THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ~
The University of Kentucky is located at Lexington, an urban _
community of about 65,000 population. It is a statesupported institu-
tion operated under the direction of a board of trustees of fifteen V
members. The membership of this board includes the Governor, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, ex officio, and twelve members appointed by the Governor, `
three of whom are alumni of the University and three, members of the
State Board of Agriculture. The University is one of a number of
institutions known as land-grant colleges which were established by
the Morrill Act of 1862 and which have continued to receive federal
assistance under the provisions of this and subsequent laws relating
to the teaching of agriculture and the mechanic arts and to the pro-
vision of agricultural experiment stations and extension services in _,
agriculture and home economics.
The University of Kentucky is a fully accredited institution. It
is on the approved list of the Association of American Universities and
holds memberships in the following organizations: The Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Council ‘
on Education, the National Association of State Universities, the
Association of American Colleges, the Association of Land—Grant Col-
leges, the Association of American Law Schools, the American Asso-
ciation of Collegiate Schools of Business, the Kentucky Association l
of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Association of
Schools and Departments of Journalism, and the National Associw
tion of Schools of Music. ‘
The major function of the University is that of instruction. For
the performance of this function it is organized into the College of
Arts and Sciences, the College of Agriculture, the College of Engineer-
ing, the College of Law, the College of Education, the College of Com-
1nerce, the Graduate School, and a Department of University Exten-
sion. Residence instruction is given through two semesters of eighteen
weeks each, and through two summer terms of live weeks each.
In addition to giving instruction to its student body, the Uni-
versity cont1·ibutes to the welfare of the state through research,
experimentation, and public service. While all departments make im-
portant contributions along these lines, certain divisions and bureaus
have been established specifically for these purposes. Included in this
group are the Experiment Station and the Extension Division of the
College of Agriculture, the Bureau of Business Research, the Bureiau V
of Gove1·n1nent Research, the Bureau of School Service, the Bureau
of Source Materials, the Personnel Bureau, the Publicity Bureau, the .
Teachers Placement Bureau, and the Department of University ,
Extension.