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1922 Comes a Great University In 1925, the institution became a senior college, and the name was changed to West Tennessee State Teachers College. In 1941 the school ' s liberal arts curricu- lum was enlarged, and the name was changed to Memphis State College. The undergraduate pro- gram was reorganized into three schools in 1951, and a graduate school was added. On July 1, 1957, by action of the Tennessee legislature, the institution was designated Memphis State Uni- versity. Memphis State, since its decla- ration as a university, has four undergraduate colleges: The Col- lege of Arts and Sciences, The College of Business Administra- tion, The College of Education and The Herff College of Engi- neering. It also has The School of Law, The Graduate School and The Division of Continuing Studies. The school offers a Sum- mer Session, the Evening Divi- sion, the Extension Division and the Downtown Division; it also provides non-credit courses de- signed to provide increased op- portunities for the people of this area to avail themselves of Uni- versity facilities and services. A University College was begun in 1968 to offer a program of aca- demic advisement to freshmen and sophomores entering the University. 27
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From Small Beginnings In 1909, under the impetus of a great educational campaign begun by leading spir- its in the educational world, the people of the state awoke to the fact that Tennes- see was lagging far behind other states in the new drive to educate our people for modern life. The campaign culminated in the plan of the Legislature to erect teacher training schools in the three great divisions of the State, and accordingly the Educa- tional Act of 1909 gave birth to West Tennessee Normal School. Many communities of the western portion vied for the location of the school. When citizens of Memphis donated 81 acres of land for the location of the institu- tion, with the promise of money grants, it was legally located there. The succeeding years have each brought additional buildings and enlargement of scope and student body. 1922
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NORMAL TRACK TEAM 1915 BACK ROW: — Lea, Manager; White, Lane, Sorsby, Allen, Wilson, Coach. FRONT: — Bird, Parrott, McCarter, H rdy, Thurman, Captain; Hay, Hanley, Hayes, Turpin. 1928 28
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