Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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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.

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SENIOR CLASS... . . . plans for araduat ion. With the door of the future open before them, the seniors of ' 43 stand reluctantly upon the threshold, in the realization that they are about to enter upon an- other scene in life ' s history. Their march through college has not been unevent- ful. They have seen the college in happier times, and now they view it during this precarious period. For lour years they have kept a steady pace in studies and in leisure. They ' ve chanted familiar songs with alumni at Homecoming; they ' ve crowned Memphis State ' s queens; they ' ve made merry at sorority and fraternity socials; they ' ve crammed for exams; they ' ve bade fond farewells to friends entering the service of Uncle Sam; and this year they sponsored the Kampus King Backward Dance. • Kampus King Berl Olswanger. • Charlotte Wa + kins, Jeanne Paul, and Mary Frances Wray enjoy moving. • New MSC trio: Hazel Bratton, Dotty Abbott, Helen Parker. I Page Twenty Officers for the ' 43 class are Neil Harris Scott, Treasurer; Hazel Bratton, Vice-president; Eleanor Ham, Secretary; Don Johnson, ASCC Representative, and Richard East, President.