Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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France Johnson Frizzell Henry M. Frizzell heads the Commerce department which is one of the most popular in the school. Other department members are Miss Virginia Lee Johnson and Miss Shirley France, new to the faculty this year. In supervising work on announcement, campaign and other official posters, Miss Marie McCormack, head of the Art and Penmanship department, excels as chief advertiser of the school. Figures and involved mathematical problems are the specialty of Dr. J. F. Locke and Mr. C. M. Stout of the Mathematics department. Holding a monopoly on the west end of the basement are Mr. R. E. Ken- nedy and Mr. Calvin Street, instructors in Industrial Arts. Ki: NFi) ' Sir 111 Locke iMcCoR rA( K Stout PAGE 15

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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

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MlTC:llELL ClOBli CURI.IN Blackman Mr. Enoch Mitchell and Mrs. Myrtle Cobb, who have their office at Memphis State, serve as West Tennessee High School Supervisor and Elementary School Inspector, respectively, besides teaching in the college. During the winter and spring quarters Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Cohh visit schools in West Ten- nessee, appearing before Principals ' and Teachers ' meetings. During the spring-summer and summer quarters they teach in the education and social science departments. At the summer session of the college, Mr. Mitchell and Mrs. Cobb, with the aid of Miss Rawls, Training School principal, conduct a workshop of practical problems for teachers. Playing a vital role in the Na- tional Physical Fitness program are Mrs. Ethel Blackman and Mr. Zach Curlin, instructors in phy- sical education and Red Cross First Aid for the college students and also after school hours. Mr. Curlin also serves as basketball coach. Teacher, as Mrs. Black- man is known to the students, di- rects the girls ' gym classes, super- vising the annual Blue and Gray basketball tournament. A newcomer to the Memphis State faculty is Mr. David Stew- art, librarian, who replaced Mr Howard McGaw during the Win- ter quarter. Before he came to MSC Mr. Stewart was director of the Statewide Library Service Program at Nashville. Miss Un- dine Levy IS assistant librarian. •Si kwari I.i:v - PAGE 1(