University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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DEAN PAUL ANDERSON Tine College of E ngineermg The year 1921-22 marked a change in the College of Engineering. “Little Paul,” the dean, like Elijah of old, was called upon for a still greater work, and upon whom should his mantle fall? Upon whom other than Professor W. E. Freeman, a man he had helped to train, one imbued with the same ideals and principles for which the “Kentucky Engineer” is noted. Therefore, it could hardly be termed a change after all. Service, the epitome of the engineering profession, was still the basic principle taught, and in order to render better that service, necessitated the knowledge of something other than purely technical. Today the engineer has come to deal more with human nature than with the laws of nature. For this reason he can no longer be merely a technician. Now he is dealing with the forces which obey no fixed laws and therefore requires a broader knowledge in order to fulfill better the modern conception of engineering, i. e., the art of organizing and directing men and of controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race. A Senior Engineer. Page sixteen

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HERE is not a happier, more congenial family of students on the campus than that tc be found on the third floor of the Natural Science Building. This family of students compose the College of Law. 1 his college was organized in 1 908, and since that time it has trained and fitted hundreds of Kentuckians for the practice of law. The purpose of the College of Law is twofold. First, it was organized primarily for the purpose of fitting and preparing men and women of Kentucky for service in the legal profession. To this end every student is given a thorough knowledge not only of the statute law and Code of Kentucky but also of the fundamental principles that govern the legal relations between persons. Second, the College of Law endeavors not only to make lawyers, but, what is vastly more important, it has for its aim the making of citizens. Every student is made to feel that respect for law and organized government that charac- terizes the good citizen. The College cf Law is indeed fortunate in having at its head Dean W. T. Lafferty. It was Dean Lafferty who was given the task of organizing the college back in 1908. How well he has succeeded can best be appreciated when one notes the growth of the college during its brief existence of thirteen years. It has grown both in numbers and in efficiency, until today, though still in its infancy, it ranks among the best law schools in the country. Dean Lafferty is more than the executive head of the college. He is the personal friend and adviser of every student in the department. It is to him that every embryonic lawyer goes when he feels the need of advice or assistance, and no one is ever denied either. It is he who, like a father, chides and praises each of his “lawyers,” always exhorting and inspiring each to be a better lawyer and a finer citizen. A Senior “Lawyer.” Page eighteen