University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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U C 0 N N . . . wffezle lmufy a Xie ,kmfhm Angers amz' The Universify of ConnecTicuT has one of The finesf herifages any campus communify can claim. We on This campus in l95l can look back proudly To The humble beginnings of Sforrs Agriculfural School in l88l. where from The good earTh sprang The roofs of a universify now known Throughouf The naTion as progressive in agriculfure. broad in The liberal arTs, disTin- guished in graduaTe work, and quesTing in research. When Dr. Alberf N. Jorgensen came To Con- necTicuT in I935 he found a small buT subsTanTial sTaTe college valianTly endeavoring To serve iTs sTaTe wiTh hopelessly inadeguafe faciliTies. l-le early decided ThaT iT was noT so much New England conservafism as iT was lack of informa- Tion ThaT was wiThholding from The college The supporT iT musT have if iT were To serve The sTaTe adequaTely. ln his firsT year Dr. Jorgensen wenT abouT The sTaTe making speeches on higher public educa- Tion To The people of ConnecTicuT. l-le Talked in nearly every Town and aT every crossroad and To almosT any group ThaT would lisTen. During The session of The ConnecTicuT General Assembly which convened in January IQ37. in an afmosphere ThaT sizzled wiTh Talk of economy and balanced budgeTs, plans were presenTed for The expansion of ConnecTicuT STaTe College. OuT of ThaT session came virfual approval of The College's enTire building program. A young buT experienced educaTor, Dr. Jorgensen real- ized ThaT The faciliTies The sTaTe promised would be meaningless To The fuTure of The college wiTh- ouT an adequafe sfaff of Teachers. who, like himself, would become embued wiTh The chal- lenge presenTed by The opporTuniTy To make This insTiTuTion amongsT The besT of The naTion's higher educaTional schools. Dr. Jorgensen began To search for such educafors. 6

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Funzilim' 5001108 Along T110 lfmnpus Walks Physical expansion inevirably was Jrhe lirsl slep in The program. Many line new buildings arose in Jrhe nexl years-rhe Wilbur Cross Library, a disrinclive Colonial American building lhar has become a campus landmark: an engineering building: a home economics building: men's and women's dormilories. The Alwalrer Laboralory for Jrrealmenl and research in animal diseases received a needed new wing. Old buildings were remodeled: live miles of resurfaced roads were added: miles of sidewalks and new alhlelic fields became realily. I In i939 anorher achievemenl was reached- lhe slale college became Jrhe Universily of Con- neclricur. ' ' , fslwwwf' rw ,P ,f -.wN,v,f,gfg-fapfi V : s ea-5 rf fm-sr-fm:-:.g,..,,gi. :-haf:-ez.-i:,H,,:7 Zi-:ami?ff.w'6z-,za-::., M , AP, Y f. A' A- I agus -W - 1, g t' M.-fz,'AZ if W ,G f s - ' rf -' -iwsef. gy., f- 1:-, . J f , '43 9.1 32-' ,. 'f ', .gggggwmffqw j www - if ', Q . , -cufe fg big jr. 4-5 fwfr' sw su V 1.5 My -aa. -4. 1 as W ' 1 ' ,wav -.14 gi '19, . of s a Q f r f V J A' f ' W' ' 2 YM s M? c A,f,., ,. .-vs. , as ,4-Q-ea syym. a+ -2, 'V 4: ' 4 Y, gwfff Xwin 1 96543454 1' x y e?'?'fQ0 Q ' rfist. V, pr v w-, f f Q is ' Q X- -. ,eff -V ,uf ,, ' 4