Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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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.

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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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SNO W COMING AS A SURPRISE to students, immediately after ex- amination week, the heaviest snow in some 36 years com- pletely blanketed the campus, and provided the students with over a week of pleasant diver- sion from their rigorous class- room duties. Starting late one Monday evening, the campus was covered during the night, and in the morning, students looked on an entirely new State campus, — one they had never seen before. The snow was a novelty to most of the students, and was enjoyed as such by all of them. Wholesale free-for-alls and monster snowball fights were commonplace events. Sledding on makeshift sleds was the order of the day all day long on the hills back of the Y. M. C. A. building, and behind cars on Col- lege Drive. Remarkable ingenuity was shown in devising these sleds: old rocking chairs slide very well on the rockers; cafe- teria trays ($1.27 each) were wonderful for sliding down hills; bed springs made quite accept- able toboggans, slipping easily on the curved frame, and hold- ing six or eight people; but the hastily-thrown-together wooden sleds were the most acceptable. Favorite spectator-sport dur- ing the snow was to watch the more sober and dignified cam- pus characters stepping gingerly along the ice-coated walks, and