Middle Tennessee State University was founded in 1911 as a two-year
training school for teachers and has since evolved through myriad
changesain name, in size, in administration, and in academic and
athletic resources. Change has also swept through the campus with
the ebb and tide of the American climate during some of the
twentieth centuryas most turbulent eras, including World Wars I and
II, the New Deal period, and the Civil Rights Movement. What has
remained steadfast through the years at this revered Tennessee
institution is a commitment to excellence, and a faculty, staff,
and student body in constant pursuit of the rewards of higher
education. Located on a 500-acre campus in Murfreesboro, Middle
Tennessee State University boasts a wide array of opportunities for
a student population of nearly 20,000. Courses in everything from
agriscience to aerospace, from criminal justice to the recording
industry offer budding scholars a chance to explore a wide variety
of disciplines, while they also enjoy participating in team sports,
academic societies, and social organizations. Within
these pages, students, alumni, and friends of the university will
travel down memory lane through a unique photographic tribute to
the Blue Raiders. Images of dormitories in the 1920s, World War II
campus drills, the first Greek organizations, General MacArthuras
visit, homecoming floats, band performances, and early sports teams
illuminate the schoolas colorful history.
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