from Kentucky University and re-established on land tion an attitude more compatible with the desires
given by Lexington and Fayette County. To provide of the Alumni and general public}
a separate campus for the new institution, the city of This situation is of such gravity that your
Lexington had donated its 50-acre fairground and park president and vioe presidents reel required to
which, during the Civil VVar, had been utilized as a present ri sioierneni to your the governing body
bivouac area for Union troops. Lexington and Fayette or the (]niversity_ It is our nope that our 6-inte-
COl1Ut}' COl']tYibLltC(l   fOI` the CODStI`1.`ICt10n of ment   clarify Some misconceptions    
huildiaesr aaa Prcsidcar Iamcs K- Paucrsoai whosc various individuals arid win help broaden public
$€1'Vl(.`C to tl`1€ iHStlt'LltiOIl began in   used   PCI" understanding about the purposes and procedures
sonal savings to supplement the building fund. Thirty or ine University V
yearsrlater the legislatureschanged the name of the in- Ar the outset, We wish to Store thor While
stitution torState University, Lexington, Kentucky, and We will vigorously defend the eoneeor or oeodernro
gave it additional financial supporf. ln 1916 the name freedom, We Seek no Special immunity from the
was changed to the University of Kentucky. row for our Students, our rroourryr or ourselves.
s ln the mores than fourscore years that haverpassed The University does nor, however, impose punish
since its establishment as a separate state institution, ment for violation or Store ond loeol lows. We
the Ucccrrrr O? Krcruclwhrr lad Oclr com im- recognize that this is rio soia prerogative arid
dents. Their periods of service have been as follows: duty or low enforcement ogenores ond course If
irAEl*r{1lrgr lo; g¤2§·Elr}$(igliol§g§rl9l0 anyone at the University violates the law, let
FRANK 1,. ~MovEY, 1917-1940 him be subject to the penalties of the law as are
?§tr¥‘i2“é.Lo?o‘i§i‘3Yt§ss¥?3és1956 all other citizenr-
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orrs A. srNcLr2·rAav, 1 69- u i i —
Before 1878, while it was a division of Kentucky Uni- lfmctlons of the U"ly‘”Sify· We View this i"Stif“'
versity, the institution was presided over by fohn A. mm as the ccclral agency m Kentucky for lurfheh
\Villiams, foscph Dcsha Pickett, and fairies K. Patter· ance of the deyelopment of Our People cud Stat?
son. During this time Bowman was regent of the Its llmctlons arc l°“Tl°ld· Fmtr to mfnsmlt
parent iusrinrtioa knowledge imaginatively from each generation to
the next and develop in our students inquisitive
minds, understandings, attitudes, and skills that
Nature and Purpgserg will equip them for living a creative and mean-
ingful life. Second, to provide our State and
A statement on the nature and purposes of a Univer- uanau uiith educated graduates for ine profes,
sity was presented to the Board of Trustees on May 7, sions, for business, for the arts, and for govern-
1968, bv thc rrrcsldcar and ucc prcsidcars of thc rriarrr services. Third, to discover new truths
U“lV€l$llY of K€llt¤€k$’$ about as many things as our resources will permit,
Tiiroug/iout trio W/estern World, universities and expand the boundaries of knowledge through
and ooiieges are becoming sources of grave public research. Fourth, to aid the citizens of our State
concern. Certain campus occurrences are coni· lh ¢lPPZ)’lTl8 the T¢’$l1h$ of rcscarch through €Xl€h·
rnanding muon attention, and thc campus or the sion activities and in so doing bring the vast
Uniycrsity cf Kcntncky is no cxccpticn intellectual resources of the University to bear
Exprossioris of arrxiatv about these events ou thc social. ccoaoraic and political roroblcrns of
are heard daily by your administrative officers. OUT Slate- M€¢l$UT€d b)’ any Sldllddldr these arc
Representing the opinions of the educated and lwble dhd Vlhll €0