East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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Faculty —Only a small staff was needed to ac¬ commodate the instruction needs of the small stu¬ dent body of the early years. It is pictured here on the left. Pictured on the right is the mammoth staff needed for today’s huge enrollment. Buildings —In the beginning the college was lo¬ cated in one building, the Administration Build¬ ing, pictured at the left, which stood isolated in the center of the campus. Today the Ad Build¬ ing, at the right, is but one of hosts of structures in which the college’s extensive activities and serv¬ ices are carried on. Page 9

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East Tennessee State College has grown vastly since its founding forty-five years ago. On the following pages, pairs of contrasting pictures of aspects of college life will illustrate the phenomenal progress which has characterized the school’s development since the doors first opened for classes in the fall of 1911. Students—On the left is one of the college’s earliest student bodies. To the right is a recent graduating class, itself almost as large as the en¬ tire early enrollment. I Page 8

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Auditorium —At first the college ' s public pro¬ grams could easily be conducted in a small audi¬ torium, located in the Ad Building and pictured at the left. Now the college has, situated in Memorial Building, one of the most spacious au¬ ditoriums in the entire South. An interior scene picturing one of the typical overflowing crowds which pack the building regularly for entertain¬ ment, civic, and religious events is shown at the right. Sports —In the early days the college had en¬ thusiastic but small athletic teams which partici¬ pated in intercollegiate sports on only a modified scale. One of the basketball squads is shown at the left. Today college teams in all major sports are successfully active participants in noted area, Page 10