Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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The war years brought financial difficulties, but the school kept alive by training sol- diers in classes, drills and foreign languages. With their songs and drills, there was hardly ever a dull moment. By 1925, a men's dormitory, Iones I-lall, was constructed. Now, it was only a short walk from Iones to Rutledge. During the same year, the legislature changed the school to a four-year institution - Middle Tennessee State Teacher's College. When the Depression hit the country, attempts were made to close the institution. The curriculum was cut, and months passed before teachers salaries were paid. At this time, the name was changed again to State Teacher's College - Murfrees- boro. World War II caused the enrollment to sag to an all-time low. While the fighting con- tinued. the school underwent still another name change when it became Middle Ten- nessee State College in 1943. Because the men coming back from the battlefield needed new programs, the curric- ulum was enlarged after the war to include pre-professional courses in law and medi- cine. The post-war period was a time of growth for the campus. Construction was slow at first, but soon began to expand with the addition of courses. In 1951, the graduate school was established. A year later, the curriculum was expanded and the bachelor of arts degree was introduced. We finally reached university status in 1965, and our name was changed to Middle Tennessee State University. Today, the campus has 506 acres and a total of 63 buildings. More students are enrolling each year, and the programs are expanding rapidly. Yes, things sure have changed . . . Looking across campus from the UC at night lleftl makes one wonder what the future will hold for MTSU. YOU X P I UIUC d ltlflg H'

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IW--S . x. f ' fs- 1 '.k Jew... N -Q. A well met challenge: Dodd's test I 4 Sitting behind a desk cluttered with stacks of books, sheaves of loosely organized papers, trays full of in and out memos, calendars and what-not there is David Dodd, Liberty senior and Associated Student Body President. Leaning back in his chair and philosophizing on his view of government, Dodd says. I'm a little bit old-fashioned about government. I think government per se - and cer- tainly student government - exists to serve. That is what it is there for. Dodd says the major objective of his administration is to serve the students and thereby build their confidence in student government. With the initiation of his ombudsman program, the approval of soon-to-be-con- structed recreational facilities and the first step toward a student-oriented campus legal aid plan, Dodd has begun to fulfill his pledge. Having beaten four other contenders last spring, Dodd with 50.57 per cent of the vote dove into student government this summer by criticizing a General Education Study Committee proposal. Dodd said, That fthe committee proposalj was too many hours. The program should be altered so that it was not requiring any more general education hours than we were requiring under the old system. I-le recommended the number of required hours be cut, but the basic structure of the new system and the new courses be kept. Following his reply to the committee report, Dodd moved to provide dorm residents with grill and picnic facilities. Many of us felt there was a need to offer some conveniences to resident hall students since they do spend so much of their time on campus, Dodd said. Charcoal grill and picnic tables will be placed around the dorms on a 20 by 20 foot asphalt pad. Ideas, plans and improvements for the fall semester and freshman orientation were generated in part by two planning sessions called by Dodd on Aug. 3 and 28. On Aug. 29, the day freshmen moved into the dorms, student volunteers were placed in the lobbies to act as trouble shooters, Dodd said. On Friday, the day before freshman registration, students participated in another new program known as academic counseling of undecided majors. While implementing the ombudsman program last September, Dodd said to dorm residents, Ombudsman is just a long, hairy word for problem solving. The only reason it exists is to help you solve problems you'll run into this year. Launching his program on Sept. 12 with a door-to-door campaign through the resi- dence halls, ASB representatives handed out cards about the program urging students to call the ombudsman number when they have a problem they cannot solve. When you've got a problem. . .You've got a friend. Give us a chance to help, the card read. The ombudsman program is just a problem solving agency. It gives students a place to turn anytime they have a problem, he said. Individual problems can be carried to the extent of any ASB proposal, Dodd said. If the situation warrants that, we will. Another program designed to help the average student is the legal aid program now being blocked by an attorney general's ruling on group legal aid and the insurance prov-