University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Campus Events Evolve With Student Interests The minutes of the faculty of May 7, 1902, give an insight to the social activities of the campus during the Patterson eh administration: President Patterson called the attention of the Faculty to the fact that he had received intimations that the frequent 'Cadet Hops' were resulting in the deteriora- tion of the quality of class work by the participants, and asked for the opinions of the faculty upon the subject. Professor Kastle thought that as the rule, the privileges of the Cadet Hops should be restricted to the upper class stu- dents and that the general student body should only engage in them at long intervals, such as once a year. The report of November 16, 1903 stated: a girl was requested to with- draw when reported seen on two occasions waltzing with a young man in the college gym. In 1908 the name of the institution changed from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky to the State University. In the same year the College of Law was established with W. T. Lafferty as dean. - x The sophomores dragged the freshmen through Euclid Pond in the annual class tug-of-war in 1913. William Jennings Bryan and President Barker ride in the back seat of a 1911 convertible aftera speech Bryan delivered on campus. H' I we .. .W , W.

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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

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The formal convocation and opening of the University for the school year 1921-22. Arbor Day-another discontinued tradition of the spring festivities in 1914, N was a highlight fx IJ ,X One of the earliest all campus events was the anual flag-rush . This action took place between the administration Building and Limestone Street.