University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Coeds were trained to operate telegraphs for World War I service. Part of early student training was working in the campus shops. 'eww A Century of Students Took Varied Classes The City of Lexington granted to the Agricultural and Mechanical College the site of the City Park of 52 acres valued at 3250,000 which had formerly been the fair grounds ,and a Civil War camping ground. The city also granted 330,000 in bonds and Fayette County supplemented 320,000 in bonds to be used for building purposes. The land extended south on Limestone and east on Euclid Streets. 'The formation of the ground and water from Maxwell Spring afforded the construction of an artificial lake, with a boatihg course a quarter of a mile long. At the same time, plans were made for the construction of a new college building, containing a chapel, society rooms, lecture and recitation rooms, suf- ficient for the accommodation of 500 students. This structure, now known as the Administration building, was completed in October, 1880. About the same time, a brick residence for the president and a brick dormitory with accommodations for 90 students were erected on the new property. An act of Congress in 1887 gave impetus to the organiza- tion of an agricultural experiment station . . . A yearly appropriation of 315,000 was given to each state for the pur- pose of establishing an Agriculture Experiment Station in connection with the A. and M. colleges. In 1888 with Prof. M. A. Scovell at its head, an experimental farm of 48.5 acres was purchased and equipped with suitable buildings. A 320,000 structure located on the campus was completed in August, 1889, to serve partly as the experimental station. Students received practical experience by reading a dramatic script over University Station WBKY.

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Two Major World ars Brought Campus Training A practical mechanics course was first offered in 1889 but no regular mechanical department was organized until two years later. The mechanical building was completed in january, 1892, the new Dormitory now White Hall, was completed in 1890. The A. and M. College, which contained a Normal school, a classical course, and an Academy in addi- tion to instruction in the mechanical arts and modern lan- guages, was growing rapidly and expanding widely its scope. The decade previous to the turn of the century had found the College in a period of extensive growth. In 1880, the College employed six professors and, in 1898, sixteen pro- fessors and eight assistants. Picture the main building, the dormitory, and the experiment station in a semi-circle and Maxwell Creek flowing east to west below the administration building of the Kentucky State College. Boys delighted in bathing in the creek during the summer months, while skaters found it a strategic point when it was covered with ice in the winter. Organized athletics did not find its beginning on the campus until the fall of '92 although previous to this time, occasional games of baseball had been played between teams of the various colleges in the state. No games of college football had been played in the state previous to the fall of 1891. Centre College boasted a football team and, toward the end of the season, sent a challenge to the A. and M. College which was accepted. The students at A. and M. had no idea how the game was played. The A. and M. team had no suits and had to be given preliminary instructions on the field before the game was started. The game ended 10 to 0 in favor of Centre, yet all the scoring was done during the first half before the State team had caught on. Major Byers and Pres. McVey review troops in 1915. It's all aboard and farewell to wives and sweethearts as UK students leave Lexington in 1915. 27