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` ¥· rid ’ Increased Enrollment of Students, Erection of New Buildings and Expan-  · th
i * sion of Research and Public Service Marks Progress at I  C0
 ·   S _ University During Past Year  
. i _' By Dr. Frank L. McVey  · 1;
.   Examination of the reports made by the dif. University will be confronted in the near future [ n fr.
Y   ferent deans of the seven colleges that constitute with the necessity of providing more housing . of
_   .· the teaching work of the University and by the facilities for Women. i T
; f   -_ ~ heads of departments and directors of the various Housing Facilities Inadequate { ar
Z;   S activities indicate that the University is a “going There are seventeen men’s fraternities and ten  _ ne
i i   concern." Any institution that is making Pro- women’s sororities at the University, most of them i th
3 j   i gress is constantly creating neW problems. In the owning or leasing houses. Many of these houses  » Ne
T i   past 10 years student attendance at the Univer- a1‘e inadequate, in fact, they are not large enough , of
‘ .·   ‘ ‘ sity of Kentucky has increased 176 per cent- to provide housing facilities for the groups that V of
Y     i l ` These significant figures mean that the plant of are in them. Some improvement is to be noted in  ` ing
gi , 10 years ago would be Wholly inadequate but for the houses but not enough to satisfy the best liv- ha
I   . l V the considerable progress that has been made in ing conditions. It may be that in order to secure  1 th
Z It building and in enlarged organization- adequate provisions for the housing of more stu- _ nu
F - The attendance at the University can be studied dents the University might well carry out a plan   ha
specifically in the annual report made to the developed at Northwestern University for the ,_  wi
»   superintendent of public instruction ·by the reg- construction of fraternity houses, with the pro- i Mc
  ‘   _ istrar, but it is sufficient to say here that 2,661 vision that the student group would buy the Q cai
T l i l students were enrolled in the regular session clos- houses constructed by the University.  — ing
,`   lng in June, 1929, and if the attendance of the The feeding of students at the University has _. 
» summer school and registrations in University ex- been developed in the Wemeiys halls to 3, satis-   J
_ . _ tension are included, the total attendance last year factory point. The new cafeteria in McVey hall  L VQ]
1 = i WaS n10l'e than 5,000- is a model of its kind, but the managers have not . ter
f   — Beginning with September of the year 1929, yet worked out a satisfactory plan to meet the i Sh,
U j ’ the student enrollment was the largest in the his- needs of a large group of the students. Plans are   ity
{ i j tory of the University. The registrar reports that now under way for a study of the situation with a  ij ma
Q l on October 10, 1929, there were 2,884 students on hope that better use of the cafeteria may be work- ’  leg
  , the campus. This number was an increase of 440 ed out. " s  ; CM
  i I OV€I` the pI`€VlOl1S y€3.I` at tl'19 S3.IT1€ d3.lZ€. Another Two years ago the University began ai   `_  act
E { < { f3.ClZOI`   is of lIllZ€I'€Sl] lll   COIlH€ClZl.OH is program baged upon an appropriation of   V;  gpc
  g * that 508 Peteene were candidates for degrees lh from the Legislature, a gift of $150,000 from the * i
' l I . -1 une, 1929- A larger number will oonie up for <1e· General Education Board, gifts from friends and it  of q
4 V grees at commencement lll 1930. lll tll€ mean- Alumni and the Savings from the genera] fund  t ing
’  1 r time the Peet 8`1`aduate Work haS grown amazing- over a number of years. This program included S eye
. ly and in September of this year there were 204 the construction or the Memorial building, a `  ? qu;
candidates for degrees higher than the bachelors recitation buiidmg, a teacher-training building for »  Sec.
_ r l degree registered in the Graduate School as oem- the College or Education, a dairyproducts build- nd
 1 Dated With 19 lh 1919- ing for the College of Agriculture, two dormitories  5 s p
_ · Two new dormitories for men were completed in for men, and a University library ·  V alsr
  i September. These buildings were erected under The Memorial building and the recitation build- * in 1
_? · the amortization plan of financing construction ing are completed and being used at the present ,  1 oft
, s authorized by the last General Assembly. The time. The training-school building is about 70 ._ 'I
Q ` t completion of these buildings gives the Univer- per cent completed and will be ready for use dur- _ ·`  tim
i i 1 · n sity three residence halls for men capable of ing the spring of next year. The dairy-produCtS  · the
Q f in j housing 260 students. The women’s dormitories building is still farther along and should be ready » rep.
 I ’ i   1 are full and crowded, and with the present en- in January or February. The residence halls for  _‘ pub
, i’ T ` ’ rollment of 1,004 women in the University new men were completed in September of this year Q wil]
  ` L demands are arising for the care of women. The and are now occupied by students. Y  tion
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