Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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recordina 7 5 uectrA Class of ' 99 The Glee Club history of the college. With the educa- tional funds for research provided by the Board of Trustees, the faculty research program was inaugurated and the total research program for the institution stood at more than a million and a half dollars. The summer programs for youth groups had the largest attendance on record. The number of people who visited the campus for the 189 short courses and the confer- ences during the year reached approxi- mately 50,000. These people came from every state in the nation and from 15 for- eign countries. Farm and Home Week was held in con- junction with 1952 Spring Festival for the first time. Farm organizations and farm enterprise groups came to the campus in large numbers for meetings of one kind or another. A welcome party was staged by the City of Starkville in honor of new and return- ing students at the opening of the fall se- mester. This is planned as an annual event. High School Day attracted approx- imately 8,000 high school students, teach- ers, and parents to the campus in October. Homecoming Day was attended by a large number of alumni and a high percentage of the members of the Legislature. The reorganized division of agriculture coordinated the work of the School of Ag- The Skiddo Club l ri- yr

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P I C T U H E . war veterans, who pushed campus enroll- ment past the 3,500 mark. The faculty has been enlarged and strengthened; the research has been broadened and deepened, in business and engineering as well as in agriculture; and the services of the Experiment Station Extension Service expanded to reac, section of the state. It has been that the services of the college 82 per cent of the families in the When the Progressive Far Dr. Mitchell as its Mississippi year in service to Mid-South it referred to the accomplishm his leadership as almost unbel The Business Research Station, the gineering and Industrial Research Station, the ROTC, the State Plant Board, the State Chemical Regulatory Laboratory, the Pe- troleum Laboratory, the Seed Improve- ment Laboratory, the Seed Testing Lab- oratory, the Regional Seed Research Lab- oratory, Cooperative Creamery Associa- tion, Mississippi-Artificial Breeders Coop- erative, Veterans Farm Training Teaching Aids Library, Adult Education classes and correspondence courses — all of these rep- resent agencies and services associated with the college. An inventory of its 1952 achievements, made in January of this year, indicates the march of the college toward high- is making real progress. ening of the 1952-53 session, as slightly more than 12 per enthan for the previous year, reslpmanjj enrollment was 44 per cent the previous year, and Mis- College had the largest num- ent students in attendance of ution of higher learning in the High standards was given as the most important reason students choose Mississippi State College in a survey of student opinion. The serious attitude of students resulted in the greatest number on the honor roll in the history of the college. The Legislature made the largest ap- propriation to higher education in the

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„ PROGRESS riculture, Experiment Station, and Exten- sion Service into a single team effort. The 1952 Legislature appropriated funds for the construction of a chemical engineering building, the first of three proposed units for chemistry-related uses. The State Building Commission allocated $120,000 for the completion of a high voltage laboratory in the Patterson Engi- neering Laboratories. The AmericcinH-foteWAStitute, a na- tional progj tlmf O e Hon for ho- tel employe w estab he4J h head- quarter rhe campus. m£ cajfepe seed labora ory was desianated as the southern Regiojf Th vide s initio was est honor tho strated outstd pro- h an i»mp Day ent to demon- ip ability. William Flowers Hand, The Life and Philosophy of a Mississippi Educator and Scientist, was published by the college. Ben Hilbun is the author. Dr. John K. Bettersworth completed the manuscript for the history of Mississippi State Col- lege, which is expected off the press in May, 1953. The Diamond Jubilee of Progress cele- bration was officially opened February 10 with Governor ' s Day on the campus, when a large crowd heard Governor Hugh White extoll the college. A special anniversary exhibit was shown at the Mississippi Education Asso- ciation meeting March 18-20. Anniver-