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may place their typewriters or pads. It is situated on the topmost portion of the center section and one may get an unobstructed view of all plays and players. The press stand is wired with electricity and electric lights are available. At the onset of the work last spring thousands of yards of dirt were removed from what is now the playing field. After the south sections were constructed tiling was laid uYider the playing field. The tiling was overlaid with twelve inches of crushed stone and clean cinders. Workmen then transferred from the country two acres of bluegrass sod to place it over the space. Now this has settled and a thick crop of bluegrass waves with the wind. The field, by next fall, should exceed that of old Stoll Field in beauty and durability. At equal distances from each end of the pla3-ing field pipes run horizontally across the plot. These pipes automatically revolve and send small streams of water to all parts of the field, covering a radius of one hundred feet when water is needed on the grass. Around the gridiron there will run a cinder track when work is completed on the oval. This track will be a quarter of a mile in circumference and will have a 22-yard straightaway, according to specifications. Kentucky’s cinder path will be quite an improvement over the dirt ones of former 3'ears and the Wildcats will welcome it. Another feature of the ground is the arrangement and shape of the goal posts. Steel posts, with the bar extending four feet over the playing field, were used during last season and will continue to be used in future years. This feature wras constructed because of the ever-present danger of some player striking his head on the straight wooden goal post which was formerly used. The construction of the stadium was under the superintendency of Douglas Thomson, and he was assisted by Maury Crutcher, former Wildcat football star, as assistant superintendent. Among the subcontractors were: J. J. Fitzgerald, plumbing; J. T. Jackson Lumber Company, form work; Allen Electric Company, wiring, and Combs Lumber Company, seats, all of Lexington. L. K. Frankel and J. J. Curtis, Lexington architects, both members of the firm and alumni of the University of Kentucky, acted as consulting architects and rendered valuable service. The Osborne Engineering Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, were employed as consulting engineers. The stadium, as it stands today, is a masterpiece of art and in years to come alumni of the greatest university in the South may look back upon the results of their labor and smile Avith a satisfaction lingering in their hearts with the w'ords “I helped” beating against their inward souls. A local contractor who has seen several of the large stadiums in the North and East, includ- ing the Ohio State stadium and the Illinois stadium, says: “The stadium on Stoll Field is the most perfectly designed and best constructed of any that I have seen. “The designers never overlooked any details regardless of how small they may have been, for one can sit in any section and have a perfect field of vision. The playing field has been graded in such a manner as to permit perfect view from any seat in the stadium and the concrete work is the best that I have ever seen.”
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The Stadium WIFTLY, almost silently, there arose during the singeing summer of 1924, on the traditional Stoll Field, a monument to the valor of the Wildcats and the spirit of Kentucky. A stadium, giant-like and speaking the spirit of the Wildcats, was the monu- ment, and it was made possible through the efforts of a small band of alumni who first conceived the plan of the erecting of the prettiest and best structure of its kind in the South. Late in April a small band of men met in the office of the president of the university and decided to let the bids for the erection of the stadium. The main contract was let to Louis des Cognets Company, of Lexington, and work was begun on May 10. Previous to the letting of the contract a stadium building committee composed of J. I. Lyle, chairman; Professor D. V. Terrill, Frank Daugherty, A. V. Lester and J. White Guyn, had labored faithfully, sparing no time and thought in working out every possible detail of this massive structure. Professor D. V. Terrill designed the stadium and handled the construction as resident engineer in full charge. Miss Katherine Cleveland, a senior girl in the College of Engineering, helped to draft plans for the construction of the stadium and other seniors assisted in surveying and drafting the project. Many almost unsurmountable obstacles arose which made it seem impossible at times to have the six sections completed by November 1, soon after work was begun on the stadium, but these difficulties were overcome by co-operation and loyalty among the alumni, and on November 1 the Wildcats and the Centre Colonels dedicated the football house to the memory of Price McLean, who died in action for the sake of his Alma Mater in a football game between the Wildcats and the University of Cincinnati the year before. Approximately 15,000 supporters of the Blue and White and the Gold and White filled the six completed sections and witnessed the most spectacular battle since T916. It was first thought that only five sections could be built, but the contractors made fine progress and offered an attractive proposition for the construction of the sixth section, which was accepted. Their offer was to erect section B for $16,500 and to contribute $1,000 of that amount. It would have cost much more to have had this done, once the contractors were away from Stoll Field. It seemed for some time that the opportunity to build this section would be lost because funds were not available and it appeared too difficult to secure them. This obstacle was over- come by the Athletic Council, which borrowed $15,500 from a local bank. Some of the mem- bers of the council and alumni secured thirty-one men who gave their personal notes for $500 each to be used as collateral with the bank making the loan. The notes run for three playing seasons and are to be paid off from receipts from games to be played in the stadium. The stadium, when finally completed, will take the form of a huge horseshoe, opening at the west end, with the bow at the east end. The seating capacity will be 25,000, every one of which will have a good view of the playing field. Sections P and A will be added to the west end of the south and north sides which are already completed and Sections L and E will be con- structed to the east, giving five sections on each side. With these the seating capacity would be about 17,500. It will take six additional sections to close the arc and give the maximum seating capacity. The dressing rooms are located on the west end of each side of the stadium, one of which is used by the visiting team and one by the Wildcats. The press stand on the south side ranks with the most up-to-date stands in the South. It is equipped with telephone and telegraph connections and there is a long table on which writers 9
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