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

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m .THE VOLVN T3319 . m I v Plans for Building a Greater University The University of Tennessee is about to build itself Hmore stately mansions. The Visions that we had in 1917 when we heard of the $1,000,000 appropriation by the State Legislature will soon be realized. V It was a red-letter day in the history of the institution when the General Assembly of 1917 passed an Act providing for the issue of State bonds amounting to $1,000,000, to be used in the equipment of the University of Tennessee. $100,000 was to be used for an Agricultural Experiment Station in Middle Tennessee, and $100,000 was to be used for the liquidation of a standing debt. The remainder was to be spent for the erection of new buildings on the University campus. The bonds were sold the first of October, 1917, and plans for the buildings were at once considered. The government assumed supervision of activities during the- war, so the construction had to be postponed. After a careful study of the various needs of the University, a program has been decided upon which includes three buildings. A main building is to be erected on the summit of the Hill at a cost of from $325,000 to $350,000. The class rooms for the humanitarian subjects will be located in the Main Building. A thoroughly equipped Agricultural Building will be constructed on the Tennessee Farm, and will cost from $825,000 to $350,000. An effort will be made to have this building completed at the opening of the fall session in 1919. The third building will be a new power plant, with distribution system for lighting and heating, to cost $90,000. It was at first thought that Old College would be torn down to furnish a site for the new Main Building. Old College was erected in 1826, and is rich in associations. So many protests came from the alumni and friends of the University, that it was decided to move Old College 'to another part of the campus. It is well-built and is still in good condition. 21 IDCHZ- -N METEEN 4N LNETEENp-l

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THE VOLVNTEER m D McGee Welles Graduate Students JOHN EDWIN MCGEE . . . . . . . . . Knoxville, Tenn. B. A., University of Tennessee, 1917. Sociology, Roman Religion. MARGARET L. WELLES . . . . . . . . . . Knoxville, Tenn. B. A., University of Tennessee, 1918. Phi Kappa Phi. Economics, Psychology, English. RUFUS HENRY FITZGERALD, . . . . . . . . Knoxville, Tenn. B. A., Guilford College. Economics, Sociology, Government. I-CI'NIN ETEENNINETBEN-E'CQE