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

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The University of Tennessee Alumni Association WILLISTON M. Cox, t02, President - - - - Knoxwille JOSEPH A. HACKER, ,08, Treasurer - - - Knoxville MISS MAY ROGERS, ,01, Secretary - - - - Knoxville S. J. MCALLISTER, ,05, Vice-Prexident East Tennexsee Chattanooga A. W. SHOFNER, i09, VicewPresident .Middle Tennessee - Haley THOMAS H. ALLEN, y03, Vite-President Weft Tennessee - Memplzix F. C. LOWRY, y09, Exerutirue Secretary -0 - - - Knoxville MR. LOWRY IN OFFICE The University of Tennessee Alumni Association has been particularly interested throughout the year 1922-23 in the dispersion of adequate, exact information among the alumni and the people of the State with a View to making the ideals and purposes of the University thoroughly understood. The Association has great faith in the fair mindedness 0f the people as a whole, once they understand a proposition, and, with that in mind, expressed itself in these words at its meeting in June, 1922: Be it resolved fur- ther, that complete and detailed information concerning the Universityk service, its financial and spiritual standing, its comparative rank financially among similar institu- tions of the South, and such other matters as may seem wise, shall be given to the people of the State. Some of the other purposes of the Association are the collection of complete data concerning former students and the keeping alive of University of Tennessee ideals. It is safe to say that no organization in the State of Tennessee can combine higher principles with more effective work than an organization of alumni of the State Uni- versity. The traditions which bind us together are in keeping with the best that there is in modern civilization, and we believe that our Association will prove an element in the irresistible force which moves our people toward higher and better things. The youngest alumni, the class of 1923, are welcome to our body. Page Eleven

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The University in the Immediate Future The alumnus, who is familiar with the scope of service of the several elements of the state public school system, may from his knowledge of the economic and social needs of the state determine quite readily the opportunities ahead of our University in the immediate future. The chart which follows demonstrates the organization of the service of these elements as it at present exists, together with the sources of support for each. The elementary school is supported by both state and county, while its service is devoted to its community. The scope of its service is confined largely to the fields of education and the home, and it should function in the businesses of the community. It furnishes, in the main, the mechanics, 0r bases for securing further training. The high school receives its support from both the state and the county and serves the county alone. The scope of its service is limited within the fields of education, the home, agriculture and some of commerce and industry. It trains more broadly than the elementary school, but uses as subject matter only the simpler facts that have been established and attempts, in the main, to apply these facts to existing situations. There is another element in the system, the state normal school, which trains teachers for the elementary and high schools. The University stands alone as the research institution, in addition to its resident and extension trainingiof leaders. Its service is state-Wide, including all the interests and activities of all the people, and its support comes alone from the state. The future Ll'vzzit'erxily embraces not only the teaching of students in the class room, as does each of the other elements of the system, but includes the more universal types of service, research and exlmsion tearhing. It is the business of the State Uni- versity to seek the answers for the general problems arising in the activities of the people of the state. Typical of the research which is being conducted into all lines of activity in Tennessee by the University is the work of the Agricultural Experi- ment Station. The principles and economic plants developed by this Station are worth many millions of dollars to the farmers of the state. Extenxion teaching makes the campus of the University co-extensive with the state, carrying the teaching facilities into the homes and activities of the people. Again, we may refer to a special type of extension teaching as an illustration and call attention to the well known work of the officers and specialists and county agents of the Division of Agricultural Extension as teaching rural people the best methods of production and of home making. The graduate and departing student can do no greater service than that of familiarizing himsellc with the broad work of his Alma lMater and enlarging the opportunities for the distribution of the State Universityys service among the entire people. The immediate future of the University is in the hands of her Children. eH. 14. Morgan. Page Thirteen