Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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ScLJ oj E D U C A T THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION was created in 1936, and offers preparation for teaching in the following fields: agriculture, English, mathematics, physical education, natural sciences, social studies, commercial and distributive education, and indus- trial education. The School of Education has a functional type program. Careful consideration has been given to the social and economic needs in Mississippi and to the resources and facilities at Mississippi State College that may be used to serve these needs. This institution has facilities exceptionally well adapted to give training in the most modern teaching methods. The School of Education proposes to train high school teachers who will contribute ve r y definitely to the social and economic welfare of the state. Careful consideration is given both to those preparing to teach and to the im- provement of the teaching of those already in service. While most of the attention uring the regular session is given to the pre-service training, yet a definite program for the improvement of teacher service is maintained. In the summer sessions major attention is given to a program for teachers in service. A well-planned program of graduate work for students in education is offered dur- ing the summer sessions each year. Courses in agricultural education, educational psychology, commercial and distributive education, and industrial education is given special attention. Opportunity is also provided for study in appropriate minor fields. All curricula in the School of Education are organized on the lower-and-upper- division basis. The lower division consists of the first two years and corresponds to the unior-college level. The upper division consists of the last two years which are the usual junior and senior years. The several curricula of the lower division are readily adaptable to facilities available for offering courses in the junior colleges of the state, t is relatively easy for transfer students who have done two years ' work elsewhere to complete work for a degree in the School of Education at this institution in two sessions. The School of Education ranks fourth in the number of students to receive their Bachelor of Science degrees with a total of seventy-two. These students have prac- tical experience in schools under responsible persons before they receive their degrees. ERWIN HUGH PRICE Professor of Modern Languages LL.B., Ohio State, 1917; M.A., Ohio State, 1927; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1935; Graduate Study, Univer- sity of Toulouse (France) VEREY G. MARTIN Professor of Agricultural Education B.A., Mississippi College, 1912; M.S., Cornell Uni- versity, 1927; Graduate Study, Mississippi State. GEORGE EDSON WALLACE Professor of Industrial Education D.M.A., Iowa State Normal, 1904; M.Di., Iowa State Normal, 1905; B.A., Iowa State Teachers, 1911; M.A., Alabama, 1930; Graduate Study, Min- nesota University. J. FRANK EVANS Acting Professor of Sociology A.B., Mississippi College, 1918; M.S., Indiana, 1930; Graduate Study, Indiana.

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MESS THURSTON WALLS Acting Professor of Economics B.A., Texas, 1928; M.A., Texas, 1929; Graduate Study, Texas. HERBERT DRENNON Dean of Graduate School and Professor of English A.B., Henderson-Brown, 1915; M.A., Vandcrbilt, 1919; Ph.D., Chicaso, 1928. ALFRED WILLIAM GARNER Professor of History B.S., Mississippi State, 1900; Ph.M., Chicago, 1906; Grad- uate Study, Illinois. WILLIAM JENNINGS EVANS Acting Professor of Government B.S., Mississippi State, 1927; M.S., Virginia, 1928; Graduate Study, Harvard. to know how to produce, but also how to market their products. Hence the demand came for increased business training for leadership in these fields, and courses to that end were established. Out of these courses naturally grew the four-year curriculum now offered. The duty to promote the liberal and practical education of the in- dustrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life meant that the future Mississippi business leader, as well as the farmer and the engineer, had a right to expect training at this college for his field of endeavor. Hence, in 1915 the School of Business and Industry was created. It has been glad to see its lead followed, for there is no limit to the potential demand for such training. The sixty-five thousand white men and women in Mississippi who are engaged directly in business pursuits need this training — to say nothing of those engaged in agriculture and professions. Perhaps the greatest contribution the school makes to the student is to furnish the opportunity to learn to think in a logical and common-sense way about the every-day problems of life. 1 he courses are all practically ad- justed to the business life, and since slip-shod, half-learned methods are dangerous, the standards set and the demands made upon the student are high. Mississippi State College ranks sixty-five in number of students, and thirty-five in number of graduates, accord- ing to research recently made in one hundred and nine business schools throughout the country. Since many of these schools have many times the number of students, we feel that this is a record of which to be proud.

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DEAN S. B. HATHORNE With the passing of Dean S. B. Hathorne, Missis- sippi State lost both a Dean and Director of In- struction who was a major factor in the advance- ment of our school in the last few years. With little- regard for health or personal benefit he worked steadily from the time of his appointment as Dean of the Education School in 1936 until this spring when he passed away. Beloved and respected, his memory shall long remain in the hearts of those who knew him.