide Durley, Whitehaven, Tenn.,- Eileen Elliott, Memphis. Second Row: Lorene Fesmire, Lexington, Tenn.,- Eleanor Fleming, Collierville, Tenn.; Rosaline Ford, Memphis,- Geneva Foster, Middleton, Tenn.; Anzel Goddard, Grand Junction, Tenn. Third Row: Margaret Gordon, Memphis,- Evelyn Gragg, Atoka, Tenn.,- Abbie Lou Green, Memphis,- Frances Griffin, Memphis,- Marjorie Griffin, Gates, Tenn. Fourth Row: Rose Marie Hall, Memphis; Elizabeth Harris, Union City, Tenn.; Mildred Harris, Whiteville, Tenn.,- Lois Hill, Memphis,- Mary Elizabeth Helton, Clifton, Tenn. Bottom Row: Carol Hollister, Memphis,- Georgia Hinton, Halls, Tenn.,- Emma Jean Hopper, Juno, Tenn.; Margaret Jones, Memphis,- Marshal Jones, Humboldt, Tenn., Latane Jordan, Michie, Tenn.   ♦• 50 Top Row: Sidney Jordan, Memphis,- John Keating, Memphis,- Frank Laine, Memphis,- Rebecca Lanier, Memphis,- Frances Lashbrook, Memphis. Second Row: Martha Lawton, Jacksonville, Florida,- Geneva Lotti, Memphis,- Frances Helen Luck, Hickory Withe, Tenn.; Leon Manley, Memphis,- Ida Dell Mansell, Memphis. Third Row: Isabel le McDaniel, Memphis,- Dixie McElravy, Memphis; Edna McKenzie, Memphis,- Catherine McQuiston, Brighton, Tenn.,- Hazel McQuiston, Memphis. Fourth Row: Flossie Meredith, Denver, Tenn.; Lula Miller, Memphis,- Rowena Minton, Nashville, Tenn.; Norman Mockbee, Memphis,- Frances Moore, Nashville, Tenn. Bottom Row: Alice Morin, Memphis,- Benham Nance, Savannah, Tenn.,- Louise Palmer, Whitehaven, Tenn.,- Carrie Patton, Memphis,- Martha Permenter, Bells, Tenn.,- Flossie Perry, Memphis. ■♦«E 51 Top Row: Emma Louise Reeves, Darden, Term.; Frances Rhea, Memphis,- Katherine Rhodes, Millington, Tenn.; French Richards, Brownsville, Tenn.; Georgia Richardson, Memphis. Second Row: James Sansing, Memphis,- Dora E. Shellabarger, Bells, Tenn.,- Virginia Sigman, Memphis,- Phyllis Lee Smith, Memphis,- Will Dunn Smith, Memphis. Third Row: Butler Stanley, Memphis,- Dorothy Stewart, Memphis,- Tennie L. Steele, Clifton, Tenn., Sam Taylor, Summerville, Tenn.,- Marjorie Perry, Millington, Tenn. Fourth Row: Elizabeth Thomas, Memphis; Esther Trillo, Memphis,- Ruth Trotter, Memphis,- Lucie G. Vincent, Hickory Valley, Tenn.; Lavayne Walker, Memphis. Bottom Row: Virginia Watt, Memphis,- Elizabeth Williams, Memphis; Ellen Rose Wilson, Whiteville, Tenn.,- Dorothy Wolf, Memphis,- Pearl Woods, Camden, Tenn.,- Freeman Wright, Memphis. ♦• « 52  i in 1 1 h : MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM FRESHMAN FOOTBALL . i it •♦ Bottom Row (Left to Right): Coach Jimmy Grisham, Stanley Forbes, Norman Mockbee, Jerome McRay, French Richards, Milton White. Second Row: Freeman Wright, Jack Harris, Charlie Johnson, Marshall Jones, Creeton Rook, Buster Beasley. Third Row: William Sellers, Alton Gardner, George Akers. Fourth Row: Jimmie Grantham, Rochester, Robert Czerwinski. Top Row: Earle Duffy, Myron Price, Will Dunn Smith, Joe Moore, Dan Bland. 54 ♦■ SSS .:S ' S : -s , ffii 1935 DE SOTO FOOTBALL Hush Drewery, center; Christian Pontius, guard; Haiden Turner, tackle; Walter Evans, tackle,- J. B. Price, guard,- Sam McClanahan, fullback. Paul Davis, center; Tom Fleet, guard; William Sutton, end; Otis Dodd, halfback; Osborn Smith, tackle,- Barthel Gray, halfback. •++SE a +- 55 DE SOTO FOOTBALL Charles Hill, end,- Albert Tucker, quarterback,- Nelms Johnson, quarterback; Verne Davis, fullback,- Bobbie Clower, end; Milton Mayo, end. Zach Curlin, coach,- John Parsons, halfback,- William Lumm, end,- Francis Schwaiger, halfback,- Guynne Lowry, halfback,- Robert O Brien, manager. ■♦ 56 :«►♦• 1935 D E S OTO FOOTBALL SQUAD WS Bottom Row (Left to Right): Charlie Hill, Paul Davis, Sam McClanahan, Albert Tucker, William Sutton. Second Row: Francis Schwaiger, Haiden Turner, William Lumm, Bobbie Clower, Walter Evans. Third Row: Verne Davis, Milton Mayo, Osborn Smith, Christian Pontius, J. B. Price. Fourth Row: John Parsons, Guynne Lowry, Otis Dodd, Franklin Keith, Hugh Drewery, John Richardson. Fifth Row: Jerome Johnson (water boy), Nelms Johnson, Barthel Gray, Tom Fleet. Top Row (Standing): Assistant Coach Richard Dorsey, Coach Zach Curlin, Manager Robert O ' Brien. 