Traditions, Mascots and Big Wins Marked Sports
The University of Kentucky needed someone to carry its development into its second century and it has been instituted by Dr. Oswald. He has centered more power in the president's office, permitting the University to guide itself. Dr. Oswald's long range academic plan predicts that 50 percent of the University's underclassmen will be studying in Community Colleges in 1975. He considers that the community college system is indispensable in the challenge of tomorrow. Along with his emphasis on a state-wide college, Dr. Oswlald has put emphasis on research. He devised a new procedure for professional tenure and promotion that is designed to retain and reward students and faculty who performed research.
As the motion of the movement of the University progresses into its second one hundred years, the University will meet the challenge of the traditions of the past, as well as the challence of the future.
The day they changed Euclid Avenue to the Avenue of Champions-when UK won the Cotton Bowl championship in Dallas, Texas, 1952.
The University, always known for its powerhouse basketball, also had a women's team in 1908.
The cherished beer barrel, symbol of Kentucky-Tennessee athletic rivalry, once again is returned to the Lexington campus.          '* ~\