TEP-UP TO June-July 1984 Supplement to THE CHANTICLEER University has proud history, added growth On February 22, 1983, Jacksonville State Two years later the Normal School students during one term was $350 and now 6. Girls must not leave town without University celebrated its one-hundredth became a four year State Teachers College for the fall term of 1984 the tuition is $400. permission from the president, mess it be birthday. In 1883 the Jacksonville State which offered a baccalaureate degree. The During the school term of 1883-84 there under the care of the matron. Normal School was established by the college continued to grow attracting were 87 students in the Primary Depart- 7. Proper dignity and behavior are Alabama Legislature. Then it was a two- students whose interests in different fields ment, 96 students in the Intermediate required upon all occasions. year college for elementary school teachers. of majors caused a diverse curriculum. Department and 64 students in the Students now are instructed to follow the A small two-story brick building where the With the State Teachers College continuing Collegiate Department - for a total of 247 revised regulations in their student Kitty Stone Elementary School now stands, to grow, the Legislature, in 1957, changed students, not including the 25 Normal pupils. catalogue. The regulations are enforced as howed the Normal School. The small the institution's name again, this time to One hundred years later J.S.U. has ap strongly today as those in 1917 by Resident building had served as a home for a private Jacksonville State College, and a master's proximately 6,000 students. Daugette. male academy, the Grange College and the degree program was instituted. In 1959 the President Daugette, in 1917, initiated J.S.U. took another step toward its Calhoun College before becoming the new first master of science in education was seven student regulations: continuing growth. It was at this time that home of the Normal School. The institution, awarded. 1. Girls may receive young men once per the university was divided into the present in 1900, outgrew the small building and was Jacksonville State College continued to week only, and that on Sunday afternoon nine colleges, the Center for Individualized moved to the vacated @alhoun County grow rapidly from 1957 to 1966. It was on and night till ten o'clock Instruction and the department of Military Courthouse which was located in downtown November 22, 1966 that the function of the 2. No driving, riding or wallung with Science. The eight colleges include Com- Jacksonville. college changed and the name became young men except in parties and with merce and Business Administration; It was in 1908 that the Normal School Jacksonville State University. chaperones approved by the president. Education; Library Science, Com- moved again due to the growth of the in- Young men and ladies may walk from the munications, and Instructional Media; stitution. This time the schwl came back to church and Christian Associations together Criminal Justice; Nursing; Humanities and itsoriginallocation, now named Hames Hall When the Normal School was established to their homes on Sundays, but nowhere else Social Science; Music and Fine Arts; after William H. Hames, who was the 1883 in 1883, there were essentially four divisions and at no other time. Science and Mathematics; and Graduate president of the Normal School Board of - a primary department, an intermediate 3. Young ladies must not loiter at the post Studies. Directors. The building had been renovated department, a collegiate department and a office, in the stores, or on the street. From 1966 to the present J.S.U. has and expanded to house the growing school. normal professional course. As the location 4. Girls must not remain out too late; they continued to grow into a full and diverse Also constructed were two new dormitories. and the names of this university have should be in their homes at dark. university. So much of today's campus life is changed so has the tuition. In 1883 the rate of a result of the evolution for the past one The nucleus of the present campus, Bibb tuition was for a normal class-free; 5. No going out during the week days to hundred years of the Jacksonville State Graves Hall and Daugette Hall, was con- Primary Department - $0.75 per month; anything without the permission of the Normal School established in 1883. What do structed in 1927. It was in that year that the and the Intermediate Department - $1.50 president, except to prayer meetings, and the next one hundred years pld in store? Alabama Legislature, by a large ap per month. A fee of 8.00 per term of ten then when the boarding house keeper shall What will the university accomplish or propriation, guaranteed the continued months, paid in advance, was the incidental take her girls - this means they shall not go change? Only the students that care for growth and existence of the Normal School. fee for a Nqrmal pupil. In 1983 tuition for or return with young men. their future and this university know. Cole Library looms over campus By ROSANNE WEBB houses that subject. But general reference material can be The Houston Cole Library can be seen looming above the located on the second floor. trees as you approach Jacksonville, a tall, luminous Houston Cole's other floors are categorized by the sub- building, giving the effect of skyline. The Houston Cole jects contained in them in accordance with the Library of Library, all 12 floors, is an men of things to come. Congress system. They are as follows: Entering Jacksonville for the first time, you can see the 3rd floor. ..History, Archaeolom. Anthropology , library as far down Highway 21 as WalMart. Not only is it 4th floor...Business (Marketing, Management, etc.) the first landmark you see upon arriving, but it is the place 5th floor. ..Education you will be spending a great deal of your time while a 6th floor...Art, Music, Foreign Language student here at JSU. 7th floor. ..Literature The first bit of information you, as a new student, need 8th floor.. .Off ices before entering the mammoth building is that the front !I&floor...Science, Mathematics doors are only decorative. You must enter from the back lOIb floor...Twhnology, Law doors. And don't try to take a look before you have your new lltb floor... Meeting rooms JSU ID card validated. It must be presented to the security l2tb floor. ..Obsmation Deck guard before you are admitted. If all this sounds overwhelming, there is a course offered Now, once you're inside, where do you go? The lobby, to familiarize students with the library. The course is where you entered, contains an information desk. Here you Orientation to Instructional Media. It's a good choice for can check out books, as well as get information. Take the yom first semester, regardless of the major you are pur- elevator down to the basement and you'll find the card suing. catalog and newspapers. After finding where the in- formation you need is located, consult a listing posted on the The Houston Cole Library is well known among students. wall telling the floor for each subject matter. Every student will be required to use this building at some The second floor is where the microfilm carousels and point in his or her collegiate career. Familiarizing yourself general reference material are located. Specific reference with this valuable resource will save stress and worry when books for specific subjects are located on the floor that a demanding assignment is due. Freshmen placement exams vital to success By JAN DICKINSON English 101 (English Composition). This test is designed to Step Up, JSU's answer to summer orientation, began on determine the student's level of knowledge in English skills: Wednesday, Jme 13. Each of the two-day sessions covers Not only does the test make the student aware of his skill most everything the new student will need to know about level, but by placing a student in a remedial class if needed, college life at JSU. But aside from the information that the it brings him up to par with other students. This test is given studknt will receive from his attendance at a Step Up on the first day of each Step Up session at 10:30 in the session, he will also be required to submit to several tests Theron Montgomery Building auditorium. given by the university. Another test, the Mathematics Advisement Test, will be One of those tests, the mglish Placement exam, ia required of all entering studen& who do not have credit for (See TESB, Page ZB) A riahon that 15 afra~dto let its people judge huth and fdkehood in an open rnarket is a nahori that a afralci of its people --John l- Kennecly THE CHANTICLEER Steve Camp Greg Spoon Editors-in-Chief David Strickland Jamie Strickland Advertising Business Manager Melinda Gallahar Secretary Chanticleer staff welcornes students Dear StepUp Students: On behalf of the entire CHANTICLEER staff, we would like to welcome you to Jacksonville State University, the "Friendliest Campus in the South." Jacksonville State offers its students the best of both the academic and social worlds. The academic world is ex- panding rapidly at this university. A new addition to the Merrill Building, renovation completed in Ayers all, and Jacksonville- does offer night life the commencement of a new school of communications are w just a few. By GREG SPOON J'ville offers the Village Inn come to mind. Crossroads to Gadsden, Anniston, or The social world is filled with fraternity-sorority ac- Jacksonville is a fine town (on Clinton Street), and Katz are located a few other locales for these tivities, sports events, and music and drama productions.