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

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FACULTY ENGINEERING TOP Row: Trosper, Aiken, Carpenter, Hendrix, Wilson. SECOND ROW: Blakeley, White, Smith, Holdredge, Arnold. Switzer. BOTTOM Row: Perkins. Ferris. Carson, Daugherty, W'oolrich, Matthews. LAW' Vitham, Steinmetz, McDermott, VVarne-r. Jones. PAGE 11

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FACULTY LIBERAL ARTS TOP RHW: Hamilton, Lee, Bentley, Frantz. SECOND Row: Brett. Kind, Powers. Burke. Neylaml. Wilhelm. BOTTOM Raw: Hesler. McVthrtex'. Thackston, Porter. Hoskins, Hill. AGRICULTURE BOTTOM Row: Shoey, Dynes, Hatfleld, Atkins, Frizzell, Willson, Coffee, Myers, Essary, McIntyre, Smith. SECOND Row: Andes, Ogden, Broom, Campbell, Sherbakoff, Fackler, Brown. Gallaher, Elrod, Malling, Peacock, McTyre, Strand, Hutton, Duncan, McCloud, Kelley, Chadwell, Harrison, Richardson, Wylie, Cheatham, Hinton, Jones, Sims. Harrington. Sanders. PAGE 10

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FACULTY EDUCATION TOP Row: Hines. Humphries, Parsons. Harris. FRONT Row: Phillips. Fitzgerald. Thackstun. Wilson. Stivers. University of Tennessee It was on September 4, 179-1 that a bill was presented before the Territorial Assembly for 0the establishment ofmeCollege in the vicinity of Knoxville, the blank being subsequently right worthily filled with the name of the honored governor.U One week later the bill chartering the college became a law. Thus was the beginning of Blount College, the first non-denominational college established under the jurisdiction of the United States. Blount College later became the University of Tennessee. Col. James White donated the town square, now the site of the First Baptist Church, for the use of the college. Subscriptions were taken and a two-story frame building was erected in the northwest corner. Rev. Samuel Carrick, first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church was elected president of Blount College. According to recent investigation at Harvard University, this was the first institution to admit women into its sacred halls 0n the same terms as men. Barbara Blount, daughter of GOV. William Blount, was the first young woman to enter. So great was her popularity that the name of Barbara Hill was applied to the entire college hill and the first women's dormitory erected was named in her honor. In 1806 Congress passed an act providing for the. establishment of two colleges in the east and west parts of the state. The trustees of Blount College, so long dependent upon the un- certain support of the public, agreed to surrender their charter and transfer all property to the new college. In 1808 the East Tennessee College moved to approximately the sixteen hundred block of Magnolia Avenue. In 1820 the Hampden-Sydney Academy united with the college. and in 1826 the whole school moved to its present location. Another change of name appeared in 1840 when the institution became the East Tennessee University. Finally in 1894 the University came into being. From the small handful of first students, there has grown a large student body which numbered 3114 regular students during the 1927-28 session, exclusive of the summer session. spring term for teachers, and extension department. PAGE 12