Tennessee State University - Tennessean Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Dr. Gore, Dr. Thomas E. Poag, Head of the Department of Humanities, and President Davis were the only full-time faculty members with doctoral level preparation in 1943. But earned degrees did not adequately describe the strength of that faculty of thirty-four persons. Surrmmding Dr. Davis at that time were eol-lege teachers who were in the Infaht- stages of their legendary careers. The 1943-1944 Catalog Number of The Bulletin listed the faculty according to d1v1510ns as follows: George W. Gore, In, Dean DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE ' Robert L. Bailey, Neal McAlpin and Walter S. Davrs DIVISION OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Mildred E. Clift, Harriet E. Hale, Lewis R. Holland, Mary L. Parham, and Marie R. Gran! DIVISION OF EDUCATION . Lois H. Daniel, Carlton Goodlett, George W. Gore, Jr., Wlllette K. Goodlett, John Hale, Robert Haskins, Eunice Matthew, Marie B. Strange, Zelma L. Redmond, Frances A. Sanders and Donald H. Turpin DIVISION OF ENGINEERING Theodore Gould and Forrest Strange DIVISION OF HOME ECONOMICS Christine Alexander, Catherine B. McKinney and Frances E- Thompson DIVISION OF LIBERAL ARTS . Laura M. Averitte, Alger V. Boswell, Merl R. Eppse, ILOUIS D. Green, Thomas H. Hughes, Alma D. Jones, Fredenck J. .D' McKinney, Thomas E. Poag, Alma T. Watkins and Ralelgh Wilson. 1. George W. Gore. Jr. who were at the time young and energetic, but, of more value, they were loyal to the This f d of ersons . . . . . aculty was compose p The quality oftheir service has been memorlahzed by the naming ofbmldmgs for president and to the emerging university. - . , . some and the recording of names ofothers In a vanety ofpermstmg forms.

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THE DAVIS ADMINISTRATION i .- d f . . - . . 4 . . g; r . .- Dr. Walter S. Davis served as acting president of the collcgc from September 1, 1943 until he was appointed president in November of 1943 by the State Board of Education. Dr. Davis was being inaugurated as a president of a young public black col- lege in a state that had a long history of racial segregation and me herent discrimination. Dr. Davis stated the major goal for his administration was to develop ha class university. To achieve the goals for the improvement ofthe academic area, the new president was fortunate to have Phetacflffmisiiltiigg. ship of Dr. George W. Gore, Dean ofthe College. At that timepr. Gore had completedtwenly-years 0f servuce .0 C6 started dur- During this time he had performed every type ofacademic actlvllty that the coltegc requured. HIS teachlrag experifrginistrative ap- ing his first year appointment and continued without interruptlon eacept during study leavessliils aca emit: a F r Dr Gore pointmem was not limited to the deanship. In 1943 he was also servmg as Dlrectar of the. D1v1510h 0f Educauon. H0 5 eht con: teaching and dual administrative responsibilities were not enough to eqnsume h1s seemlngly tmhmned energy. the mpwerc the siderable time counseling individual students. He also advised and organized student orgamzatlons. Chief among 5 . . ' s honor society, Alpha Kappa Mu, and the yearbook staff. Serving as adwsor 10 the yearbook staff was the type of actwny that wa among those most treasured by Dean Gore.

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. . . ' 1 Faculty Devefopmenr. President Davis began at once to Increase the SIZC of his faculty, and lg strengthen 11.. He 33:51:16 prospective faculty members who already had the terminal degree and eneou raged those who did not to pursue gra the study. The catalog for the second year 0944-19451 of his administration indicated that the fullstime doctorates on . . . . . . - he faculty had been mereased from the ongmal three to nine members. The 51x new doctorates and their a551gnments at 1 college were as follows: tn Dr. Hubert B. Crouch, Head ofthe Department of Science and Professor of Bioiogy t21Dr. OsearJ. Chapman, Professor of Education and Psychology 01 Dr. Carl M. Hill, Professor ofChemistry t41 Dr. Earl L. Sasser, Professor of English t51 Dr. Jessee J. Mark, Associate Professor of Agronomy t61 Dr. Virginia 8. Nyabongo, Associate Professor of Romance Languages - . . - alic. For the next two years 1th gain In the number offaeulty members w1th doctoral level preparation was not as dram . . he The catalog for 1946-47 shows twelve full-timc doctorates on the faculty. Four new names In thls group were i following: tn Dr. Major F. Spaulding, Head of the Department and Professor of Agronomy 01 Dr. Edward Ferguson, Jr., Professor of Biology 131 Dr. Marian A. Richards, Associate Professor of Biology 011 Dr. Myron B. Towns, Professor of Chemistry Even at this early period in the Davis administration two persons whom he appointed to academic leadershlp 130:: tions were demonstrating their new legendary capability for deve10ping strong faculties4 Dr. Hubert Crouch m ld- Department 0fBiOlOgy had added two additional doctorates to that department, and Dr. Carl Hill had added an ad ' tional doctorate to the Chemistry Department. When Dr. Davis began his nineteenth year of service as president in the Fall of 1961, the faculty contained 1': ftyf-fouj full-time and sixteen part-tirne instructors with doctoral level preparation. This stands in sharp contrast 10 the nngtna three full-time and three part-time doctorates with which he began. At this time the faculty had naturally grown m 517.6;- The fifty'four fullelime doctorates constituted 24 percent of the full-time faculty of 223. When viewed From tlns perspective the significance of the growth in faculty strength is evident as compared to only nine percent of the thirty four full-time faculty members in 1943.