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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY OK TENNESSEE. under its maiden name of Blount |1 College, was chartered by the legislature of the “Territory South of the River Ohio, on September 10. 1704. It received its name from William Blount, the (Jovernor of the Territory, and was located near I he present center of the City of Knoxville. Its first president was Rev. Samuel Carriek. “liberal, tolerant, and refined, than whom none was more scholarly, none more worthy. Under his able management the College strug- gled on without adequate funds until, in 1807, it transferred its corporati funds, property, and effects to the Hast Tennessee College, just chartered, by the State of Tennessee. Rev. Mr. Carriek being retained as President under the new organization. The intention of the (Seneral Assembly in incorporating the Hast Tennessee College was to make it the recipient of one-half of the proceeds of the sale of lands appropriated by Act of Congress to the support of two colleges, one in Hast, and one in what is now Middle Tennessee. There was great difficulty attending the sale of the lands and the realization of an adequate endowment for the new College, so that it was not able, for lack of funds, to open its doors until 1820. In 1826 the present site of the University was purchased, and soon after one ol the present buildings, Old College, was erected. Under the presidency of Dr. Charles Coffin, a most excellent begin- ning was made in the organization of a classical college of good standard. In 1840, during the presidency of Joseph Kstahrook. the name of the college was changed l»v an Act. of the Legislature to Hast Tennessee University. its success in tin twenty years of its operation was such as to suggest the occupancy of the wider Held designated by the new title. In 1860, during the presidency of Dr. Thomas Y. Ilnmes, tin- (leneral Assembly of Tennessee passed an act establishing as a department of the Uni- versity an Agricultural and Mechanical College, and transferred to the Uni- ersity for the use of that college the endowment resulting from the sale of land scrip received J»y Tennessee from the National government in accordance with the Morrill Act «d' 1862, An act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the Benefit of Agricul- ture and tin Mechanic Arts. Thus the scope of tin institution was greatly widened, making it now possible, for the first time in its history, to begin the building of a true University. In 1ST!) the name of tin University was changed from Hast Tennessee University to the University of Tennessee.’' This act was pregnant with great meaning for the future. The University became peculiarly pledged, in all its departments, to the service and interest of the State. In became, too, the head and an integral part of the public educational system, standing as the cap-stone of the educational arch. The State, by this act. pledged the Uni- versity its own name and reputation, and gave it the assurance of a future in keeping with the new dignity which it hail assumed. During the administration of Dr. Charles W. Dabney, which extended over a period of seventeen years, the growth and development of the University was substantial and along approved modern lines. Hollowing the trend of modern practice, its doors have been opened to well-qualified young women. The (Seneral Assembly of the State has shown an increasing interest in the development of the University, and has made increasingly generous appro- priations to it during the past three sessions. The result has been a material strengthening of the work of the institution in all of its departments. The outlook for a fuller development in the near future is good, giving to its friends the hope that it may rapidly measure up to the ideals of every Tennessean. U. of T. Register.
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OFFICERS j. V. Cai.owki.i., It. A.. M. A.. Knoxville, Tenn.. President. I!. T. Sani'ord, M. A.. 1.1.. B.. Knoxville. Tern:.. Vice-President for East Tennessee. IIakkis Brown, I». S.. Gallatin. Tenn., Vice-President for Middle Ten- nessee. Tuns. B. Coi.i.irk. B. A.. Memphis. Tenn.. Vice-President for West Ten- ncsseo. Jamks 1). Hoskins, A. M., M,. B„ Knoxville, Tenn.. Secretary. J. Piki; Powkks. Jk.. B. A.. 1.1,. B.. Knoxville. '1'enn.. Treasurer. Alumni Orator. June 3. 1907. Join; K. McCall. B. A.. Lexington, Tenn. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE P. P. Claxton, Chairman. A. V. Goodpasture. Nashville. Flavius McRadv. Petersburg. George W. Martin, Waverly. P. I,. 1 lamed, Clarksville. 1). H. Meredith, Sparta. Doak Aydelott. Tullahoma. John II. Caldwell. Bristol. C. B. Allen. Johnson City. James 1). Hoskins. Knoxville. Rowan Greer. Memphis. Sam K. Young, Sweetwater. W. B. Swaney, Chattanooga. II. II. Hannah. Oliver Springs. Harris Brown. Gallatin. S. A. Mynders, Knoxville. J. C. R. McCall. Huntington. Fred T. Collins, Milan. Thomas B. Collier. Memphis. Albert P.enham. Memphis. Spencer F. Thomas. Brownsville.
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