1935 FOOTBALL IN RETROSPECT The State Teachers College football squad of 1935 was an inexperienced but determined one. Starting the season with only 24 eligible asDirants for the varsity eleven and with only two returning lettermen from the preceding season, the Tigers made a rather weak and ineffectual effort to down their opponents in the earlier conflicts of the season, but improved rapidly with experience, holding T. P. I. to a scoreless tie on Memorial Field on November 16th, and ending the season by defeating the Delta State Teachers from Cleveland, Mississippi, by the decisive and overwhelming score of 30 to 0. Those rendering performance of exceptional merit were Sam McClanahan, captain,- Christian Pontius, alternate captain,- Francis Schwaiger, halfback; Johnnie Parsons, halfback; and Nelms Johnson, quarter- back. Future prospects for the Tigers, who sustained only two losses by graduation, are bright. Jimmy Grantham and Norman Mockbee, freshmen, will strengthen the Tigers markedly in their coming campaigns. ■HSE 57 . a +- 193 DE SOTO 1936 BASKETBALL (Left to Right): Barthel Gray Bert Barnes, Riley Harris, Milton Mayo, Reginald Ferguson. (Left to Right): Julian Owen, Charley Hill, Mitchell Parsons, Anson Sage, Francis Schwaiger. •♦  ♦• « JO  1935 DESOTO 1936 BASKETBALL Left to Right: Riley Harris, Milton Mayo, Reginald Ferguson, Bert Barnes, Charles Hill, Julian Owen, Francis Schwaiger, Anson Sage. ••USE = ■ 59 FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM Bottom Row (Left to Right): James Hardin, Marshall Jones, Tom Michael, Wilson Moore, Ralph Appleton. Second Row: Freeman Wright, Jimmy Grantham, Will Dunn Smith, Alton Gardner, Woodrow Dunagan. Top Row: Bobby Richardson (coach), Edward Creech, Allyn McFarland, Tom Brinkley, French Richards, Creeton Rook, Vernon Jeter. GIRLS BASKETBALL Front Row: Lois Crenshaw, Jimmie Douglas, Marian Phillips, Latane Jordan. Second Row: lo Wall, Olga Dis- tretti, Hazael Pegues. Third Row: Stella Schnupp, Eliza- beth Harris, Margaret Schwam, Frances Street. Back Row: Coach Ethel Blackman. ■♦«  - . 60 1 7 i J Kj soto Wmi 1936 BASEBALL SQUAD Bottom Row (Left to Right): O. D. White, Barthel Gray, Lynn Ford, Riley Harris, Milton Mayo, James Houston. Second Row: Nelms Johnson, Francis Schwaiger, Albert Tucker, John Pitner, Claude McNeely. Third Row: Christian Pontius, J. B. Price, Coach Zach Curlin. Top Row: Bert Barnes, Edgar Hodges, Berdyne Cierley, Sam McClanahan. •= 3N- 61 D E SOTO 1936 ' GIRL SPORTS Top Row: Hazael Pegues, guard; Stella Schnupp, forward; Olga Distretti, guard; lo Wall, forward; Elizabeth Harris, guard,- Mrs. Ethel Blackman, Coach. Last Row: Margaret Schwam, guard; Marian Phillips, forward; Jimmie Douglas, forward; Latane Jordan, guard; Virginia Booker, forward; Frances Street, guard. GIRLS ' BASKETBALL Stella Schnupp was voted the most valuable player on the basketball team this year and was presented a gold basketball by Mrs. Blackman for her outstanding record. This selection of the most valuable player was based upon good playing ability, plus sportsmanship, team loyalty, cooperation, regular practice, etc. The team as a whole was outstanding in these qualities, so Mrs. Blackman gave each member a miniature basketball pin to show her appreciation. With almost an entirely new squad, the team showed much improvement throughout the season. Next year we are planning to have a bigger and better program of sports,- a variety of intramural sports will be given with the object of a game for every girl and every girl in a game. H8 62  ■ DESOTO - FOOTBALL HUGH DREWERY — Center. The excellent performance rendered by Hugh Drewery at the pivot position proved to be a great asset to the Teachers throughout the past season. PAUL DAVIS — Center. Paul Davis will be missing from his position in the center of the Tiger forewall, and his absence will be deeply regretted. He leaves us by graduation. TOM FLEET — Guard. Tom Fleet, sophomore guard, is expected to prove a thorn in the sides of his opponents next year. J. B. PRICE — Guard. Opposing teams found Teachers left guard almost impregnable during the past season. The position was capably filled by J. B. Price. CHRISTIAN PONTIUS — Guard. Porky was a bulwark of strength in the Teachers forewall. He will be back next year to deliver