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Exploring the Tiger High Myth Where did the name Tiger High originate? Was it from our rival schools or from the people (young or old) in our own community? Wherever it began, does it still describe our school? When I graduated from high school in 1967, I wanted no part of Memphis State. It had no appeal for me, perhaps because of reports of its overgrown high school atmosphere or because like so many other high school gradu- ates, I wanted to go away to a big school. I went east to the big school, but poor health forced me to return home to Memphis before the year was over. At this point, the better judgement of my parents led me to enter Memphis State in the spring semester of 1968. Although the eastern university hadn ' t really lived up to my expecta- tions, I still held my doubts about MSU. So I came to the dreaded Tiger High — but was it? To my surprise, the instructors weren ' t juvenile and the courses weren ' t oversimplified. True, at that time, the big expansion move was only just getting underway and some areas of instruction were doubled up in buildings. But all good schools sooner or later feel the growing pinch and must adjust. Memphis State has grown tremen- dously in the past few years with the addition of many new buildings (five were opened just this year) and with the steadily increasing enrollment (now about 20,000). In these years we haven ' t become a national football figure in college circles, but is that what a university bases its prestige on? I think not, but a good football program helps the spirit of not only the students but also the whole community. We probably need to find a conference or, at least, teams closer to home — we should let people know who we are and where we are. But that ' s only one part of a universi- ty, while the main focus is on what is done in educating the student to be- come a thinking and well-rounded in- dividual. Perhaps the people in our own area feel a community college, where most of the students commute, is just like at- tending high school. But it ' s not how you go, it ' s what you learn and experi- ence when you ' re there that makes a school into a university. As most freshmen can tell you, Mem- phis State classes and most instructors are not just an extension of their high school counterparts. The courses can be very rough. Having to take the required courses for your basic degree may be a drag, but you find that at any college. Usually it ' s only when you get into your major field of study that your interest level jumps up. Sometimes, however, a lower division must take course can be made to come alive, depending on the instructor. MSU certainly has its fair share of stimulating and unique instruc- tors. One thing is certain, MSU hasn ' t gone to the TV instructor bit in a big way as other large institutions have done to satisfy their increasing class en- rollment needs. Memphis State is expanding and learning — it ' s looking forward as the years drive on, trying to meet future needs. We ' re a great institution and it ' s time we let our neighbors know it. MSU shouldn ' t stand for that old slur Tiger High — the clothes no longer (if they ever did) fit. Suzann Chapman 29
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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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