University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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IIS fan iSi HhHHI From accounting and statistics . . . . . . To animal husbandry and poultry raising. A long dash tor a third-floor eight o ' clock. After four years ... a diploma and a name on senior walk. — i— i- jfU. i 7 J

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presentation of an elaborate and carefully planned pageant portraying the history of the University and its service to the state. I he depression for a time stymied the growth of the University, but in 1933 President Futrall presented an application to the federal Emergency Administration of Public Works for the construction of a library building, a chemistry building in Fayetteville and a medical building in Little Rock. Within a few years there were three other projects: the field house and Razorback hall; the stadium and practice field; and the jgfjZur.- student union, classroom building, and home economics building. Not even so far-seeing a man as President Futrall could realize that within ten years this stadium would have to be enlarged, and that the field house could accommodate only half the students at a basketball game. Returning from a business trip to Little Rock in September, 1939, President Futrall was killed instantly in a collision with a truck. At the age of thirty-four, J. W. Fulbright, now Arkansas’ junior senator, became his successor and the youngest president of a state university. The medals awarded on Honors’ Day to the best senior student in each college are the results of his interest in the superior student. World War II introduced the modern era of the University of Arkansas. Its full impact was to fall upon the I larding administration, whose inaugura¬ tion marked the beginning of this period. The college year of 1942-43 saw students in civilian pilot training, the pre-radar unit, and the Army Air corps unit. The majority of male students were in Army uniform. Many Arkansas correspondence courses were included in those offered by the Armed Forces Institute. Reports on assignments were received from service men all over the world; some came through the Red Cross from German prison camps. A notable increase in gifts and grants made possible certain useful activities. Approval was given for a permanent bureau of research. The appointment of a permanent athletic committee reflected the growing interest in University athletics. The seventy-fifth anniversary convocation, celebrating the beginning of class work in 1872, was held in the field house on January 22, 1947. On that day, the Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of Bennington College, Vermont, had accepted the presidency of the University. Untiring in his efforts, Dr. Jones has communicated to the state his own con¬ fidence in the ability of the University to have a major part in the progress and development of Arkansas. His efforts were a great contributing factor to the construction of the newly completed Fine Arts building, one of the finest uni¬ versity art centers in the nation. “The University of Arkansas has the courage and vigor of youth,” Dr. Jones once stated, “and is not bound in the habits which were appropriate in situations which ha ve passed away. I am convinced that it is from the great state universities of the Mississippi Basin, and of the Southern and Western parts of this country, that the creative movements which will shape the des¬ tinies of America, and therefore of our whole civilization, are most likely to come.” The founders of little Arkansas Industrial University would be astounded at its growth. And the University of Arkansas continues to grow, constantly expanding to meet the needs of the people and students of Arkansas.

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Fayeiteville, from the inside looking out. iv, The towers of Old Main looked down on the very beginnings of the campus, in 1875. The other buildings have come in various later phases, though, down to the very modern, very complete hne arts center. And today, one couldn’t imagine the campus without each building, each walk, as it ls now. The traditional and the functional, the old and the new, together form a campus with beauty, charm, and a distinct personality. Opposite page—Fine Arts Center, pride of the campus, glows in the dark. Landmark of landmarks, the North Tower of Old Main.