that well-known Punch. OSBORN SMITH — Tackle. Smith performed capably for the Tutors during 1935, and with the ad- vantage of an additional year of experience he should really go places next season. HAIDEN TURNER — Tackle. Turner played his first season of football with the Teachers this season. His playing in the Ole Miss conflict will always be remembered. WALTER EVANS — Tackle. Teachers defensive strength was greatly bolstered by Walt Evans. His offensive work is also commendable. MILTON MAYO — End. This was the first year of college football for Milkum, but not his last one. He will resume his pass-snagging duties when Coach Zach Curlin issues his call for the season of 1936. CHARLES HILL — End. Charlie was a good end and a fine tackier. Watch out you safety men who play against him next year. BOBBIE CLOWER — End. Bobbie was a good man, and was adept at the kick-off. WILLIAM LUMM — End. Billy was a capable reserve during the season, and will offer plenty of competition for a regular berth next year. WILLIAM SUTTON — End. Bill Sutton has shown marked improvement in the performance of his duties at the end position. SAM McCLANAHAN — Fullback. The veteran was, without a doubt, one of the outstanding performers on the gridiron during 1935, and, throughout his entire gridiron career here at S. T. C. He has held All-Mississippi Valley Conference honors. VERNE DAVIS — Fullback. Verne was at a decided disadvantage throughout the 1935 season, but his performance was excellent, and we are expecting great things of him next year. NELMS JOHNSON — Quarterback. Nelms was good both at diagnosing plays and executing them. He was outstanding for his hard and efficient tackling. ALBERT TUCKER — Quarterback. Tuck was an excellent quarterback and could catch passes, too. He was a constant scoring threat to Tiger opponents. OTIS DODD---Halfback. Otis Dodd was a candidate for the State Teachers College eleven for the first time this fall. He is a junior, and will be back with the Tutors again next season. BARTHEL GRAY — Halfback. Injuries kept the gray boy on the bench for the greater part of the season, but, nevertheless, he could go places when called upon. JOHN PARSON — Halfback. Johnnie was a great little ball carrier; he will carry the ball for the Tigers again in 1936. FRANCIS SCHWAIGER— Halfback. Schwaiger ' s passing, punting, and pass receiving during the past season were remarkable. GUYNNE LOWRY- Halfback. Guynne was of much service to the coaches as an all-around utility man. ZACH CURLIN — Coach. Zach Curlin, who has been head coach here at State Teachers College since 1924, has been instrumental in turning out several superior gridiron machines. We hope his future elevens will be as successful as his past ones. ROBERT O ' BRIEN — Manager. Robert O ' Brien proved himself to be just as efficient a manager as he was a player in 1934. We greatly appreciate his services. •♦« ■ =  ♦• « 63  1935 DE SOTO 1936 BASKETBALL FRANCIS SCHWAIGER- Forward The burly back of football fame was the mainstay of the basketball five. His deceptive ball handling, accurate goal shooting, and eternal fighting spirit went a long way toward keeping the Tigers in the win column. Not to be forgotten is his everlasting smile which was ready for a team- mate even after the merciless kidding of a basketball bull session. BARTHELL GRAY— Guard The Gray boy made a success of his ' 36 cage season, both on the college team and as manager of the Normal Independents who went through the Tri-State Tournament to take the championship. Gray was another smooth ball handler and his underhand sharpshooting was responsible for many points. MILTON MAYO— Guard The Wildcat of the Tigers would be an appropriate alias for this fighting eager from Cades, as any of his opponents who tried to get the ball from him under the goal will tell you. Although Mayo never managed to do as well as he thought he should, he was always among the high-scorers and no victory was won without Mayo playing an important part in the conquest. His tales of Cades and the Milan High teams will stand a long time before being equalled. If you don ' t believe it, then ask the boys. RILEY HARRIS— Center Windy, as he is known at Teachers, made