Middle Tennessee State Teachers College
1925 - 1942
Timeline
| 1925 | Name change to Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (four-year institution): first issue of Side-Lines student newspaper |
| 1926 | First issue of yearbook Midlander; Frank Faulkinberry becomes basketball/football coach; first Bachelor of Science awarded |
| 1927 | Lyon Hall, second residence hall for women, erected and named for President Lyon |
| 1931 | Science Hall completed |
| 1934 | Daily News Journal contest to name athletic teams won by football guard Charles Sarver ('36) with "Blue Raiders" |
| 1935 | Johnny "Red" Floyd becomes football coach |
| 1938 | Quintin Miller Smith ('13) becomes third president, serves until 1957 |
| 1939 | Associated Student Body forms and adopts constitution; Charles Miller ('39) and Kathryn Meadows ('39) elected president and vice president |
| 1942 |