Mississippi Delta Community College - Retrospect Yearbook (Moorhead, MS)

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Practical experience in agriculture classes was very much em- phasized in the early days, but the emphasis was on cattle farming rather than farm management School life is often marred by tests. Sweet three-word sentences to any student ' s ears are, Class is dismissed., Exams are over., and Keep your papers. Mrs. Thelma Hughes, Language Arts Department Chairman and a student here in the 30 ' s, revealed that exams in her college days were a traumatic experience. Mass ex- aminations were given. Everyone assembled in study hall. Teachers kept a close watch over the stu- dents. Nothing could be taken in to exam except writing instruments. All examination pads had to be bought before exams. The hardships of class now and then Fine arts programs have always been a major part of the col- lege curriculum but old-fashioned recitals have almost disappeared One ti-chnical .Vi ' s ha.H grow not even Mr. with the iatt ]2 t !acher and three training programs in the early n into a major vocational-technical divisif)n that P ' olcy could envision when this picture was made President W.B. Horton Even in 1928 Sunflower Junior College was already beginning to divide the students into two curri- cula-academic and vocational. Vocational students took such classes as agriculture and com- merce. All students took English, history, science, mathematics, and music or Latin. Students did not study basic data processing or electronic circuitry or medical lab- oratory technology in 1926, but there were courses in Expression and The Bible. The most common extracurricu- lar activities were physical educa- tion, band and glee club. According to the first college bulletin, the college offered ap- proximately seventeen courses in 1926. The 1976 M.D.J.C. Catalog lists over 280 courses. In 1926, M.D.J.C. had only twenty teachers, most of whom were single. The courses and teachers were called by titles other than the ones we use now. For example, a substitute teacher was called a supply teacher. Com- merce was the same as Business. These teachers lived on campus, and also served as dormitory su- pervisors. This would seem to make it im{)()ssible for them to be able to stay out doors and spoon. Why, what would the children think!

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Two is plenty, but three is a crowd (Above) As you can see, dances have not changed too drastically over the years Angie McArthur and Ervin Mar- (Below) This year ' s homecoming dance certainly reflects two important tin go through the buffet line changes-dress and dance styles

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(Left) Kerry Hamilton does outside work for his journalism class, (right) Ann Shelton types copy for the Retrospect Off campus classes and group learning experiences receive special attention now ROTC offers a change in academic curriculum Eileen Bozeman practices twirling for a square-dancing program 13 Technician Kay Williams studies an x-ray Lawrence Wade teaches a night class at the Greenville Center