good use of his height and long legs to keep the tip coming to his team-mates and the ball swishing through the net. College basketball has furnished Windy with all his cage experience, but the fans never guessed it as they watched him cover the court equally well on defense and of fense. JULIAN OWEN— Forward Julian was robbed of the success he was due by a bad knee, which kept him out of many contests, but when he was in there everyone saw what he might do with an even break. His running one-hand shot was guard proof and his tricky fake kept his opponent guard wondering which way that guy will go next. BERT BARNES— Forward B. B. was a little late in getting started, but — when he did — boy, that net just couldn ' t quit swishing. He hit long ones and he hit short ones,- he hit shots that weren ' t supposed to go near the basket, but which nine out of ten times managed to roll through to keep the Tigers in front and Barnes on top. B. B. might have done a little better job of playing with the team, but as a rule, he did pretty well playing with the goal. REGINALD FERGUSON— Center Reg was the handy-andy man of the varsity squad,- he saw service in every game, and gave a good account of himself on each occasion. He was a speedy floor man and his goal shooting was uncanny. This is his second year on the varsity team and with the 1936 squad intact, he promises to be a star on a winning team in 1937. He was ever a sport and a fighter both in victory and defeat. MITCHELL PARSONS— Guard Aside from keeping his companions laughing and returning the wisecracks of eight fast-firing team- mates, Mitch was always ready to do his share toward putting some fire and fight into the team. Playing his first year on the varisty, Parsons showed possibilities which if developed will make him a star of future Teachers cage teams. ANSON SAGE— Forward Bud was always more than ready and willing to get in the game, and when he did, more than once he got by an opponent to sink a long loop shot. If Bud could grow a few more inches, he would ask odds of no one on the basketball court. CHARLEY HILL— Guard Charley, the old reliable of the squad, played his first basketball on the hardwood of Memorial gymnasium this year and from the pleased smile on Mr. Curlin ' s face when he sent Hill trotting on the floor, we judge that he was well pleased with what he knew was about to happen. Charley asked no odds and gave no quarter, he will be a mainstay on Teacher ' s ' 37 team. « 64 • m minis 1935 D E SOTO HHSG91 ' v ' v ' 1936 SIGMA ALPHA MU Top Rov Loretta Porter Violet Reich Edith Johnson Doris Costello President, ' 36 President, ' 35 Secretary Second Row Treasurer Grace Smith Francene Maxwell Elizabeth Conley Rubie Ham Pledge Captain Secretary Reporter Vice-President ■♦ 66 :- ♦♦• 1935 4Sk DE SOTO 1936 SIGMA ALPHA MU Top Row Catherine Blann Edna Brown Sarah Campbell Lucille Choate Bottom Row Peggy Davis Mary Wilma Gaulding Bertha Gibson Frances Griffin ■♦«E « 67  Eg - DE SOTO 1936 ; SIGMA ALPHA MU Louise Gwynn Top Row Marie Hansen Margaret Jones Margaret Martin Bottom Row Dorothy Stewart Bruce Ti I ley Sarah Vineyard Dorothy Whitford ■♦ « 68  ■ ♦• •Hfl  ♦• MOTHER MYNDERS •HIE 35f « 69 % : : 1935 D E SOTO 1936 SEYMOUR A. MYNDERS Kenneth McDonald President, ' 36 Richard Shaffer Vice-President Marion Lineberry President, ' 35 Haiden Turner Treasurer Berdyne Cierley Secretary •♦ 70 £♦+• WffnHM JJSMF _ _ ■ .3— ■MBift— HI ■ ' ' „ 1935 DE SOTO 1936 SEYMOUR A. MYNDERS fc fcl Top Row: Jack Gardner, Richard Asbury, Aubrey Guy, Riley Harris, James Hart. Second Row: Leonard Garthright, Walter McCallen, Robert O ' Brien, Powell Peek, William Maddox, William Fones. USE  • « 71  K 1935 DE SOTO ' KAPPA LAMBDA SIGMA Top Re Edith Brooks Hazael Pegues Juanita Chandler President Vice-President Bottom Row Treasurer imma Graham Virginia Allen Rebecca Grantham Reporter Pledge Captain Secretary ■♦« « 72 . = • M 1935 HOTd OTO 1 36 KAPPA LAMBDA SIGMA Erlyn Bright Top Row Mary Lou Carter Shelby Crenshav Margaret Brooks Lillie Chambers Wilmoth Davidson Margaret Faust Second Row lone GoPf Edna Hopper Etta Mae Hargraves ■+ «E . 