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

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The spirit which has pervaded every form of activity has been es- sentially good, and never more 50 than during the visit of the various committees of the General. Assembly. The support of athletics. both financially and morally, is increasing from year to year, and in gen- eral. it may he said that the spirit behind everything is the general uplmilding 0f the University. The changes that have taken place in the University during the last decade are worthy of note. The number of students has been doubled. and the value of the buildings aml equipment has increased mzmy fold. The faculty has zilm been very much enlarged ln fact. the Univeraity has reached the very highest point of development possible under its limited income. which is derived almost entirely from the federal government and the interest 011 investments. The L'niversity possesses all the natural qualifications necessary for a great Stale university, and towards the tttztinment of this purpose emit a technological, an agricultural. or a classical school. but all three in UllC--Il1C labors 0f the Trustees and Faculty are being dirccted. To aid them in their great efforts, the General Assembly has made a conditional appropriation of 2425.000; Mr. John L. Rhea, of Knoxville, has exdowcd the engineering departmcnt to the extent of $7.600, and Mr. Andrew Carnegie has promised to lmiltl a library building to cost $40,000, providul the University raises an equal en- flrm'ment for perpetual income. hit the institution can never become what it should be until the State of Tennessee recognizes its plain and bouiidcn duty. and gives to the Univereity the support. which will enable it to become the equal or superior of any institution of lxzn'ning in our broad Soutlilanrl, and furnish free tuition to every son and daughter of the State. That and then only can this great University hecmne The University of Tennessee.

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The University The University of Tennesxee possesses the dignity of age in conjunction with a splendid reputation established by the personnel of its faculty. the thoroughness of its work, and the ever-increasing loyalty of its alumni. Founded in 1794 by the territorial assembly of Tennessee. it has successfully paSSed through the various stages of a college and sectional institution to the. position of a great State university at the head of the public school system of Ten, nessee. The University is situated on the summit of a lofty hill, which overlooks all the surrounding country, and presents to the casual visitor a campus of ideal beauty scarce equalled anywhere in the country. The seventeen buildings of the University tower above the city like the battlements of some ancient castle, and date from 1826 to the most modern structures. The campus itself, spread over forty acres of exquisite turf, is covered with beautiful elms, among which wind endless archways of walks and drives, bordered by shruhbery and Hower-gardens, furnishing incomparable surround- ings for a great university. Here 'tclassic shades and leafy dellsU are a charming reality. In 1892, nearly one hundred years after its founding, women were admitted to the University, and their presence has had a uniformly good effect upon thetgeneral life of the student body. Their num- ber has steadily increased and they have rendered invaluable assist- ance to the various literary interests of the University. The athletic development of the University has gone steadily forward during the last few years. Tennessee has advanced from playing second-elass teams in our own State to battles with the first of Tennessee teams of Dixie and has seldom been disgraced. Championship teams have yet to be put forth, but at the time of this writing baseball pros- pects this season are unusually flattering, and the introduction of the famous Michigan football tactics next season will witness a revolution that cannot but bring good results. On the track. Ten- nessee's records compare very favorably with those of the S. I. A. A.. and while conditions do not yet warrant a 'Varsity basketball team. there is every indication that next season. Tennessee will put a splen- did team in the field. In a literary way, the numerous favorable comments upon the t'Tennessee University Magazine, and the uniformly good Char- acter of its articles hear sufficient witness to the literary and schol- astic attainments of our students. while the ltVolunteer has for many years ably portrayed the various phases of our University life. The annual contest between the literary societies and the in- tercollegiate debates inaugurated several years ago furnish another very helpful stimulus to the literary activities of the HHill. Every student of the University who has taken the examinations for the Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University, and every graduate of the law department who has stood the State bar examination, have passed them successfullyea statement that can be made by no other institution in the State, while the engineering students com- mand rsponsible positions immediately upon, or even before, gradv nation. There is scarcely any form of college life that is not in some way exemplified by the various organizations of the students, as is readily observed from the numerous clubs represented in this book.

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