Scavenger Hunt Answer Key
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| When was MTSU established? |
1911 |
| Name the original four buildings on campus. |
President's House, Rutledge Hall, Main
[now KOM], and Dining Hall [now Alumni Center] |
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The second football field was named Horace Jones Field. Who
was Horace Jones? |
Son of the first
president of the Normal School and a math instructor and athletic
recruiter in the 1920s and 1930s |
| What were the names of the four original literary societies
on campus? |
Dromgoole, Claxton, Grady, and Murfree |
| Name two crops grown on campus in the late 1920s and early
1930s. |
Alfalfa and cotton |
| What other college was in town until about 1950? |
Tennessee College for Women |
| When was the name "Blue Raiders" chosen? |
1934 |
| When were blue and white chosen as the school colors? |
1912 |
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In what year did enrollment first pass 10,000? |
1971 |
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What did women students do
for fun in the 1930s? |
Sports (especially
basketball and tennis), hiking, picnicking, scrapbooking |
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Name one special rule that applied to women in the 1930s. |
Could not go driving with a "young man" without a chaperone! |