Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Classes ln I-lctiun Students in the act of learning of another age and those of the present are shown here. Hair styles and costumes are dif- ferent, of course, but the students are much the same. The real change has come in the opportunities and facilities offered to them. The history of the Teachers College is one of continued growth in curriculum and instruction for the training of teachers. After loseph Baldwin made arrangements for using the old Cumberland Academy building, he selected the following five persons as the first instructors: Professor and Mrs. F. L. Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Greenwood, and Prof. W. P. Nason. Now in l942 the faculty numbers between sixty and seventy persons with a corresponding increase in courses offered. Under the present organization the curricula are offered for a two-year course for rural and four year courses for elementary teachers, high school teachers and the Bachelor of Arts degree. ln the early years of the college, library facilities were extremely meager and it was during President Blanton's admin- istration that a beginning was made. The first state appropria- tion was 32,500 in l89U, which was used for departmental libraries. ln l9U3 a large new building was constructed, and all books were classified under the Dewey decimal system with Miss Ophelia Parrish as librarian. ln l924-l925 the Pickler Memorial Library was erected.

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