University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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higher standard for the admission to the bar, and trusts that it will greatly enhance the importance of the Law School. Never before in the history of the university has there been such progress, such a bright prospect for extensive development and added scope of usefulness. Dr. McVey has made his presence seem a veritable wand of enchantment. It has suffered greatly from the war, but it only offered another opportunity to demonstrate its service. The student battalion was practically transformed into a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and a Signal Corps Training School was instituted. The buildings of the campus are now being put in shape to accommodate the training of four hundred drafted men during the summer months in the handling and operation of motor trucks, signal and radio work, and various minor mechanical arts. The commandant of the university will be in charge, and the professors of the university will assist in the instruction. We are greatly pleased with the results of Dr. MvVey’s efforts and look forward to a great future for the university. A new era for the university has come. What the greatest universities are, and are accomplishing, we will be and do. No man can estimate the good that the university under our new leader will in the coming years render to the people of Kentucky. GOVERNOR STANLEY SIGNING THE APPROPRIATION BILL

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the field of Economics, experienced in the practical applying of theory, prominent in educational societies, interested not only in the classical and cultural work of the university, but also intensely interested in the newer fields of agricultural and mechanic arts. He is in the prime of life, with both mind and body trained to hard work, drilled to careful analysis of problems, and skilled in presenting convincingly the great cause of the univer- sity in its relation to the people of the State. It was not until the first of the year that Dr. McVey was able to come to the university and take up his duties permanently, having been in Washington preparing, for government use, a monograph on the Financial System of England. Dr. McVey’s wide knowledge of economics and finance and, in addition, the pursuit of his studies in England, fitted him peculiarly for this study. Although not here, Dr. McVey had assumed active control of the university, directing its activities and reforming its administration. The University of Kentucky has always worked under a great financial handicap. Money was the first thing that was needed. The buildings were out of repair, the heating plant was thoroughly inadequate, and every department suffered from lack of space, equip- ment and instructors. Circumstances had compelled a process of inbreeding in the uni- versity faculty, which tended to narrow its outlook and cramp development. The legis- lature convened in January and Dr. McVey laid out before it the facts as they were, and the immediate necessity of financial assistance. This necessity was planned to be met by a bill reapportioning the tax, in which more income was provided for the university. The bill passed, and the income of the university was practically doubled. Furthermore, it was through the instrumentality of Dr. McVey and the university interests that the bill accepting the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act for Vocational Education, and the bill accepting the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act, providing for Extension Work, were made into laws. Two other bills directly affecting the university were also passed. Upon the recommendation of Dr. McVey and university authorities, a bill was passed reorganizing the Board of Trustees. The influence of the university was exerted through Dean Lafferty of the 'College of Law in securing the passage of the bill establishing a higher standard for admission of attorneys to the bar. These acts are great strides in the development of the university, and are more gratifying because of the awakening of the people of the State to the necessity of cen- tralized educational effort. Every college on the campus has felt the beneficial influence of an energetic and vigorous administration. The College of Agriculture and the Experiment Station have been greatly benefited by the appointment of Dr. Thomas Cooper as its new Dean and Director, and the preparation of plans for a temporary stock judging pavilion. Upon the granting of an indefinite leave of absence to Dr. Miller, Dean of the College of Arts and Science, Dr. Paul Boyd, head of the Department of Mathematics, was made Dean of the college. The Arts and Science College will in the future comprise the following new departments, Department of Art and Design, Department of Music, Department of Economics and Sociology, and Department of Bacteriology. Agricul- tural and Vocational Education are among the new courses offered. The Colleges of Mechanical and Electrical, and Civil Engineering, and the College of Mines and Metallurgy will probably be combined under a single administration, the Colleges of Engineering. Able professors and instructors of other universities will be added to their efficient faculties. The College of Law will profit by the addition of a professor and an instructor in in law. Dean Lafferty is greatly gratified by the success of his efforts in securing a (26)

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