University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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President Henry S. Barker taking a stroll across campus in 1911, L . l Dr. Herman L. Donovan signs a diploma,one of the many issued during his fifteen years of office. K Stalwart Educators Built the University The following ir zz brief hirtorical outline of the develop- ment of the Univerrity of Kentucky. The Historical :kettle ir in clareuological order with pictures grouped according to mbject matter. ln comparison with most of the state universities east of the Mississippi River, the University of Kentucky is a young institution, The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentuckywas chartered on February 22, 1865, as a part of Kentucky- University, which then 'absorbed Transylvania The college opened its doors in October. 1866. The Agri- cultural and Mechanical College was, at that time, beginning its illustrious history. It was founded as a result of an act of Congress, the Morrill Land Grant Act, which, through the sale of a donation of land amounting to 330,000 acres in Kentucky, would provide sufficient capital to being a state institution which would teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts. The older Kentucky University was the continuation of Bacon College, a denominational school which was begun in Georgetown in 1836, This school was moved to Harrodsburg in 1839, and abandoned for financial reason in 1850. Through the earnest efforts of john B. Bowman, it was re- vived in 1859 under the name of Kentucky University. The College building was destroyed by fire in 1864 which forced Kentucky University to begin looking for a new location. By the time the university admitted its first students, Bowman had raised funds to purchase Ashland, Henry Clay's old home, as well as Wbodlands, an adjoining estate, as a campus and experimental farm. Finally, in 1878, the governing board of the University removed Bowman from his position of regent by the simple expedient of abolishing the office. ,Huis x .f.' 'xx x KX xxxr'

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The campus in 1911

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V.,. , . E I , ' 5 K ,, f f ' g 572 1- 1 Q i i V, , , 5 5 i 3 N Y Y s W X , x i 1 V? President Patterson relaxed on the porch of his home, now the offices of the College of Arts and Science. john Augustus Williams was the first presiding officer of the coliege that evolved into t6day's University. i 19,