Georgia Institute of Technology - Blueprint Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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wk YEAR . .... . if close of the 1908-1918 decade the number was substantially above one thousand. This welcome increase in enrollment was accompanied by a similar growth in physical size and curricula variety. Five new buildings were erected, the most outstanding of which were the Hospital, resulting from a Carnegie donationg the Y. M. C. A. Building, given by the Rockefeller Foundationg and the Military Building, which was to play an important part in Tech's life during the war. The Architecture and Co-operative De- partments were addedg the latter, coming in answer to the growi demands of in- dustry, gave evidence that Tech was abreast of the times. Duel r ely to the efforts of the Anali Society, the Technique began to be published in 1911. Growth of ac- credited high schools in the South allowed the Sub-apprentice Class to be abolished, and the other groups to be given their present classifications. The close of the decade brought the war and the beginnings of a war-time situation to Tech. Gpening its fourth decade of life, Georgia Tech offered itself whole-heartedly to the government in support of war preparation. The entire school was placed under military supervision, and every student was required to live on the campus. To ac- complish this, cots were placed in all available rooms, and tents dotted the campus. Approximatelylfive hundred students were sent over in the summer of 1918, and those who returned in February were given credit for a semesteris worlc. After the war another period of expansion set in. A serious campaign for a uGreater Techs' resulted in many contributions by friends and alumni, and these gifts in turn resulted in new and modernly equipped buildings. Nine new buildings were constructed by 1928. Graduate study in many courses, General Science, and Ceramic Engineering also came to Tech in this period. President Matheson, after seventeen years of faithful service, resigned in 1922 to become president of ' exel Institute. His successor and our pres- ent president, Dr. M. L. Brittain, has been argely responsible for the constant develop- ment of Tech since 1922. Recognition of Tech as a leader in inter-collegiate athletics became a reality in the fifth decade. On January 1, 1929, the Golden Tornado of Georgia Tech defeated the Golden Bears of the University of California to win, in the Tournament of Roses Con- test at Pasadena, the football championship of the world for that year. This ad- vancement in athletics can be attributed in a large measure to Coach William Alexander, Director of Athletics. Other activities kept pace with athletics. Many outstanding honor societies and engineering groups recognized Tech with their chapters. This period has also seen the culmination of the uGreater Techu drive and has realized fully the benefits of it. By the aid of the Works Progress Administration and through gifts, new buildings have continued to be erected. The Aeronautical Building and the Depart- ment of Aeronautical Engineering came to Tech as a result of a gift of the Guggenheim Board. The latest departments added, General Engineering and lndustrial Manage- ment, serve to complete a well-rounded variety of courses from which the prospective student may chfse. An enrollment of twenty-three hundred and titty students in the schoolls fiftieth year indicates that the number of these prospective students will grow even larger in the years to come. This, briefly, is a record of Georgia Techqs first fifty years. To say that Tech has reached its height would be a gross misstatementg but, to say that it has progressed substantially and will continue to do so in the future would be a statement justified by this record. M 'k

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1' Ki 'Y 4- 1,8751 Have brought progress, growth, and achievement, and have revealed the expansion of a school from a mere idea to a Hourishininstitution which ranlcs with the outstanding technical schools of the world. Georgia Te h began as a resolution of the General As- sembly of Georgia in 1882. This resolution established a commission of five men which, headed by the Honorable N. E. Harris, in 1886, chose Atlanta as the site for Georgia Tech. By means of an appropriation from the State, this commission purchased tive acres of land and erected on it two buildings-the Academic Building, which still stands, and the old Shop Building, which was destroyed by tire in 1892. Justly proud of these meag assets as a beginning, the Georgia School of Technology opened its doors on the sgenth day of Qctober, 1888. The nrst decade of Techqs existence was largely a period of entrenchment. It found the school digging in, seelcing a foundation, rather than growing to any appreciable extent. The campus consisted merely of two buildings and nine acres of rough, un- cleaned land, surrounded by a few unpaved, deeply-rutted streets. One hundred and twenty-nine students entered in the fall of 1888 and were divided into four groups: the Apprentice Class, now called Freshman, the Junior Class, now the Sophomoreg the Middle Class, now the Jiwworg and, the Senior Class. Later, due to the laclc of prep- aration of students, a Sub-apprentice Class was established and served until 1916 to instruct students in high school subjects. Dr. 1. Hopkins ed ably as Tech's first president until his health failed in 1896. He was succeede y Dr. Lyman Hall, Professor of Mathematics and a graduate of West Point. Mechanical Engineering was the only course of study available until 1896, at which time the demands of busi- ness for more specialized engineers brought about the installation of Electrical and Civil Engineering. This addition was the beginning of the most important evidence of Techqs growth-the constant increase in variety of its curricula. For the first few years no student activities or athletic sports existed at Tech. These began to develop in the nefdecade, under the impetus of the famous football game of which General Wood almost single-handedly defeated the University of Georgia. A period of slow but constant growth marlced Techqs existence from 1888 to 1898. Campus life became something other than mere class attending. The coming of an able director of athletics, Mr. W. Heisman, opened the door for inter-collegiate sports, and through that door a constant parade of outstanding athletes has passed, ever growing in quality and number. The M. A. was operating on a sound basis by the year 1907. The BLUE PRINT and Yeffow jacket came, established themselves, and fur- nished valuable experience for students in journalistic activities. Physical growth of the school was evidenced by the addition of Knowles Dormitory, the Textile Building, Swann Hall, the Electrical Building, the Presidentqs home, the Chemistry Laboratory, and the Library. Textile Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry came to fulfill the desires of students and industry for more variety in specialized engineers. Much of this expansion was the direct result of the able leadership of Dr. K. G. Matheson, who succeeded Dr. Hall as president in 1905. That Dr. Matheson labored constantly for the betterment of Techievidenced by the progress of the school during the next two decades. The next decade of Techqs history saw a marlced increase in enrollment. Under President Ha1l the number of students reached thesfiye hundred mark, but shortly thereafter a sharp increase brought the total to within one thousand marlc. By the J' I-IESE PIFTY

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