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

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WITH THE Carrying the largest enrollment of all di ons 0f resi- dent teaching nmintained hy the university, the Col- lege of Liberal Arts embraces the Pre-Dental, Pree Medical. Science. and regular courses. Dean L. R. Heslet commands the activities of the Liberal Arts scholars from his ofhcc in the Biology Building where the natural r'ghts 0f the rabbit, chicken, fungi, and schizomycetes fall prey to the scalpel, microscope, and dissecting needle. For mas- tery 0f the mother tongue, foreign languages, and the social sciences Ayrcs Hall is the scene of the exposures t3 knowledge. Studies in inorganic research in chemistry, DEANS geology. geography. and physics increase the density and factual substance of the student's path in the other build- ings circling the Hill. Designed basically to prepare a student for service to the state and future specialization in his chosen held. the Liheral Arts curricula enclose studies extending from the complex analyses in organic and physi- cal chemistry to the tonal qualities of spoken Greek to the intricate determiners of heredity and variation in advanced genetics.

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UUNSTHUUTIUN Sincc the institution of thc cnginccring courses in 1880 th College of Engineering has expanded from scattcrcd classrooms in the main huildings in y uf the regular mlh-gc to .1 four-huilding nut homing .1 power plant. forgo: shops, and intricate tcchnicnl cquipmvnt. Coopcrniivc courses intro- duccd into thc curricula .1 dccadc ago under thc administration of rhc Cnmpctcm Dean C. If. Ferris hnvc solvcd thc prohicm ui- inoculating thc training with practical vxpcricncc in industry to supplement academic work. and added to thc proficicncy which points out Tcnncsscc as a leading tcchnical school. In cnnncctinn this collcgc is the Engineering Ex- pcrimcnt Station. Under the dircctorship of Dr. C. A. Perkins this medium of research makes con- tinuous contributions to the welfare of industrv and commerce in the state. Giants of power react to the engineer's touch. . . . Charlie Burks poring over a tough om- in physics lab. . . . Rating rocks absorbs the infrvqucm nuvmion of Dunklin and Miss Gulhriv. . . . Respected for his genius. admired for his counscl, Donn Ferris is seen in iho right corner crossing the Hill.