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")v  . Qollege at the time of President Patterson’s re- by the Kentucky Legislature, and the donation     i
i  _ tirement, was appointed acting DI`€Sld€nt fOr thi? of 21 plot of ground to the University by the city i   r ·
}¤ r year 1910, following which Henry S. Barker re- of Lexington, is to house the College of Educa-      
1 eeived the appointment to the presidency. In tlon and a training school for teachers which will       X
}¢ V 1908 the Agricultural and Mechanical College Was offer advantages to men and women desiring to ii =ii·l“ i i ·
_ reclassified under the title of State College and follow the teaching profession in any one of its    
. Continued under that name throughout the ad- many branches from kindergarten to college ·   — in  i 
» the l ministration of President Barker and Dean Paul The College of Law, the second oldest college on   i     
llege ` p P, Boyd, who acted in the capacity of chief ex- the campus, has among members of the profes- ilu.;      
Ynbly , ecutive for a few months in 1917, previous to the sion in Kentucky and throughout the country     i i
ls of appointment of Dr. Frank L. McV€y· men who have established themselves as leaders   . i-  · i  
illats  T The University of Kentucky is today the largest in the legal practice. This college has recently     i  
is in   institution of higher education in the State of proven its leadership by the announcement of the `  it-      
l this . _  ; Kentucky. It is non-denominational and offers inaugeration of a course of study in "Air Law"     i  i
isible 1 equal advantages to all. The University is com- a course which at the time of the announcement   » ‘   ·i  i
posed of six colleges, a Graduate School, an Agri- Was only being taught in two other schools of V .  " i
n0Wn cultural Experiment Station, two Agricultural higher learning in the United States, S ·     I
ie- of _ Experiment Sub—Stations, and a department of The College of Commerce is the most recently ·   i i
time  _ University Extension and of Agricultural Exten- formed college at the University, -whi1e the   i - ‘ l
lultcd  T sion, Besides these divisions, the University has Graduate School has become a seperate unit of       1
goof,   several sub-divisions including a Bureau of Busi- University work only within the last few years.   ji  T
Nhloh , ness Research in the College of Commerce, a However, this school, under the direction of Dr. Vi   A
ilassi- ;  Bureau of School Service in the College of Educa- W. D. Funkhouser, the dean, will confer its nrst Q   T "
l and Y tion and a summer session under the direction of degree of Doctor of Philosophy this spring, in- .    si
 { Dean W. S. Taylor, of the College of Education. dicating the rapid strides which have marked its it .   `Z
in tho f The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest growth in recent years. if Q} Q  L 
li tho  i college in the University, not only trains in liberal Last summer, 1,504 students attended the two i   T.?  i ?
tty of  _ education, but provides the service courses for all sessions of summer School (not including dupli-      il A
orodtt ”  other colleges. These service courses include cate enrollment), 5,394 matriculatedifor the two V I     i
i`0Wtn  i mathematics, languages, sciences, ecomonics, semesters of the 1929 school year (including     ~ 
V with history, English and art. In addition to that, the duplicate enrollment) and 1,413 students received " ii _ it  , 
avery i· Arts College odors a pre-medical course and offers instruction through the department of University . 5 Ki   f 
f a degree in industrial chemistry, and in journal- Extension during the term beginning February, z¥·   ‘
5 done  i ism. 1929; this number includes 219 students who took yi  . 
oottoll L The College of Engineering offers instruction in evening courses both semesters_ T    Q
Stdent   Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Civil Engin- The enrollment at the University has increased L  Qi 
fgc of s eering, and is one of the best known and highest approximately 178 per cent over a period of ten ,  na  
ntontt ranking engineering schools in the United States, years; it has a teaching staff of 253, a campus of ' j i} 
*6 dis'  _ its graduates being recognized throughout the 76 acres with moreithan 30 buildings, an Experi-     i f
Jttoblo  . country as one of Kentucky’s finest contributions ment Station farm of 600 acres, a forest reserve   A  
Slowly ·  i to industry. and sub-experiment station at Quicksand of 15,- V    
lt€am* "  The College of Agriculture possibly has done 000 acres and a sub-experiment station at Prince- sy " 
ittooot J  more for the State of Kentucky than any other ton of 600 acres. Through the cou11ty agents in r   ‘ 
llty of _ Olle faCtO1“ ill the Ag`1`iCUltUYal development of the 90 Counties and the home demonstration agents   . 
ot the — Commonwealth. The Agricultural EXPe1`i1ncnt in 35 counties, the investigations of the Kentucky   E
B Welt ` Station, through its 1‘€S€a1`Cl'1, diSCOVe1`leS and oxperirnent and Sub-eXpe]•in]en1; Stations, the ye-    
od tho ~ services, adds each year hundreds of thousands sources of the College of Agriculture are made     l
no to  — of dollars to the- incomes of the farmers of the available to the farmers and homemakers of   2
_ · State, the discoveries in soil production alone Kentucky.  3;,  S.
att IPT i having already saved more than the annual sup- During the past decade the physical aspect of   i
S chief  i port received from the State, the University of Kentucky campus, as well as its   _
St two L-  The College of Education will go into new educational rating, has changed, developed and .   *-c ii ·
Ssldent  i Quarters next fall with the opening of the new improved to the extent that the old graduate no ,    A
ins, tot ; Teachers Training building, now under construe- might see in it a strangely new but particularly 6, Vs   
Service  » tion- This fine building made possible through beautiful achievement. Under the leadership of     I
. _  _ a gift of $150,000 from the General Education Dr. Frank L. McVey, its President Since 1917»     rr · 
Clencet  " Board of New York City, a like sum appropriated (Continued on Page TW€nty“tWo) y    i *3