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

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Education. When Perkins Hall was built, it was named after the woman who aided the revival of the coed system that had been abolished for about 85 years. For students, the steps of education will always lead to Ayres Hall. Here the tower looms over the snow-covered lawn, daring to be challenged ti :3! tOwen Poveda One of the oldest dorms on campus, Melrose has a unique wooded court- yard that allows the residents some privacy for studying or just contem- plating life. c E x e m .. .E tt't T tOwen Puveda

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Wasting precious energy, Glocker is known for its faulty heating system, In- door temperatures often reached as high as the 803 in warm weather. December 1966 saw Stokely Athletics Center completed just in time for its first game. The new building must have been charmed. because the Vols beat Michigan 7254, The two arched windows to the left of the covered entrance at Strong Hall conceal the first campus cafeteria ever lo be conlained in a residence hall. 14hCampus iGuillermo Palomo v t Glocker Business Admin. Building 1000 Volunteer eGuiliermo Palomo !Owen Poveda Expansion With all of the money spent on constructing a building, it seems ironic that when Strong Hall was built as a women's dorm in 1924, the new resi- dents were apparently enchanted by a mere full- length mirror. After the '203, construction slowed until the '505 when Taylor Law Building, Perkins Hall, Glocker Business Ad- ministration Building. Carolyn P. Brown University Center, Claxton Education Building, Memorial Research Center and Hospital and Stokely Athletics Center were built. The construction was fund- ed by a 1947 state sales tax that enabled state legislators to ap- propriate five million dollars over the next five years. Glocker was built in the '505 and named after an emeritus dean, Theodore W. Glocker, who made his contribution as a Hpioneer in business studies. Claxton Education Building was built in 1965, with air con- ditioning, still a novelty at the time. It was dedicated to one of Tennessee's foremost educators, who founded the Department of Education, later to become the College of Partially hidden behind a cloud of thin, bare branches, Claxton Education Building, built in 1956, will soon be com- plemented by its new addition

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16 Campus 1;:33333311 4m? gmmn i-.. l K1339. - 1,! 7Luura Tomlinsun It takes strength to make the daily hike up the Hill to classes. but most students are used to the walk and seem to have no problem battling the steps