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

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DEAN L. R. HESLER COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Man,s first duty to his fellows is his own education. If one is to play his role in society he must hold a broad and a sympathetic understanding of man and of nature. Such comprehension can be had only through onels own intellectual efforts. Man is interested in earning a living, but he is also concerned with the quality of that living. Onels existence must give satisfaction, which is greatest when one is in possession of a sympathetic understanding of other men. Humanity is ever active in political, social, economic, and spiritual philosophies and practices. These matters of thought and conduct of the past furnish a basis for judging what may today be best for humanity. It is the clear purpose of the College of Liberal Arts to search into the reason and the nature of these things. Significant it is that men have clamorecl always for those intellectual enrichments which come from the poet and the scientist. Under the instruction of the College of Liberal Arts faculty, operating in an atmosphere of human endeavor, all students are invited to join in the happy pursuit of intellectual and emotional ideals.

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RALPH V. BURNS DEAN CHARLES A. WILLSON M. IRENE THOMPSON IN MIEMGIRIAM The removal of Dean Charles A. Willson from our midst during his prime, when he was best fitted to render constructive and efficient service to the institution and its program, make his passing an untimely and serious loss. He was an ardent and helpful inHuence in the devel- opment of the University, particularly in the department of agriculture. Dean Willson was an honorable, a capable, and a practical human being. In his departure the University loses a true leader. The student body was deeply moved by the accidents that caused the loss of Ralph V. Burns and M. Irene Thompson. Ralph, a Maryville boy, had transferred here into our College of Liberal Arts, and Irene, living in Watertown, had transferred here to our college of Home Economics. Both of these students, being in school for only a portion of this year, had made many friendships and had definitely established themselves among the students. 1211

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Courses of Engineering became a reality soon after the Morrill Bill became a law, and our catalog of 1880 outlined courses of study leading to the degrees, Bach- elor of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Mining Engineering. The building now called Reese Hall was erected in 1888. It was then known as the Mechanical Building and housed the power plant, forge shops, pattern shops, machine shop, and mechanical drawing room. Three years later Science Hall was completed, giving classrooms and laboratories for Physics and Chemistry, and for the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Drawing. The original Estabrook Hall was built in 1898, and since then seven additions have been made to it to meet the demand for more space. However, with the steady increase of enrollment in the College of Engineering, Estabrook Hall was still over- crowded. A new building was erected and completed six years ago. The new build- ing, Ferris Hall, was planned as the center of a group of three, two to be erected at a future date. The additional units would house civil, mechanical, and chemical engineering. About ten years ago the College of Engineering established the Cooperative Course, which has been of undoubted success from the viewpoint both of the stu- dents and the employers. The requirement of one full year of residence, with evi- dence of outstanding scholarship, places a premium on admission to this course. Its value to the student is not that he can earn and save a part of his expenses, but that he secures valuable experience in industry, while he is a student of pure and applied science. DEAN C. E. FERRIS