Arlington State College - Reveille Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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Z ' g 2 vi.. pgmp. ,lu Students pause to chat before classes in the Science Building, completed in 1962. The department offers degrees through the Master of Science level.

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90 Eager Students - U T Arlington in I 8.95 With a minimum of ingredients-one block of land, a two-story frame building, 85,000 capital, 90 eager students and a handful of faculty-L. M. Hammond and H. W. Trimble fashioned Arlington College in 1895. Seventy- four years and seven name changes later, the college has emerged as The University of Texas at Arlington with 257 acres of land, 338,000,000 worth of facilities, over 400 teach- ers and 12,500 students. As a private school, a military school and finally, a state-supported institution, the school has grown with its sur- roundings. Located in an area whose population has grown from 75,000 to over 2,000,000 in the 74 years of the school's history, UT Arlington can claim a proud heritage of change and growth as well as a promising future as a vitally modern university. In 1970, the school will celebrate its 75th anniversary as an in- stitution of higher learning and its third an- niversary as UTA. E. H. Hereford Student Center was named Ln memory of a former prestdent of what was then Arlington State College The Unwerszty of Texas name was adopted Ln 1967 g I , . .

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Established midway between Dallas and Fort Worth in 1895, Arlington College func- tioned as a private school for seven years. It became Carlisle Military Academy 1902- 1913. At this time, an Army ROTC program was initiated. The school was later known as Arlington Training School, 1913-1916, and Arlington Military Academy, 1916-1917. In 1917, after 10 years of effort on the part of community leaders, the school was incorporated into the Texas A8rM System as a state-supported institution. It was given junior college status and was named Grubbs Vocational College. The four-year school, in- cluding the last two years of high school and the first two years of college, offered courses in agriculture, home economics, manual train- ing, commercial skills such as typing and shorthand, woodworking and mechanical drawing. The name was changed in 1923 to The North Texas Agricultural College. A broad educational program was developed at NTAC, including liberal arts, fine arts and pre-pro- fessional courses in architecture, engineering, law and medicine. In addition, terminal pro- grams in aeronautical technology and elec- trical technology were available. In 1939, the college was fully accredited as a junior college by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and in 1949, it was the largest state-supported junior college in Texas. Under the name Arlington State Col- lege, the school began a decade of unpre- cedented change and growth from 1949-1959. Carlisle Hall rises above the Administration Building and Preston Hall, both long-time landmarks.