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

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When +he Universify's presiden+ emerifus. Dr. James D. Hoskins, looks over +he I897 VOLUN- TEER, if is indeed familiar +0 him. Why? He was one of +he board of edi'l'ors of +ha+ firs+ U-T an- nual. Thaf year he was s+udying law in Tennessee Hall like so many +oday and as +he barrisfer's rep- resen+a+ive on He yearbook s+aff he became a par+ of +he infanf proiec+. Dr. Hoskins has wa+ched +he VOLUNTEER grow wi+h +he Universi+y. He has seen familiar faces come and go. He has seen crowds of s+uden+s fill +he classroomsI dwindle down +0 nofhing, and +hen fill +hem +0 overHowing. H is fiH'ing, +herefore, +ha'l' Dr. Hoskins be honored in coniuncfion wH'h Hue fiHieH-I anniversary O'F +he VOLUNTEER, 'For bofh have played a maior par+ in ca+ching and holding flue genial Spirif of +he Hill. ' '

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THE 1947 uowmeen This fiffiefh consecu+Ive ediHon of He Tennes- see yearbook capfures a glimpse of +he crowds a+ +he Universify in +he pasf year. HS 400 pages show +he fun and frusfrafion of crowds, +he emergency needs and +heir squHon, and +he classes and masses of I947. The barracks life. +he regisfra+ion linesI Hue campus poli+ics. +he dances and parfies-all +ha+ will someday blend info a happy recollecfion ofcollegelife as caugh+ by +he VOLUNTEER camera's eye. In showing Hie frailers and prefabs, fhe congesfed halls and classrooms, and even +he Corner and game crowds. +he VOLUNTEER aHempfs +0 memo- rialize +he feeling a+ Tennessee in I947. V v- ' , , EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE I947 VOLUNTEER um mega

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The years be'fween I897 and I947 have been years of cons+an+ change, and +he VOLUNTEER has been quick +0 picfure +hese changes down +hrough +he years. In +racing +he growfh of +he UniversifyI +he yearbook has grown correspondingly and kep+ abreas+ of ifs progress. Indeed. many changes-changes for +he beHer-have occured on +he Hill. In con+ras+ +0 +he 554 s+uden+s of l897, +here are now 8374 enrolled a+ Knoxville. To- day +he keynofe is CROWDS. No+ oniy has +here been a growfh in enrollment bu+ in +he physical plan'l's as weIl-a comparison of +he Hill's Skylines a+ +he bO'H'om of +he page proves +his. The building and dormi+ory expansion is beginning a new s+age of developmenf and acfivify in +he his+ory of +he Universi+y of Tennessee. Yes, +hese +wo pages show af a glance iusf how marked a change fiHy years can produce. Compare +he +wo foo+ball +eams. AHhough bofh +he squads represen+ win- ners in +heir own righf and +he change in +heir uniforms is evident one doesn'+ see +he increased prominence foofball has aH'aIned in +he recen+ years. However. +he spor+s sec+ion of +his I947 VOLUNTEER shows +his im- portance graphically; similarly +he ofher sec+ions view each phase of +he campus scene and record college life in '47. Indeed. ius+ as +he school has been con- s+an+ly improving and expanding down +hrough +he years, so has +he yearbook. And so we poin'r wi+h pride +0 3+5 men+s and especially +he s+ar+ made by +ha+ TEER fi'Hy years ago. CURRENT FOOTBALL TEAM