University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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our university and Its Qareer 5t? jg? qu S 9 V HE UNIVERSITY of Tennessee will be one hundred and five years old on the tenth of September, 1899. Its history is coeval with that of the State. Strictly speaking, the University is two years older than the State, having had its origin in the establishment of Blount College by the Territorial Legislature in 1794. With little exception, the country was then a wilderness. There were white settlements only in the eastern end of the State, and along the Cumberland river, in the middle part. The growth of the institution has, therefore, been an exponent of the State's advance in civilization and culture, as well as a factor in producing it. During the various periods of its history, the individual character of the University has shown a remarkable adaptation to the kind of education demanded at its hands. For the first half of its existence, classical studies and general culture prevailed and met the full demands of the professional life of that period. With the conditions brought about by the Civil War, and the advent of manufactures and commercial lifertechnical and scientific studies have come to the front. This problem of perfect adaptation has been, at times, perplexing, and has been worked out by gradual changes rather than by abrupt revolution. The fundamental policy of the institution has, therefore, always been safe and conservative. I The institution has grown by distinct stages. From 1794 to 1807, it was Blount College, so named in honor of William Blount, the Governor-of the Territory. The work of this period was little more than that of a classical academy. Both sexes were admitted. The expenses were light, but the attendance was small owing to the limited population of that time. In 1807, the institution became East Tennessee College. This period was marked by the reception of the first land grant endowment from the Federal Government. From this time till 1840 the institution continued with varying fortune as a small classical college of local reputation and influence. A library was collected, literary societies were organized, the first catalogues were printed, the present campus was purchased, and the oldest existing building erected. By legislative enactment, in 1840, East Tennessee College became East Tennessee University, though little was effected to change the real character of the institution. However, a fund was soon realized from a sale of the University lands, and two dormitories and two professorsi residences were erected. Attempts were made to establish military, agricultural, and medical departments, but with little result. The Civil War and suspension of work followed. At the close of the war East Tennessee University was reorganized and conducted as a classical institution till 1869, when it received the large land-grant endowment of the Federal Government. From this time its facilities and the scope of its work greatly increased. Agriculture and the Mechanic arts, including various scientific and technical courses were introduced. A larger and abler faculty was employed and free scholarships were established. Yet classical studies were kept more or less in the ascendant until 1888 when technical education first began to be fully

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JAY R. MCCOLL, B. S. hMichigan Agricultural Collegd. Adjunct Professor of Me- chanical Engineering. HENRY J. DARNALL, hUniversity of Tennessee; LeipzigL Adjunct Professor of Modern Languages. RALPH L. WATTS. B. Agr. hPennsylvania State Collegeh Instructor in Horticulture. CHARLES E. FERRIS, B. S. hMichigan Agricultural College, Instructor in Drawing. SAMUEL M. BAIN, A. B. hUniversity 0f TennesseeL Instructor in Botany. CHARLES E. CHAMBLISS, M. S. hUniversit-v of Tennesseeh Instructor in Zoology. EDWIN WILEY, M. A. hUniversity 0f Tennesseeh Instructor in English. WESTON M. FULTON, B. A. ufniversity 0f Mississipph, Instructor in Meteorology. CHARLES O. HILL, B. A. hUniversity of Tennessed ; Ph. C. hUniversity of Michigam, Instructor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. J. BOLTON MCBRYDE, C. E. hSouth Carolina Universityh Instructor in Organic and Agricultural Chemistry. JOHN F. VOORHEES. Instructor in Physical Culture. '3 3 f WILLIAM W. CARSON . ,- . . . . . . Secretary of the Faculty THOMAS D. MORRIS . . . . . . . . . Bursar-Registrar EDWIN WILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . Librarian MARTHA G. FAIN . . . . . . h . Secretary to the President CHARLES P. GARRATT . . . . . . . Organist and Band Master JOHN B. GUINN . . . . , . . . . Foreman of Machine Shop JOHN R. FAIN . . . . . . . . . . . Foreman of Farm 3 3 f m Department CHARLES W. DABNEY, Ph. D., LL. D.. President of the University. HENRY H. INGERSOLL, LL. D., Dean and Professor of Law. CHARLES W. TURNER, A. M. hAmhersU. Associate Professor of Law. JAMES MAYNARD, M A. x'Uhiversity of TennesseeL Lecturer on International Law. LEON JOUROLMON, E594, Lecturer 0n the Law of Real Property. I JOSHUA W. CALDWELL, M. A. hUniversity 0f Tennesseeh Lecturer on Tennessee Laws. JAMES Hh VVELCKER. B. A. hUuiversity 0f Tennesseey B. LL, Lecturer on Torts. EDWARD T. SANFORD, M. A. UJniversity of Tenneswq; A. M, B. LL. hHarvardL Lecturer 011 Law of Corporations in Tennessee.

