Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Parents spend a day on campus Proud parents wait to register at our Parents' Day festivities. Student social committee serves parents at reception on their day. '47 Student Council president, Gary Hendren, wel comes the honored guests in sociability hall.

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Some students come to college for books. Others come for parties. But the majority of students who come to KSTC have a broader goal in mind. They come to the Teachers College first to learn facts and then to learn how to apply them. For the enterprising student the campus is a community with all the cultural and social opportunities of a metropolis. Every week the stage is set for spectacular entertainment---classical or jazz, international celebrities or student stars. Every student has his interests. Every department has its followers. And to fulfill the interests of the students and the departments there are lectures and activities every week. This is campus life at KSTC. Not just books and classes. Not merely parties. But dances and plays, concerts and lectures, work and play are all an intricate part of the life in this campus com- munity. Features : Nit in., ,L ligase ' , 'Q , 4 mln., 4 - 'lv rf.:-'imma Y, ,. gram g ,, wi4'i,,1,!Q-1-'asia . . 'tue 1 g!lfg,Q.,, Wai 4 .- Y ,-t N. ii 1' fr 'zfi-'i:i35'3 ji.. , f,,.Qr 'h V. f V, ig '- L, -it xlt,,in,wfQZa'ff H V 'www gsgagsiiisif -ni Q7 4 Lf fgwifigv .4

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Baton twirling classes have been offered in the College Aca- demic program since 1939. Karl Thurman, International Men's Twirling Champion joined the faculty, later to be assisted by his sister, Mary Evelyn. Thur- man's College Baton Twirling and Dance was established in 1950, which conducts summer twirling clinics on nine college campuses. In 1959 a National Educa- tional College Sorority and Fra- ternity for Baton Twirlers and Dancers was founded on the KS TC campus under the guiding hands of President Walter H. Ryle, Dr. P. O. Selby, Dean Emeritus, and Mary Evelyn Thurman. Charter chapters, Beta Tau Delta Sorority and Beta Tau Alpha Fraternity, are the only ones of their kind in existence. Marianne Giovannani, Seated: Lavonne Stewart, Donna Matthews, Pat LaBrier, Lorrie Mills. Standing: Lana Smith, Etta Sue Drew, Mary Thurman, instructor, Linda Luther, Emily Lowe. Baton twirling makes history President Ryle presents the twirling trophy to the outstanding student at the summer clinic. Mary Thurman, KSTC Baton Twirl- ing Instructor. 25