Memphis State University - DeSoto Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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1950 1960 1970 1980 1950 — Graduate level course first offered 1957 — Name changed to Memphis State University 1960 — Cecil C. Humphreys elected eighth president 1961 — Goodwyn Institute Lectures offered. Chucalissa Village becomes apartofMSU 1962 — Ph.D. programs offered 1963 — Law School approved 1966 — Statesman first published 1968— First Ph.D. awarded. Library Tower dedicated 1969— MSU Press published first major book Honoring her accomplishments. Barbara Jo Walker Hummel poses with the 1978 Miss Black America, Claire Ford, who was a sophomore at MSU when she was crowned. They are both firsts: the first Miss America and the first Miss Black America from Memphis State. (Photo from the Mississippi Valley Collection) 1972— The Tiger Rag changes name to The Helmsman 1973— Billy Mac Jones named ninth president 1977— MSU sophomore, Claire Ford, crowned Miss Black America 1980— Thomas G. Carpenter named tenth president The walk from college to reality. In the school ' s beginning, the graduation walk was cross campus. These early students cross the grounds for the last time as undergraduates of Memphis State. Many would return as instructors. (Photo from the Mississippi Valley Collection) Playing tough. Will Renfro was a member of the 1953-54 football team. Like many other athletes at Memphis State, he went on to play professionally. He was drafted by and played for the Philadelphia Eagles. (Photo from the Mississippi Valley Collection) A Passing Parade

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Capsule History of Memphis State 1910 1920 1930 1940 1911 — Seymour A. Mynders elected first president 1912— West Tennessee State Normal School opened. John Willard Brister named second president 1913 — First class to begin and end their post secondary education at WTSNS, graduate 1918 — Andrew A. Kincannon named third president 1919— WTSNS became a three year college 1924 — J.W. Brister reappointed to become the fourth president 1925— WTSN College became a four year institution 1927 — First student loan offered 1931— The Tiger Rag published 1933 — The Observer, first campus literary magazine, published 1939 — Richard C. Jones appointed fifth president. Brister Library dedicated 1941 — Name changed to Memphis State College 1943 — Jennings B. Sanders named sixth president 1946— J. Millard Smith named seventh president. 1947— Memphis State College student Barbara Jo Walker crowned 1948 Miss America A ticket-tape parade greets Barbara Jo Walker after capturing the title of Miss America in 1947. On campus, she received the DeSoto ' s Key to Our Hearts Award for two consecutive years. (Photo from the Missippi Valley Collection) Hard core campaigning took place in Homecoming of the fall of 1968. Mary Cocks of Phi Mu Fraternity won the Homecoming battle and presided at the game against Florida State University. (Photo from the Mississippi Valley Collection) MSU History

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J ■■ • ■ ' ■ Xj- jJ 5 aia ' » «« 8 -« K3 History Hands across the tracks meet halfway, before the Civil War. For early students, Although the train tracks were considered was a main form of transportation. (Photo a hassle by 70s students as they are from the Mississippi Valley Collection) today, the tracks have been here since