University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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WILLIAM L. DUREN, JR. Dean of the College KEITH WOOD JAY CORSON President I'irr-Prnident SCHOOLOF The University was founded under the name of Central College by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Mon- roe, and a group from Albermarle County. Three years later the General Assembly chartered the University. Thomas Jefferson became the first Rector of the Board of Visitors. Continued growth for over a century has resulted in the establishment of professional Schools of Law, Medicine, Engineering, Education, and the School of Graduate Stud- ies. In 1954 the School of Architecture, the Graduate School of Business Administration, and the McIntire School of Commerce were set up as schools separate from the College of Arts and Sciences. As a result of the separation of the various professional departments, the college is now re- stricted to applicants for degrees in the liberal and fine arts and in the natural sciences. During the 1850,s the University really came into its own. The enrollment rose from 138 in 1845 to 645 in 1856, for the Southern students were leaving Northern colleges and coming to Virginia. This necessitated an increase in the number of buildings in the University, and many annexes were built to accommodate the new influx of students. The University continued to function during the War Between the States, though the enrollment only averaged about 64 students. In 1904, Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, President of Tulane University, was elected the first President of the University of Virginia. He served with distinction until his death in 1931, when he was succeeded by the late Dr. John Lloyd Newcomb. Upon President NewcomUs retirement in 1947, Colgate W. Darden, Jr. was appointed as his successor, and he continues in that capacity today. OFFICERS KEITH WOOD ...................................... Prt'sidmr JAY CORSON ................................... I'irr-Pn'sidenl CHARLES RIDDLE ..................................Srrrelary SYD HARDIE ....................................... Trrasurrr TED SCARBOROUGH ............................... Historian

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LAWRENCE R. QUARLE$ Dean of the School of Engineering BERYL C. STICKLEY ROYALL B. FERGUSON Prtxidtnt Fitr-Prmidrn! 24 SCHOOLOF What is today known as Civil Engineering was included in Jeffersonk educational plan for the University of Vit- ginia, but was originally called Civil Architecture. Under Charles S. Venable, the School of Applied Mathe- matics, the first permanent School of Engineering was es- tablished in 1867, and in 1890 the first engineering degrees awarded in the South were granted to four Civil Engineer- ing graduates of the University. In 1905 William M. Thorn- ton, for many years the guiding spirit of engineering edu- cation at the University, was appointed as the first Dean of the School of Engineering and held that position until 1926. Under Dean Lawrence R. Quarles, graduate programs in Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering have been instituted. Having once been the smallest professional school in the University, the School of Engineering recently has become the largest. Present indications are that its growth will continue. Engineering students find an outlet for extta-cutticuia interest through participation in the several professional fraternities connected with the School and in the two po- litical societies which administer student affairs. The Engi- neering Open House, and the Southern Regional Con- vention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers were the highlights of the 1956-1957 session for the School of Engineering. OFFICERS BERYL C. STICKLEY ............................... Presidrnl ROYALL B. FERGIVSON ......................... I'lirf-Prml'dfnl ARTHUR B. HANCOCK ............................. Sl'ert'fary ROBERT E. ANEVVALT ............................. Trrasun'r