73 a - ' 1935 DE SOTO g@kl936j KAPPA LAMBDA SIGMA Top Row Mary Ethel Marshall Alice Morin Dixie McElravy Margaret Scott Kathryn Rhodes Bottom Row Dora Ellen Shellabarger Phyllis Lee Smith Martha Ann Welch Martha Smith Nancy Taylor  • 74 1935 Ude soto IB! 1936 PHI LAMBDA DELTA Top Row O. D. White Julian Owen Christian Pontius Bill Moody President, ' 36 President, ' 35 Vice-President Bottom Row Treasurer J. B. Price Dan Bland Barney Anderson Osborn Smith Secretary ■HSE « 75 3 +- 19 ' 4feV E S.OTbHtri « PHI LAMBDA DELTA Top Row Silly Perkins James Frederickson Milton Mayo Ramon DeShazo Edwin Edwards Bottom Row Norman Mockbee Ralph Appleton Mitchell Parsons 5ert Barnes Roger Bell ►4S « 76  9Fd 193 ilScE SOTCH j 1936 : XI BETA NU . Tod Row Martha Peterson Helen Ford Winnie Bond Virginia Carey President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Bottom Row Margaret Cashdollar Nellie Caldwell Carol Robertson Reporter Sponsor Sponsor Frances McKinney Agnes Favrot Parliamentarian Sponsor •♦♦HE 77 «  an 1935 DE SOTO 1936 XI BETA NU Top Row Louise Weeks Charlotte Van Vulpen Bernice Anderson Addie Young Dell Mansell Minnie Ingram Bottom Row Ethel Mills Virginia Sigmon Martha Fay Weaver Adelaide Sullivan Vivien Schleicher Emily Smith •♦ . 78 . :9H 1935 DESOTO 1936 XI BETA NU Top Row Lurene Bomer Hazel McQuiston Margaret Gordon Margaret Shearer Georgia Richardson Bottom Row Rosaline Ford Mary Chumney Lois Crenshaw Lorene Fesmire Frances Lashbrook Eleanor Fleming •HJE 79  ■ • 1935 D E SOTO 1936 PHI DELTA SIGMA £ fcfe Charles Brigham President Top Row Robert Teer John Parsons Vice-President Secretary Gerald Kornegay Bottom Row W. D. Reid Guynne Lowry Prentiss Cole Freeman Wright •♦«  ■ « 80 •«M1935 D E SOTO 1936 PHI DELTA SIGMA k + Top Row Louis Head Robert Watkins Cecil Teal Tom Michael Secretary Bottom Row Nelms Johnson Butler Stanley John Keating Warren Walker ■HUE 3J+- 81 1935 JUmBR DE SOTO 1936 GAMMA TAU ALPHA Top Rov Fay Craig Mary Virginia Gates Virginia Creech Laverne Attaway President Treasurer Secretary Bottom Row Claire Elliott Iris Evans Ruth Prather Ruth Sheffield Vice-President 82  3J++- 1935 r. D E SOTO 193( ■ . . . ...... GAMMA TAU ALPHA Top Row: Louise Schultz, Mary Elizabeth Helton, Charlene Davis, Billie Johnston, Rowena Minton. Second Row: Abbie Lou Green, Frances Bryant, Sara Hartzell, Eileen Elliott, Jessie Kerr. Third Row: lo Wall, Marian Phillips, Louise Brooks, LaVayne Walker, Anaglen Thomason. ■♦«E « 83  EU++- 1935 DE SOTO 19 36 | N PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL fTj Jl J CZ Top Row: Guynne Lowry, President; Julian Owen, Vice-President,- Violet Reich, Kenneth McDonald, Addie Young. Second Row: Ruth Sheffield, Virginia Allen, Edith Johnson, Loretta Porter, Lillie Chambers. Third Row: Fay Craig, Charlotte Van Vulpen, Edith Brooks, Robert O ' Brien, Gerald Kornegay, O. D. White. •♦« « 84 ALL-STUDENTS CLUB COUNCIL Top Row: O. D. White, President; Cooper Roberts, Vice-President,- Virginia Allen, Secretary,- Gerald Kornegay, Earl Cruthirds. Second Row: Martha Peterson, Kenneth McDonald, Bernice Anderson, Clyde Ball, Catherine Patty. Third Row: James Vickrey, lone Goff, Charles Brigham, Laverne Attaway, Arch Colbrunn. Fourth Row: Odessa Harrison, Dan Bland, Laura Russell, Richard Shaffer, Violet Reich. ■HE 33f- « 85  ♦ 35 |P DE SOTOBH  WOMAN ' S STUDENT COUNCIL Evelyn Long President Top Row Helen DeWese Ruth Moose Vice-President Rhetta Finley Adelaide Durley Bottom Row Naomi Hopper Ruth Bobbitt Secretary Irba Jane Austin •♦ 86  ♦• limmmr 1935 DE SOTO 1936 5w y. w. c. a Cooper Roberts President Top Row Catherine Patty Vice-President Elizabeth Pittard Treasurer Odessa Harrison Bottom Row Gracie Smith Margaret Cashdollar Catherine McQuiston Secretary ■HSE . 