Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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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-

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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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• • a t MISSISSIPPI Lady Students sary seals are being used on off-campus mail; a thirty by six foot anniversary ban- ner will be displayed at public celebra- tions. An alumnus of the college, Senator John C. Stennis, spoke at the a nnual spring meeting of the Alumni Association March 21 . At the spring commencement May 24 and 25, a distinguished alumnus, Turner Catledge, managing editor of the New York Times, delivered the baccalaureate address. With three quarters of a century be- hind it, the college is looking ahead to even greater service as it moves toward its one hundredth birthday. Foreshadowing the challenge to come are the record numbers of children in the elementary schools of Mississippi. Those who study birth rates and predict future enrollments warn college administrators The Faculty ! {ffS r« i •■ „ , ' ■