Tennessee Technological University - Eagle Yearbook (Cookeville, TN)

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PRELUDE T0 TENNESSEE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE A DREAM COME TRUE, 1909-1915 alles! alle es ' I Qitvptrnxzbcv 2, l'iYl.'?.p - Zfzall 5,1-rm Einmmrg 13, 12333 M- Smfgarizag Qfvrni Around the turn of the century, Jere Whitson, a Cookeville merchant, donated I2 acres of land upon which to begin the construction of Dixie University lCollegej. Several of the buildings of the Tennessee Technological University today stand on this spot of land. Witli an endless ellort, Whitson and other inter- ested citizens built Dixie College. School opened September 2, 1912, in a building that was still under construction. lt was the only building that was con- structed during the short lile of Dixie College, and it stood where Derryberry Hall stands today. The foundation to a Bible school was laid where the Memorial Health and Physical Education Building is now located. The Bible school was something special to the Dixie Board of Directors, but the dream of a special building for the school faded shortly after the establishment olf the Tennessee Poly- technic Institute in 1916. The founders of Dixie College had two pur- poses in mind when they thought of how the school would serve the student: it would prepare the stu- dent for entrance to the state colleges, and it would Ifurnish a practical education for those who could not go to college 1909-Nov. 18-Charter granted for Dixie Uni- versity l9Il-May IG-Construction began on main building 1912-Sept. 2-School opened 1914-August-Dixie merged with Putnam County High School 1915-April 5-Dixie closed IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII APPRECIATION lllemhers of lhe Eagle slaff are inclelzlerl lo sev- Howard G. Ashburn Frances Lee eral jie-rsons' who were hizzcl enough lo loan us jilctuwres and other malermls for rejn'ofl'11ctiov'z in the lzisloriczll section of this hook. Attempting lo list names of all the persons who hrwe helped 'us wottlfl he cm impossible lash, lhere- fore, we have llslefl here those persons who furnlshecl IIS iIlCl7.H'6.S'. There were 7I1.ll'l'I.j' olher jfersorzs who helped its identify jiielures zmrl gave 'IIS suggestions. To those listed here fmfl to others who helped us, we say thfznlfs. -gEdit01,S Lisa Bedford VViIanne Little H. D. Craun Sidney McGee Joan Derryberry Mildred McGiboney Allison Ensor, jr. Luke Medley John M. Frazier Jimmy Miller Ima Scott Hill YV. C. Moore Robert Hutchinson B. H. Murphy IIIIIIIllllIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIllIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIllIIIIlIIIIIIllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Page 18