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T: That was probably around 1938, because I think Mrs. Tillman had
left a year before World War II.
M: How big was P. K. Yonge when you came?
T: One room of each elementary grade, to eighth.
M: And it would have been in what is now Norman Hall?
T: So were the college parts.
M: They had education classes and P. K. Yonge at the same place. Well,
that was because they had the students helping with the classes?
T: No, because there were, I think, just three or four college instructors
at that time.
M: Do you remember who they were?
T: Dean [James William] Norman, Dr. [Glenn Ballard] Simmons, Dr.
[Joseph Richard] Fulk, Dr. [Edward Walter] Garris.
M: How long did you teach then until you moved up to your. .
T: Oh, I kind of think it was 1948, but I don't remember.
M: And you became what in 1948?
T: An instructor.
M: Then you were an instructor until you retired, or. ...
T: Assistant professor.
M: In 1948, what did you.start teaching? What was the class that
you taught when you quit teaching at P. K. Yonge?
T: I think it was a curriculum class and worked with students in the
school. Most of us worked with students in the schools.
M: You just taught that one course then.
T: I don't remember.
M: Students back then, were they any different than they are today?
Of course, there are a lot more women going to college in general
today, but what were the students like back then?
T: They came to class.