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What is the University of Tennessee? What does it represent to me. a student? Sure. I know that U.T. was the first state university to admit women; it was founded in 1796. almost on the site of the present Tennessee Theatre: and I know that it is one of the biggest and best universities in the South. But just what does all of this add up to for me as a student of this institution. I remember Freshman week, but not too well. Everything was just a little confused and I felt awfully insignificant in the midst of the seemingly thousands of people. I began to realize along toward the end of the week, particularly when rush week started, that maybe I wasn't so insignificant after all, and the Hill wasn't as unfriendly as it had seemed. It always seems that fall quarter is the shortest quarter instead of the longest, and the football week-ends never lose their kick. We usually won. but I don't remember any parties being called off because of a loss. There were a few unforgettable moments at the games when it seemed as if our noble gladiators were really giving their all for ol' U.T. rather than just trying to stay on scholarship. One never ceases to wonder how that history prof knew how to ask just the points we hadn't studied and still greater, how we still pulled a C.' Homecoming. Nahheeyali. elections, football week-ends, frat formals and all the rest won't be forgotten. But somewhere down deep there persists the feeling that maybe in the far distant future when I'll have to go to work for a living, that maybe the things that will be remembered
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most warmly will be the generally accepted things we take for granted, things peculiar to U.T. and this segment of our life that we will never be able to regain. I mean things like the midnight bull sessions in the dorm on sex. religion, or what have you. the coffee hours at Byerlys or E E or the endless hours of practice on All Sings or Carnicus, perhaps to be rewarded by Nothing, or maybe with the wonderful feeling of winning. The source of perennial pleasure, Knoxville's weather, or the wonderful exercises enjoyed by all on the long trek up the Hill with a stroll to the Business Administration Building to look forward to next hour. What other school could offer so much time for outdoor exercise for its students. I don't know, but maybe these things are the really important memories. Perhaps U.T. isn't the best school in the world, and maybe we would have been just as happy somewhere else, maybe, but we re so used to you now. we'd hate to lose you. and to us at least, there's no better. We. the staff of the 53 VOLUNTEER, have tried to invest this spirit into our scrapbook of events for 1952-53 at the University of Tennesee hoping that someday when in a reminiscent mood you may look through these pages and re-capture for a moment, at least, that spirit that filled us all. for better or worse, at parties and at work at U.T. The Spirit of the Hill.
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