87  :£♦♦• 4k 1935 DE SOTO 1936 ENGLISH CLUB Top Row: James Vickrey, President; James Houston, Vice-President; Grace Sims, Secretary; John McGehee, Treasurer,- Virginia Allen, Reporter,- Ruth Bobbitt, Mamie DuBose. Second Row: Vivian Taylor, Ruth Hamner, Daphne Hildebrand, Marcella Crump, Evelyn Haun, Clyde Ball, Nell Stutler. Third Row: Frances Welch, Evelyn Long, Frances Strong, Mary Jo Tate, Vadine Russell, Rhoda Neel Sheppard, Rubie Ham. Fourth Row: Velora Hargett, Fred Walker, Aubrey Guy, Mary Emma Callis, Loretta Porter, Ramon DeShazo, Minnie Ingram. Other members — Margaret Bee, Lorraine Burchett, Lea Dutcher, Mary Virginia Gates, Margaret Gray Henderson, Benita Holland, Edna Hopper, Mrs. Russell Johnson, Louise Kelly, Flora Mayhall, Bertie McMillan, Laura Russell, Dena Scheinberg, Corrine McCoy. •♦♦IF 3J++- - 193 5 DE SOTO 1936 Association For Childhood Education Top Row: Elizabeth Thorn, President; Nona Drake, Vice-President; Lucille Choate, Treasurer,- Frances Castlemun, Secretary,- Margaret Bee, Nell Stutler. Second Row: Julia Carter, Elizabeth Hall, Mary Ethel Marshall, Lillie Mae Krosp, Margaret Brooks, Virginia Glover. Third Row: Grace Smith, Ruth Hamner, Bee Gandy, Evelyn Haun, Mrs. Mary Lee Maxwell, Louise Kelly. Fourth Row: Ruth Bobbitt, Marcella Crump, Helen Dickey, Vadine Russell, Benita Holland. ■♦« 89 25487  ■ • 1935 DE SOTO 1936 OKA WIKEWAM d r± Natlie Jarratt President Top Row Mamie DuBose Elizabeth Scott Tennie Rose Crews Vice-President Pearl Woods Second Row Flossie Meredith Betty Humphries Loretta Porter Martha Permenter Jessie Kerr Doris Costello ■♦• 90  3SM- 1935 DE SOTO WORLD AFFAIRS CLUB -«= Top Row: Lowrey Haynie, President, ' 36; Clyde Ball, President, ' 35; O. D. White, Vice-President; Edith Brooks, Treasurer,- John McGehee, Elizabeth Thorn, Secretary. Second Row: Ruth Bobbitt, Secretary,- Marsaret Brooks, Lucille Choate, Berdyne Cierley, Fay Craig, Earl Cruthirds. Third Row: Ramon DeShazo, Mildred Grooms, Cyndia Harder, Nelms Johnson, Lillie Mae Krosp, Evelyn Long. Bottom Row: J. B. Price, Violet Reich, Laura Russell, Dena Scheinberg, James Vickrey, Fred Walker. 91  1935 DE SOTO 1936 SPANISH CLUB Top Row: Frances Rhea, President; Dorothy Wolf, Marian Calhoun, Richard Chauncey, Jerre Douzenis. Second Row: Rogelo Dieguez, Paul Eahart, Mildred Grooms, Carol Hollister, Geneva Lotti. Bottom Row: Martha Lawton, James Sansing, Esther Trillo, Juan Trillo, Virginia Watt, Mary Heiskell, sponsor. •♦♦S  ■ 92  1935 E S OTO 1936 EPISCOPAL STUDENT CLUB Laura Russel President Top Rov Mildred Grooms Edith Starr Virginia Allen Emma Grahar John Aymett Bottom Row Dorothy Stewart Louise Palmer Phyllis Lee Smith Frances McKinney Mary Jo Tate Catherine Patty •HIE 93  3J++- Sack Sturitia Leighton Ballew President Kathryn Rhodes Vice-President Harvey S. Hincks Director Members of the Club: Leighton Ballew, Kathryn Rhodes, Gorden Lawhead, Ida Pearl Cohen, Walter Allen, Dora Ellen Shellabarger, Joyce Brown, Louise Baxter, Billie Johnston, Jelks Nail, Nelms Johnson, Robert Teer, Addie Young, Clyde West, Thomas Fleet, Eugene Klibanoff, Fred Wooten, James Vickrey, Marie Hansen, Phyllis Lee Smith, Louise Schultze, Leon Manley, Treadwell Davis, William Sutton, Don Bradley, Dorothy Pierce, Thelma Hobbs, Earle Duffey, William Derrington. ■MB ♦• « 94 • 1935 DE SOTO m 1936 fe. THE SOCK AND BUSKIN CLUB PRESENTS NELMS JOHNSON LEIGHTON BALLEW Co-winners of the Sock and Buskin Club award for 1935-36. Both players did outstanding work in JOURNEY ' S END and S. S. TENACITY, each doing complicated character parts in each play in a manner that is rarely excelled in professional groups. They have also been active in short plays staged during the year. JOURNEY ' S END Captain Stanhope Nelms Johnson Lieutenant Raleigh .... Gorden Lawhead Lieutenant Osborne Fred Wooten Trotter Bennie Felts Hibbert Leighton Ballew Mason Leon Manley Captain Hardy Robert Teer German Soldier Eugene Klibanoff Stage Crew — Walter Allen, Captain William Sutton, Electrician Jerome York, Assistant S. S. TENACITY Hidoux Leighton Ballew Therese Kathryn Rhodes Madame Cordier Addie Young Bastian Robert Teer Segard Nelms Johnson Sailors — Tom Fleet Bennie Felts Walter Allen Workman William Sutton ••USE 95 : ++• wM 9 3 5 MHiDE SOTOli fi 1936 LATIN CLUB Front Row: Mary Park, Marjorie Griffin, Robert Caldwell, Mary Emma Callis, Frances Strong, Inell Teague, Catherine Patty, Claire Elliott, James LeDuke, Grace Blalock, Wanza Brint. Second Row: Lucille Marvin, Sallie Thomas, Rebecca Bazemore, Sara Vineyard, Margaret Cashdollar, Evelyn Gragg, Nell Elaine Adams, Emma Nevill, Kathryn Clay, Eleanor Fleming, Flora Mayhall, Virginia Sigmon, Mary Stigler, Margaret Jones, Ernestine Gulledge, Mary Florence Peek, Anaglen Thomassen, Grace Harris. Third Row: Frank Laine, Howard