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

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DEAN WILLSON College of Agriculture The far reaching influence of Rliltonhs Tractate on Education was the inspiration which led Senator Justin S. Morrill of Vermont to conceive and carry to a successful conclusion the Land Grant Act of 1862, which created the land grant colleges and placed them upon a sure and perpetual foundation, accessible to 2111, and especially to the sons of toil, where all the needful sciences for the practical vocations of life shall be taught; where neither the higher graces of classical studies, nor the military drill our country so greatly appreciates, will be ignored, and where agriculture, the foundation of all present and future pros- perity, may look for troops of earnest friends, studying its familiar and recondite economies, and at last elevating it to a higher level, where it may fearlessly invoke com- parison with the most advanced standard of the world! Page Twenty-two

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DEAN MCDERMOTT The College of Law The College of Law of the University of Tennessee was organized for the purpose of giving to its students a training second to none in the country. The law school is fully equipped to fit students for the bar of any state, so thorough is the acquaint- ance With the general principles and rules of American law that it gives them. The College of Law is a member of the Association of American Law schools and is also fully registered by the New York State Education Department. The old idea that southern schools and universities are not up to the standard of what the North and East offer has been entirely displaced. They have realized what the best element of American youth demands and to meet these demands they have rais- ed the standards as well as the entrance requirements of the colleges. These more stringent requirements have not in the least cut down attendance anywhere. On the contrary, a higher type of student is seeking admission into our colleges. The Tennessee School of Law has been no exception to this general condition. While it has never concerned itself with numbers, more students than ever are entering with the present high standards. The case system of instruction, generally regarded as the most approved method of instruction in law, has been adopted 'in all courses. In addition to the regular courses. there are given at regular intervals lectures by judges and leading lawyers on special branches of law, with particular reference to Tennessee decisions. Page Twenty-ane

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DEAN FERRIS College of Engineering A broad held of activity lies before the graduate of the College of Engineering. When he goes out from this College of the University of Tennessee he has been prepared to help develop the natural resources of the state. which may well be boasted of, furnishing as they do the raw materials for industries in many states. Tennessee is rich in promise for the technical graduate who is willing to put his efforts where they are needed, and who wishes at the same time to give service to the state. If he becomes a manufacturer he finds conditions most favorable. Cli- mate, fuel, coal and water powerelabor and raw materials combine to make the manufacturers outlook a prosperous one. Where ever there is 21 successful leader in industry, capital is quick to find him out. New transportation problems are facing the state. Tennessee has not really begun to build highways yet. When she does begin her great pro! gramme of highway building she will need 500 experienced and trained highway engineers. Besides men to supervise and design, to direct the men who build the roads, she will need others to organize. and put into effect a system of maintenance that will rival in magnitude the task of building. The. University of Tennessee is adequately equipped to train men for all these fields of service to the community and t0 the state. Page Twenty-tlzree