Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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I ' ARks roberisox Johnson Brown M( Lean MOIINSKI . . . w Pt0 eM0tA The Social Science department, under the leadership of Dr. R. W. Johnson who heads the athletic com- mittee besides teaching geography, added Mr. T. T. McLean and Mr. Ed Molinski to its ranks in 1941. Mr. McLean successfully combines his- tory and intra-mural activities while Mr. Molinski divides his time be- tween economics and football. Other members of the Social Science staff are Miss Carol Robertson, master of European history, Mr. Charles S. Brown, who teaches the new and popular course in Naval History, and Dr. Joe Parks, specialist in Amer- ican History and Political Science. PAGE I,! Mrs. Veima Heatherly and Miss Mary Heiskell are m charge of modern languages, teaching French and Spanish respectively. The annual Spanish Fiesta, pre- sented by the Spanish department, is also one of the duties of Miss Heiskell, while Mrs. Heatherly has charge of the city wide French tournament held every year at MSC. Ill ATHl RIA Heiskell

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jfn chatfe 0 e ucatm ate,,. Composing the Memphis State musie de- partment, which sponsors the college hand and orchestra and produces an operetta annually, are Mr. L. C. Austin, and Mrs. Elizabeth Greenblatt. Associates of Dr. Robert D. Highfill, head of the English Department, are Dr. Arthur Brewington, speech instructor, Miss Ahiia Mays, Mrs. Lucy B. Hauser, Mr. Greenblatt Austin Walter McGoldrick, director of dramatics who joined the MSC faculty this year, and Mrs. Grace Hampton. I ' AGE Vi

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The top fUior of M.innmg Hall, the science huildmy;, is the domain of Miss Alice Chappell and Miss Bess Hender- son of the Home Economics department. In the furnished apartment and up-to- date cooking and sewing rooms MSC girls learn the use of modern home equipment. (aiAi ' i ' i i.L I 1 1 l)| KSON HuflHES Dl,E COVIN(,l() Stfkri; To those Memphis State students who come to college for education, Mr. O. R. Hughes, head of the Educa- tion department, and his associates. Miss Annie Covington, Dr. H. J. Steere and Mr. W. G. Deen, are familiar figures. Mr. Hughes is one of the foremost psychologists in Tennessee. In elemen- tary education Miss Covington is the authority at Memphis State. The modern classroom techniques of Mr. Deen lure many students to his classes in secondary education. Dr. Steere holds a place in two departments as he combines sociological studies with courses in psychology and education. PAGE 14