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

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The South today is a land in transition from a rural area in which farming was the most important economic activity to a land of cities and factories. This growth presents both problems and opportunities. The first city in Tennessee to be planned from its beginning was Kingsport. Memphis, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Knoxville have developed progressive and farsighted planning programs. Several other states have modeled their planning legislation after Tennessee’s. lEUiisr

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Smoke billows from chimneys where only once fields stood; the whir of machines is heard where once only the buzzing of bees and crickets disturbed the calm; and free men ride to work where once slaves sweated under the broiling sun. This is the New South—young and eager in its bid for industrial competition with its sister regions. And Tennessee is keeping pace. Tennessee has many industrial advantages which include an abundance of inexpensive power, ample coal and natural gas; a great variety of agricultural, mineral and timber resources; excellent air, rail, highway and water transportation systems; and expanding markets. This is a combination of economic advantages offered by few areas in the world.