Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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E D U C Under the leadership of Professor O. R. Hughes, the Education Department has stressed the teaching of Democracy in American School. Assisting him are Professor W. G. Deen, instructor of methods in Sec- ondary School; Dr. H. J. Steere, who combined Sociol- ogy and Aviation Geography this year; Mrs. Myrtle Cobb. Elementary School Supervisor; and Enoch L. Mitchell, High School Supervisor. S+e Hughes Cobb Deen Mitchel ...COMMERCE AND A T H Mr. Henry M. Frizzed is head of the popular Com- merce Department. Both Miss Shirley France and Miss Vir- ginia Lee Johnson, assistants, teach typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. .»€ Mathematics, an important subject in the cadet program, is taught by Dr. J. F. Locke and Mr. R. D. Clark. Frizzell, Johnson France ...PHYSICAL EDUCATION jjppill ZFW i Coach Zack Curlin and Miss Ethel Black- man, in addition to their instruction in the five-day week physical education program, conduct classes in First Aid and Playground Methods. Curlin Blackman

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In 1 91 8 few courses in science were taught at the Normal School, as M. S. C. was called then, and few students were interested in such courses. There was only one laboratory for chemistry and physics, and little equipment. Today, with two entire floors of Manning Hall devoted to science and four well-equipped labo- ratories for chemistry alone, the college has placed heavy emphasis on science. Never before have so many students been taking science and mathe- matics courses with the serious purpose of be- Alumna Martha Carlin in Flying Service. Joint Army, Navy, Marine Presentation Board visits campus: Lt. W. J. Cabaniss, Lt. E. B. Halsall, Capt. D. A. Holladay, Capt. W. B. Wisdom, Lt. H. N. Clayton, Lt. J. W. Strudwick. coming chemists, aeronautical engineers and medical technologists, all of whom are so neces- sary to victory in modern warfare. Red Cross courses in first aid, nutrition, and home nursing are in demand ; and specialized courses of interest to students in the Reserve Corps of the armed forces, such as the History of Sea Power, are being offered. Furthermore, since there is great need for war workers in airplane and ordnance factories, and for typists, stenographers, bookkeepers and other office work- ers, much emphasis has been placed also on courses in commerce and the industrial arts.