Schwam, Nina Harris, Juanita Chandler, Blanche Harris, Virginia Rogers, Josephine Littlejohn, Bernice Anderson, Emma Lou Reeves, Lillian Crenshaw, Frances Bryant, Marcella Crump, Edith Starr, Dr. Nellie Angel Smith, Bernice Stark, Evelyn Haun, Margaret Foust, William Sellars, Laura Russell, Franklin Goldston, and Mary Virginia Gates. - ♦• 96 4m 1935 DE SOTO DEBATING CLUB Top Row Leighton Ballew Fred Wooten Ida Pearl Cohen Leon Manley President Bottom Row Emma Graham Ruth Hamner Dina Scheinberg Grace Sims 97 « y  3§f- m 1935 DE SOTO 193 MUSIC GLEE CLUB— L. C. AUSTIN, Director Sopranos: Irba Jane Austin, Lillie Chambers, Ruth Carney, Mary E. Marshall, Mildred White, Mary Elizabeth Helton, Doris McCaslin, Helen DeWese, Mary Ella Ford, Melba Smith, Cooper Roberts, Lucille Garner. Altos: Louise Weeks, Nona Drake, Mary K. Reynolds, Ferina Wilson, LaVayne Walker, Claire Warner, Virginia Booker, Mary Frances Harrison, Olivia Welch, Eloise Faraday. Tenors: Arvad McKissack, Lowrey Haynie, Albert Tucker, Tom Fleet, Marion Lineberry, Claud Hill, Christian Pontius. Basses: Paul Eahart, T. J. Burns, Onis Bowman, Otis Dodd, Treadwell Davis. use ORCHESTRA— L. C. AUSTIN, Director Piano, Mary Ella Ford; First Violins, Nona Sisco, Mary Katherine Stigler, Helen DeWese, Martha Witt,- Second Violins, Louis Chandler, George Coble, Ruth Carney,- Viola, Milton White,- Cello, Arvad McKissack, Paul Davis,- Double Bass, Paul Eahart, Merle Kent; Clarinets, Lowrey Haynie, Fred Wooten, Ralph Lee,- Bassoon, Henry Boelinger,- Oboe, Bradley Bond,- Flutes, Hubert Wilson, Horace Colby,- Trumpets, T. J. Burns, Emory Ross,- French Horn, William Madcox,- Trombones, Marion Lineberry, Richard Shaffer; Drums, Tom Fleet, Mary Kathryn Reynolds. 98   ■ 1935 DE SOTO TIGER RAG STAFF Top Row: Arch Colbrunn, Editor,- Horace Colby, Business Manager; Gerald Kornegay, Joe Guess, Phyllis Smith. Second Row: Margaret Cashdollar, Mary Jo Tate, Richard Shaffer, Samuel Barnett, Earl Cruthirds. Third Row: Emma Graham, George Guy, Etta Mae Hargraves, Julia Carter, Rebecca Grantham, Jessie Kerr. Bottom Row: Leon Manley, Robert O ' Brien, Virginia Allen, Marie Hansen, James Frederickson, Gorden Lawhead. •HE  +• « 99 1935 D E SOTO 1936 STUDENT HANDBOOK The year 1936-37 marks the birth of the first Student Handbook of State Teachers College. It will be distributed to the student body and is intended especially for the freshmen. The Handbook owes its beginning to Dean J. M. Smith, who, in 1934, brought the idea to the attention of the All-Students Club Council. Verney Seebode, who took an active interest in the movement, was appointed editor. He organized his staff and assembled much of the material for the book, however, completion was suspended when Mr. Seebode left school in the Spring of 1935. Virginia Allen was appointed editor of the 1936-37 Handbook at a meeting of the All-Students Club Council, and O. D. White was appointed assistant editor. The book is finished in the school colors, blue and gray. It is compiled as a practical guide and contains information of vital importance to students. It includes a resume of the year ' s activities, extensive information con- cerning the curriculum and requirements for graduation, a description of the campus, and a guide to places of interest in Memphis. Hereafter it will be published annually, during the Spring quarter, by the All-Students Club Council with the assistance of the administration. •♦■fie 100 3 FEARI IS £_ : ss_ HELEN FORD ' Miss State Teachers Collese ' Photo by Harry Gerstel •♦49 EE33f+- « 102  ss_. Ts3r V 55 O. D. WHITE Students — Most Versatile Man Faculty — Most Valuable Man Photo by Harry Gerstel ••USE 103 3 - MARTHA WITT Most Beautiful Selected by Regis Toomey, movie and stage actor. Photo by Harry Gerstel •+4 r = ♦• 104 00 -D O -C 3 Ck£ — Ql o CD o Z : - w o o on C£ o s UJ . CO ' N § _i u J£2 sej 5 5 . s$_. SAM McCLANAHAN Mr. Personality Photo by Harry Gerstel •♦ 106 3SM- S£__ ■ S£..