Missouri Southern State University - Crossroads Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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Teachers of Tomorrow, 1948 Franklin Technical School was dedicated March, 1948. An early Beta Beta Beta Sorority meeting-1940. The Minstrel Show of1945. The Crossroads was dedicated to H. E. Blaine, the college's first dean. 1952-53 Pi Alpha Pi, honorary business fraternity, was organized. Nancy Ann Rogers was crowned HQueen of the Snow Ball, Dec., '52. .IIC Basketball team won lst place in the Missouri State .lunior College Con- ference. 1953-54 Dr. Maurice Litton becomes 4th Dean of IIC. Beta Beta Beta Sorority sent box of school supplies to Kathleen Crone, a former Beta teaching in Korea. Faculty and students stage costume ball. .IJC Basketball team tied for lst place in the Mo. State Ir. College Con- ference. 1954-55 Circle K Club, sponsored by the .loplin Kiwanis Club, was organized. .IIC Football team placed 2nd in Inter- state Conference. Crossroads paid tribute to Miss Edna Drummond, te a c h e r of biological sciences. Faculty men played the Y.M.C.A. men in Basketball. 1955-56 Choir had an outstanding season making trips to Kansas City and Des Moines, Iowa. .IIC Football team placed 2nd in Inter- state Conference. Madalyn Gustafson was chosen Homecom- ing Queen. 1956-57 .l.lC Basketball team Won lst place in the Missouri State Junior College Con- ference. Young Republicans Club was organized. Tribute was paid to .l.IC's first dean, Harry E. Blaine, who dies this year. First ,IJC Football player to be selected to play in an All-American Jr. Col- lege Bowl game was BOB SPEEDY. 1957-58 Engineer's Club was organized, Harold Burke was chosen first president and

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Two tied for Crossroads Queen: Nancy Braeckel and Jean Cillie. Dean Blaine retired, June, '47, after fifty- five years of service in education. 82 were graduated from JJC, Spring, '47. Dr. Harlan Bryant was named second dean of UC. 1947-48 New .UC library was opened. Two new courses offered: Principles and Techniques of Guidanceg and Prin- ciples of Social Security. Franklin Technical School was erected under the supervision of the Federal Works Agency and dedicated March, '48 Crossroads ranked second in National com- petition with .lunior Colleges. UC Lions Basketball team won Missouri State Conference Champions. Enrollment exceeded 600 mark. YWCA cabinet planned Service Fund Drive. 1948-49 JJC was approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dr. Harlan Bryant, dean, resigned. Enos Currey, Jr., a member of the 1939 graduating class became the first graduate of .UC to address the stu- dent body assembly, Spring, '4-9. 1949-50 The HG. I.'s Club collected baskets for the needy for Christmas. Thomas H. Flood named Dean of .l.lC. Berna Jean Taylor was Crossroads Queen. 1950-51 .UC Science Club was organized. The faculty of UC became members of the American Association of Univer- sity Professors. Phi Theta Kappa, honorary fraternity, was instituted at HC. Faculty of UC dined on fish caught by the faculty. 1951-52 .UC students staged a 'leap Year Party, Feb., ,52. Hour Town was produced for the third time in the history of the college. Dedication of Blaine Hall, November, 1946. 1949-50 CROSSROADS QUEEN: Berna .lean Taylor. 1941 CROSSROADS SPONSORS: Arthur Boles, Ada Coffey, Harry Cockel 1946-College Student Dormitories, C, I. City. An early Y.M.C.A. group.

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Ramona Kunkle was the first Engi- neers' Queen. In recognition of her professional work done in education on local, state and national levels, the Student National Education Association with a member- ship of 87, named its chapter Ada Coffey Chapter in honor of Ada Cof- fey, an instructor of JJC. Circle K gave a Christmas party in the Lion's Den for a .Ioplin orphan. Myrl Gunn was the 1st football player from .l.lC to receive the National Jr. College Athletic Association All-Amer- ican Award. 1958-59 .UC moved to its present location, 8th and Wall Sts., Fall, ,58. Math Club was organized with .lim Mor- gan its first president. 1959-60 Religious Emphasis Week observed. Harry Cockel chosen by student body as 4'The Most Beloved Professor. YWCA observed World University Service Week. S.N.E.A. held a workshop. Crossroads pays tribute to Arnold E. Irwin. Social Science instructor, who died this year. 1960-61 .UC Basketball team placed 1st in the Mo. State Jr. College Conference. Crew began the removal of the old ,UC building at 4th and Byers. First Political Workshop was held. Arnold Irwin Fund was established. Dean Litton accepted a position on the faculty of Florida State College, Spring, '60. 1961-62 Dr. Leon C. Billingsley, former member of the faculty at KSC, Pittsburg, Kansas, became the fifth dean of JJC, Fall, '61. 703 students were enrolled in classesg 300 in night classes. .l.lC host to Council of North Central Junior Colleges, Oct., ,61. COLLECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF Nurses from St. .lohrfs School of Nursing take special in- struction at the college. 1958 ,UC moved to its present location, 8th and Wall Sts. E'ngineer's Club members grow beards for St. Patriclfs cele- bration. The razing of the old Junior College