University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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of graduates in the last three years exceeding that of the first thirty. With the close of the present collegiate year four addi- tional buildings will be completed to adorn the campus—a spacious home for the College of Agriculture, Department of Education, Mining Laboratory and Carnegie Library. Such healthful growth indicates the fact that Kentucky will have soon established a State University that will compare favorably in every respect with those of her wealthier sister States. Any historical sketch of the State University would be in- complete without a reference to one man, its present and only President, James Kennedy Patterson, whose ceaseless and de- voted efforts have been the most potent factor in the development of the institution from its infancy to its present condition of vigorous maturity. His administration during the last twenty- five years has witnessed an increase in the number of buildings on the campus from two to twelve; an increase of about forty in the number of instructors, and of students in attendance nearly one thousand. Not only has the College made great advancement along material lines and in the quantity of students, but, what is more important, in the quality of its graduates. For many years past there has been a constant advance in the curriculum of each department, thus raising the entrance requirements to a higher and higher standard. The history of the past year truly indicates that another turning point in the life of the institution has been reached— the transition from a College to the rank of a University. This advance was recognized by the General Assembly in its last ses- sion by a change of title from the A. and M. College to the State University, and an appropriation of two hundred thousand dol- lars, the largest sum that has ever before been received at one time by any educational institution in Kentucky. The bill also provides for the establishment of a College of Law and a College of Medicine and Surgery. With a great University at the head of the school system of our Commonwealth, and a growing liberality toward the cause of education on the part of the Legislature, we may safely predict a higher place for the name of Kentucky in the list of states and a brighter future for her worthy citizenship. PRESIDENT PATTERSON IN HIS OFFICE 19

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Cassius M. Clay Hyvvell Davis Richard C. Stoll TERM EXPIRES 1914 Lewis L. Walker R. N. Wathen Henry S. Barker Claude B. Terrell Tibbis Carpenter William T. Lafferty Denny P. Smith TERM EXPIRES 1912 21