£ _ J Se_ ¥y? ?f yw r y (A . . ADDIE YOUNG Miss Personality « V ' Photo by Harry Gerstel •■USE 107 ESf+- yf-y, « l NELMS JOHNSON Most Popular Man Photo by Harry Gerstel •HIE 108 3M- Hi St_j 55 yf-y. MARTHA SMITH ' Most Popular Girl Photo by Avery Stratton •HIE 109 m- se_. s$__ y Vyf ¥yf ' ' £ ' ? ' ok. COOPER ROBERTS ' Most Versatile Girl Photo by Harry Gerstel •♦•HIE « 110   ♦• z z W z u c c DQ _J O u 5 I CO u W Ck: CO o -O O z ; LiJ 1 —1 U c ' U Q — z o o -■-■■ Ol N cc SNAPSHOTS mm ■ - ' B R •♦«= Upper left — Typical front steps scene taken in 1935. Center left — Sam McClanahan warming up to Evelyn Long. Center — Lois Crenshaw meditating. Center right — Dick Shaffer playing Alone. Lower left — King Hossteeth and a portion of his harem. Lower right — Campus loiterers. « 112  3JM- Upper left — Va Allen gone fishing. Upper right — Girls gang the editor. Middle left — Three Jeeps. Middle right — Caught in the act (posing.) Lower left — Andy and Dean have it out. In oval — Kappas airing out. Lower right — The Ad building in the winter. 35f+- « 113 T ¥ THE FRESHMAN CLASS PRESENT KATHRYN RHODES Freshman Queen, elected at the class dance. ■♦4S 114 =3 - MYSTERY MAN Ali Baba, from Delhi, who mysteriously visited State Teachers College on the night of February 29, gave this information to the DeSoto. ALI BABA ' S INTERPRETATIONS Characterizations: Virginia Allen — Energetic, honest, undiplomatic, and decisive. She Goody, Goody . Reginald Ferguson — Active in many things, calm and unexcitable. Violet Reich — A woman who can keep a secret. Lo! a miracle. Arch Colbrunn — Conscientious, thorough, but takes his work a bit too seriously. He Prof. S. E. Scates — Never discouraging until examinations. Don ' t let him fool you folks. Leighton Ballew — (The crystal darkens for a moment.) Ah, Ah, Ha! A very deceptive Be careful when he invites you to tea. It might not be tea time. Cooper Roberts — She has conferences with the Jeep. Don ' t bet with her. Dr. Smith — She has faith in the goodness of her fellowman. Mankind — Going somewhere and can ' t stop or tell where they are going. made the Music go Ladies beware, too seriously. round change, ellow. FUTURES Sam Barnett Gloomy Martha Smith Treacherous Aubrey Guy Conspicuous Lowrey Haynie Bright Martha Witt Surprising Etta Mae Hargreaves Easy Earl Cruthirds Cloudy Edna Hopper Not Exciting Clyde Ball Dangerous George Guy Lonesome Mary E. Helton Enjoyable Emma Graham Amusing Frances Holladay Pleasing Joe Guess Noisy Veterans of Future Wars . . . Disappointing S. T. C Difficult WHO ' S WHO AT STATE TEACHERS Lady Killer Frank Gandy (Pink shirt the secret of his ability.) Biggest Liar Gerald Korne gay Hottest Dancer Billie Johnson Nit Wits— First Bill Sutton Second Gorden Lawhead Man Killer Radiator Helton Most Serious Student . James Tucker Vickrey Best Alibier Hubert Gordon Slowest Tom Michael Sleepingest Frances McKinney Laziest Paul Davis Gentlest Frank Gresham Pollutingest Happel Smith Sincerest Pinkey Brooks Old Maid Teacher Vadine Russell Old Maid, No. 2 Nona Drake Mamma ' s Boy Robert O ' Brien Most Eccentric H. C. McClure Most Tactless Horace Colby Least Athletic Boy P. C. Cole Sissiest Arch Colbrunn (Finicky about his hat.) Moochingest Julia Carter Slouchiest Earle Duffey •■USE m - 115 Partners With the Public This institution is a part of the civic and commercial life of the community and interested in every worthy enterprise. MEMPHIS POWER LIGHT CO. GEORGE T. BRODNAX INCORPORATED JEWELERS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE The Brodnax name on the box adds much to the value but nothing to the cost. BRODNAX GIFT CENTER Your sole protection lies in the reliability of the jeweler you choose. Choose BRODNAX, and you will be graded A on your judgment. J. S. LATTA, Inc. SCHOOL SUPPLIES EVERYTHING FOR THE TEACHER STATIONERY GIFTS ART SUPPLIES WRITE FOR TEACHER ' S CATALOG 124 MADISON AVE. PHONE 8-3927 MEMPHIS UNBEATABLE COMBINATION— Teachers College first . . . . . . then Miller-Hawkins — MEMPHIS ' DISTINCTIVE BUSINESS-SECRETARIAL SCHOOL State Board of Education Recognition enables Miller-Hawkins to give credits for teaching commercial subjects in public schools . . . investigate for excellent teaching positions. 913-18 STERICK BUILDING YORK ARMS CO IF IT ' S Sporting Goods WE HAVE IT EXPERT GUN REPAIRING We Repair all Makes of Outboard Motors Distributors: OUTBOARD MOTORS AND BOATS Tennis Rackets Restrung 162 S. 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