University of Louisville - Thoroughbred Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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DEAN S. M. WHINERY College of Liberal Arts Twenty

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= — Liberal Arts Senior Class Officers PRESIDENT ’ - - SUE FRANCES PERRY VICE PRESIDENT . ’ ’ . BETTY WOODEN SECRETARY ’ ’ . . ’ MILDRED AKERS TREASURER ’ ’ , ’ . MAURINE GREEN HISTORIAN ’ - - - DAVID GRAY POSTON Class History In September, 1925, the Liberal Arts College of the University of Louisville was under- going radical changes. Its campus up to that time had been merely the front and back yards of a large, old residence, which had been converted into a building with limited space for quarters. The stairs were worn and rickety; the floors creaked; the old iron grates had out- lived their usefulness. The dramatic workshop had formerly been a carriage-shed. Save to an esoteric few, the University was of little interest to the citizens of Louisville at large. But through the generosity of the highly esteemed Belknap family, there arose new hopes and aspirations for a better University. The trustees purchased a large tract of land, which was destined to become the home of the University, and named it Belknap Campus. Since this site had been used by an industrial school, there were sufficient buildings to provide for classrooms and the like. Shortly after this, an endowment drive netted several million dollars, which, with another million voted to the University by the citizens of Louisville, made possible even greater changes. The University had its first real Administration Building, patterned after that of the University of Virginia. Through the untiring efforts of the dramatic instructor, a Little Theatre was built. The library, which our acting President, Dr. Patterson, started not so many years ago, received comfortable quarters in the Administration Building. All the departments of the College of Liberal Arts were expanded in order to take care of the increasing number of students each year. Physically, then, the University of Louisville has grown. Great progress, too, has been made socially. New sororities and fraternities, both social and honorary, have been installed: each of these organizations has its house, which promotes general fellowship and congeniality. The diversified fields of athletics have greatly broadened; each year, athletics makes a more popular appeal. The student-body is supporting the major branches of athletics; greater interest is being instilled. The University of Louisville Players’ Club has perhaps attracted more of the students than any other activity because its inherent interest is greater. We have witnessed many outstanding performances and enjoyed them. We believe that our Little Theatre suffers no slight in being compared with those of other Universities, and we are proud of it. The University offers ample opportunity for every student to identify himself with one or more of its organizations; it welcomes into its various activities those who would participate. Physically and socially the University has grown. What intellectual strides it has made is a question each must decide for himself; it is not to be answered in sweeping generalizations. As a body, we who are the graduating class have tried, through our endeavor to create a more crystallized University spirit, to promote the welfare and advancement of the University; to instil a greater love for the University; and, lastly, we have tried through the co-operation of our instructors to make ourselves more fit and capable to undertake whatever lines of endeavor we shall individually follow. We sincerely hope that the coming classes will carry on the old tradition of the University of Louisville. Twenty-Two