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 " the university. The proposed amendment required that all the members of the
 ‘ Board instead of two thirds, be members of the Christian church. Mr, Bow- _ ,
 i. man saw clearly that if this were done, the State would at once withdraw the
  Agricultural and Mechanical College from the University. He therefore resisted {
 _ the proposed change with all the energy and all the resources at his command. l
 , Inasmuch as I shared his views upon the public policy of tl1e University and its
 » ob?igation to the State, he urged me to assist him in his defense and make an T
*  argument before the committee in the Senate to which the amendment was i
,°  referred. The supporters of the measure had made a temperate, an able and a ;
  plausible plea. The issue appeared to be very uncertain. Before a full Senate  
  in committee, I made an address in opposition to the amendment. \/Vhen the I
  measure came before the Senate for action, the motion to amend was lost by one l
.   vote. The victory won by Mr. Bowman however, contained the elements of his  
L   ultimate defeat. The internecine warfare became more bitter than ever, the  
,  gf institution declined in attendance and in reputation. The General Assembly of Y
;   1877-8, acting on the report of a commission of inquiry, passed an act dissolving  
  the relationship of the Agricultural and Mechanical College to Kentucky Uni- ,
n   versity. The same legislature appointed a commission to recommend the future  
_  .r location of the college, and to lease meanwhile from the Kentucky University,  
B   the grounds and buildings necessary to carry on its operations until the next
xt   legislature should determine where it should be established. <
lx  it This ended the first period of its existence.
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v--  1 ]anuary 17—Centre at Lexington.
ig   january 23--Vanderbilt at Nashville.
an   Jannary 24—RZlI‘11i)l€I'S at Nashville.
Ju   Innnary 27—Georgetown at Georgetown.
he   January 30—Rose Polytechnic, of Terre Haute, Ind., at Lexington.
rig  f February 2-3—\fCtl`l(léI`l)illi at Lexington. A
by-   February Q-IO—rT`€ll11€SS€€ at Lexington. :
in-   February I6—C€lltI'€ at Danville. A
 { February 2I—G€0fg`€tO\\’11 at Lexington. i
his .~  March 2—3—TC11ll@SSC€ at Knoxville. t
me   ’——‘O"`""—`  
the   EARLY HISTORY OF ATHLETICS.  
cal  A Bv PRo1·1 A. M. M11.L1·;1<. ·  
“>‘~   ARTICLE vn.  
all  J` Since the publication of Article VI, I have been informed that Dan Bryan  
mlb T}  WHS the manager of the 1905 football team.  
OT   MY attention has also been called to the fact that the game of football played I
  between Centre and our institution in the fall of '<)1 was not the first game of  
tori ··  i¤Y€fC0llegiate football played in Kentucky, but that games were played between ,
·of i  Kentucky University and State College before that.  
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