University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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Mechanical Hall in 1902 needed a hitching post to accommodate the horse and buggy traffic, In 1953 the old Student Center had a class in grillology too. lwaiue f The development that signaled a new era at UK-the construction of the Chemistry-Physics Building in 1960. , ,,,.,d,nt K ' A

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Unce Essential Sites Have Been Replaced With the college now a university, Patterson on january 15, 1910 resigned his position to become President Emeritus of the University. Patterson's successor was chosen from one the board of trustees, Henry Stites Barker, chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Barker brought to the Uni- versity a relaxed atmosphere unknown under Patterson. The enrollment and financial support grew, a graduate school was established, and the agriculture department was expanded. The name of the institution was again changed, this time to the University of Kentucky Qin 19l6j. In 1917, the trustees accepted a recommendation by a survey commission that Barker be retired, and he resigned immediately. Frank L. McVey's position was made somewhat difficult by the strain of World War I, in progress when he came to UK in 1917. There was a threatened passage of an anti- evolution law, which could have impaired freedom to teach, and the war had brought on the great depression. Although McVey was faced by these problems, the University saw great progress. The value of the property of the campus increased from 351,750,000 in 1917 to 34,000,000 in 1951. Three boys' dorms and one women's dormitory were erected during his administration, and McVey Hall was opened in February, 1929, made possible by the economic ability of the president through the saving of University funds. Mr. Basketball , Adolph Rupp, lays the cornerstone for Memorial Coliseum in February, 1949. Next to him is President H. L. Dono- Van. At the century's turn a boating date is enjoyed by a UK couple on the sire of the present Student Center.

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In 1913 a Kentucky co-ed paused at a bench that still remains near Frazee Hall. Campus Complexion Has Flexed ith Innovations The Greater Kentucky campaign was launched through the efforts of McVey and conducted by alumni, which made possible the construction of the concrete stadium, the Main gym and Memorial Hall, the auditorium which was completed in May, 1930. The three engineering colleges were combined into one, the College of Education was expanded, and the College of Commerce opened. Several agricultural buildings were added, the engineering quadrangle completed, a new Law College building was placed in operation, the Student Union building opened, and improvements rapidly progressed toward a greater University. President McVey brought the University through' the depression but most of all he gave to the institution a respect for scholarship and a better under- standing of what a university should provide for its students. Leadership of the University changed hands when President McVey retired in 1940. Acting as president the following year was Dean Thomas P. Cooper of the College of Agriculture. In july of '41, Dr. Herman Lee Donovan was appointed fourth president of the University, an administration that lasted for fifteen years. During his administration the Uni- versity promoted higher education in Kentucky. Just as his administration began, World War II broke out, bringing chaos to the University campus life. An early 1954 aerial view of the campus shows substantial lawns now devoted to classroom buildings.