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Private giving to the
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There are more than I
I Dantzler used to listen to a student talk 7'0£,0tk;fiAlI;lli,ll:Il:cls I
.   for a couple of minutes and then tell the Association.  
 III      student where he was reared, even which side I
I i    r e   ·· .   of the creek he had lived on. 1 9 8 2 I
‘    l '     Dantzler had begun teaching in a one· ' ° ‘ ° ’ ' ' I
    room school, all eight grades, when he was 19. Cl4lI“m¤¤§ lem! d I
I _  I,  , ;I IIr   ]ust like s0 many others of UK professorial U;'f;;':EaIi 2:;:5]  
II  I    —~.. `     ranks in its early years, held had a varied i I
  Irv I   career before he got to Kentucky so his many Them are 2Z’l75 `
we =."i _ I ¤$.~I ’ members ofthe I
I   `{Z L     experiences be came his stories, became his ASs0eIaum,_ I
I   I I ;`.   lectures, became the things that students More than IIIOS-{ Cande I
I remembered about him, and about their dm, {OI degrees me I
Ellzabet/ll T“Yl°' Marguerite M°L““gl‘ll“ education at the University of Kentucky. honored or UK`S ll$¤l¤ I
A campus favorite, butt of many twice- ‘*““““l C°‘“‘“““""“°“' I
Thomas D. Clark and Holman Hamilton were {Old tales, was **Sbe pag \vhO was hung wleb "‘ M"V· I
eminent in their field of history and both were me nnm de plume because he Onee Served as  __  
khewh {Or rhelr wit emel {Or mekmg rhelr assistant “matron” of the girl’s dormitory. A I
lectures live in the minds of their students. bmebel- Of President Patterson, ‘*Sbe Pat? Or  
Both scholars, like so many recalled, deserve Welter l(_ Patterson, was named principal Of
more rhrm mere elmrlerl {Or rhelr Wlr· the Academy in 1880, to serve in that capacity
Orher PrOre$$Or$ Or elietioerive $rYle until 1911. He also worked in other areas, I
who leot eo een who helped the elume remioisee. including the teaching of business subjects. I
whose words flowed rhmugh rhe memOrY Or The president was “He Patf’ and his son, for I
elem arrer el3$$» $0 m€mY Or rhem still llVmg whom the Patterson School of Diplomacy and I
Bhd Some Srlll 3erlVe¥ Nlek Piseeeooa Deo Fulksi International Commerce is named, was dubbed I
Virgil Christian; Ben Black; Dr. Yost, of “foot- ‘*lt Pat? I
ball physics”; Charles Roland, whom some said lee Dleker was Once singled Ou; {Or  
live K1'1I`OL1gl'1 the   WHY l"1€ talked HDOUK in   yvhat he taught. hO\y he taught, and yvhgte he  
lectures; Ellmherh T3Yl0r Or Raelle Arts: l·A· taught, which was in the engineering shops. A  
MeC3UleY of lO¤rl`l€lll$mi Nlel Plummer oflout- recreation and lounge area, called Dicker Hall,  
helll$m· fsmdehrs Or oews writing 3m¤$mSlY once stood on campus, dedicated to his memory. I
and fondly declared that Dr. Plummer COulCln)t _ Eulogizing joseph Dicker, UK’s superintendent I
eveo spell hls oeme eOrreerlY·) of shops, Dean Paul Anderson called him “A  
Here is some more classroom folklore physical Hercules; a spirited light of matchless  
_ flowing through the annals of an era — stories softness."  
former students have recalled with delight William S. Ward of English; Edward E I
around a reunion bash throughout the years. Farquhar, who taught literature; Marguerite (Miss I
Professor and Presidentlames K. Patterson Margie) McLaughlin of Iournalism; Grant C.  
got up to talk to the class of 1880 and told the _   __I_   ___ I
graduates to eat lots of oatmeal and Alfred Peter, i I _     s` ` _· I  
A who graduated that year, got up afterwards to v_   I   I I
comment that oatmeal may be good and I I '`:‘'       I
healthy for the “Scotch stomach,” but that       I  
I A&M students should not neglect good old i' `i°’       ·
American corn? In any way except the liquid, " \        
of eoursel I   ,—_I ;   I
And 1..1.. Dantzler. When he talked about I V     °"_"l‘r"iss . I
how they passed stories from generation to   ``I`` I   __ · ——,_\ _ .
generation by song and rote during the Middle \ *4 I   I `I I  
Ages, would begin each class with several plucks I   ·    
on that imaginary stringed instrument to ' `·   .
accompany that low singing voice of his as he ` '`'’  
sang of Beouwulf. I
Niel Plummer
 
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