Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Directors of Schools ? ' ■■■ ■■: CRAWFOKD School of Bus ssAd ° f Arts »nd Sciences 11 DR. BASCOM H. STORY Director, School of Education and Graduate School

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vvm m ' M r m7 ' ss 5 LIBRARY STAFF Seated, left to right: Miss Mozelle Lundy, assistant librarian; E. L. Brown, librarian; Miss Dorrice Bratcher, reference librarian. Standing: Mrs. Arleen Aycock, reserve book librar- ian; Miss Kathryn Quisenberry, assistant in cataloguing; Miss Ella Hodges, cataloguer, and Miss Caroline Hill, secretary to the librarian. MRS. MARGARET WARNO Manager, Bookstore WILLIAM R. WARNOCK Assistant Bursar RAY HERZOG Engineer JIMMIE OSBURN Assistant to the Registrar MEDICAL STAFF Nurse Florence Illing and Dr. A. G. Hudson

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A Growing College in a Growing Area In comparison with many institutions in the field of educa- tion, Memphis State is comparatively young. On September 15, 1912, the West Tennessee State Normal School opened its doors for the first students in Memphis, with the obligation to train teachers to supply a need that existed even during those days. More specific laws were passed by the State of Tennessee and in the Act of 1925 it was declared that the function of such colleges in the state should be to prepare teachers for public schools. Memphis State, then, has for many years supplied trained elementary and high school teachers, in- structors and supervisors in various subjects and principals and superintendents of county and city schools. As educational needs in the state became ' broader, the name was changed by the State Legislature in 1941 to Memphis State College and the institution began to offer subjects generally included in a liberal arts curriculum as well as many other subjects which are demanded by the state ' s public school system. By 1950 the college, located on 80 acres in the eastern part of Memphis, had grown to such an extent it was felt to be necessary to reorganize the school in order to serve more effectively the students of West Tennessee and the surround- ing areas. So at that time four schools were created: School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Education and the Graduate School. The major objective of the School of Arts and Sciences is to provide students a well-rounded and liberal education, by introducing them to those major fields of human interest included in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. A professional training unit of the college, The School of Business Administration, was organized to prepare people to make a good living in the world of commerce. The School of Education directs the preparations of future teachers, provides professional service to public schools and carries on a continuing program of educational research. The Graduate School has served to advance the training of graduates of all these schools, as well as graduates of other recognized institutions. 23