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

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fogefher 3+ +he celebrafion . . .Ieff +0 righf: Dr, Morganl Dr. Hoskins, and Dr. The Factu in full dress. Dabney. Tim Sesqui-Eentemlial CELEBRATION On We sevenfeenfh day of November, I944, +he Uni- versify of Tennessee held +he Sesqui-Cenfennial Celebra- fion of ifs founding in Knoxville, Tennessee. Alumni and friends of +he University came from all over flue s+a+e for he celebrafion. Three U. T. presidenfs were able +0 aHend our program. They were: Dr. James D. Hos- kins. +he present President Dr. H. A. Morgan, Presidenf from IN? +0 I933; and Dr. C. W, Dabney' Presidenf from I887-I904. Wi'rh fhe impressive faculfy procession. +he opening meeHng began. H was held in fhe Alumni Memorial Audiforium. W, P. Cooper, chairman of The UniversHy's Board of Trusfees, presided. Dr. Clifford E. Barbour, Dean of +he Universify 0T Tennessee School of Religion. offered +he invocafion. WaH'er P. Chandlera U. T. Alumni who is mayor of Memphis, spoke on +he Hisfory of +he Universify of Tennessee. Dr. James D. HoskinsI +he Presidenf 0T +he UniversHy, closed +he pro- gram. speaking on The UniversHy's Program-Presen+ and Fufure. The sfage of The Alumni Memorial Audiiorium was decorated wifh The numerous baskefs of orange and whife chrysan+hemums which had been senf from all over +ha counfry +0 +he Universify congratulafing her on her ISUfh bidhday. Ai' fhe noon meefing in The Universify Cafeferia, Burgin DosseH'. Presiden+ of fhe Universify of Tennessee Alumni Associafion. presided. The Talks given were: J. E. Burk, Greefings From +he Tennessee College AssociaHon ; Craig Caldwell. Presiden+ of The AIl-S+uden+ Club. Greefings From +he S+uden+ Body ; and H. A. Morgan, former Presidenf of +he Universify. The Universify and Public Agencies. In +he afiernoon. forums were heid in various buildv ings on Hue U. T. campus. These were given on Agri- culfure. Business AdminisfraHon, EducaHon. Engineering. HeaHh. Home Economics, Law, Liberal Arfs. and Press. Thus The visifors on our campus had the opporfunHy to choose +heir own par+icular fields of inferesf and +0 hear The oufsfanding speakers assembled af +hese forums. Lafer in Hue affernoon. a formal +ea was held in the Home Economics Building. The Council of +he Home Ec Club served +he gues+s. The celebraHon was concluded wifh a dinner in Hue UniversH'y Cafeferia. Dean Fred C. SmHh, Dean of The Universify, presided. Dr. Hoskins infroduced our speaker, The Honorable Prenfice Cooper, +he Governor of our sfa+e. He spoke on The Place of fhe Universi'ry in the S+a+e. The Universify of Tennessee sfudenfs, as well as all +he ouf-of-fown visifors, +he Universify Taculfy1 and +he Knoxville friends aHended +he meefings and forums. The Orange and Whife, +he s+uden+ newspaper. prinfed a Sesqui-Cenfennial edifion for +he occasion. One of +he mosf infereang fads abouf +he Univer- sHy's hisfory is +ha+ +he firsi' five coeds in +he Uni+ed

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