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realized. The name of the institution was changed to University of Tennessee in 1879, but no marked change of policy followed. Samuel Carrick was the first president, having been made such by the charter of 1794. Carrick and Blount are both buried in the quaint 01d First Presbyterian church graveyard in Knoxville. Carrick and the next three after him were ministers. In fact all but three of the Universityis eleven presidents have been ministers. To be a minister was, before the days of extended scientific studies, thought to be an essential qualification for the presidency. Most of the early presidents were from New England and were graduates of either Yale, Harvard, or Dart- mouth. Dr. Charles Coffin, who served from 1827 to 1832, seems to have attained the first marked success. Yet, the greatest period of prosperity, in the old days before the war, was covered by the administration of Joseph Estabrook, from 1834 to 1850. President Estabrook put great energy into his work. He had fine executive ability and organized an able faculty. He collected minerals, shells and botanical specimens and first formed general classes and inspired general interest in the work. Dr. Thomas W. Humes was the honored president for many years just after the Civil War. He occupied the transition period between classical and technical education, though he always held on strongly to the classics. During a portion of this period the attendanCe was very large and the institution flourished. President Homes was noted for his conscientiousness and great purity of character. The University Board of Trustees have been leading men of the State, beginning with Blount, Sevier, White, and Adair. They have comprised ministers, lawyers, doctors, business men, statesmen and men of all the leading professions. So far as possible they are appointed from all parts of the State. The Board is self-perpetuating. It appoints its own successors who are confirmed by the General Assembly. Thc present tendency is to strengthen the institution by giving the alumni a liberal representation on the Board. The present administrationgthat of Dr. Charles W. DaEney-represents the highest development in the direction of scientific and technical studies, yet without any neglect of the classics and general culture. The organization is now based upon the broad foundation of the modern university. The work in all departments has been made practical in character. The eye is trained to see, the hand to do, and the brain to think. Students go from the lecture room to the laboratory, the shop, the farm and the library to work out the principles set forth. They survey imaginary railways, build bridges, dissect animals, collect specimens, learn the use of machines, draw plans, work in wood and iron, study diseases of plants, graft fruit trees, work in the dairy, investigate historical subjects and the development of literature, apply psychology to education, and in numerous other ways exemplify the principles of practical training. Many leading professors in other institutions began their career at the University of Tennessee or were for a time connected with it. Dr. John McBryde, President of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg, was once Professor of Agriculture in the University. Dr. E. S. Joynes, of South Carolina College, was the University,s Professor of English. Professor F D. Allen, at the head of Philology in Harvard, taught Greek and Latin here in the early years after the war. I. T. Beckwith, now of Trinity College, Connecticut, taught Greek. Professor M. W. Easton, of the University of Pennsylvania, had Modern Languages. H. T. Eddy, President of the Rose Polytechnic Institute, tutored mathematics. W. I. Thomas, of the University of Chicago, tutored English. W. G. Brown, of the University of Missouri, taught Chemistry. W. O, Atwater, once at the head of the United States Experiment Stations, taught Agricultural Chemistry; and Eben Alexander, of the University of North Carolina and now United States Minister to Greece, had the Chair of Ancient Larguages. Many other noted names might be mentioned. 0'?