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Just the High Spots of Knoxville and East Tennessee

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  • Education for All ONE of the outstanding attractions of East Tennessee is the large number of universities and colleges located throughout this section of the State. The University of Tennessee located at Knoxville, has one of the strongest Agricultural colleges in the entire South. This institution also has strong colleges of Engineering, Liberal Arts and Law and schools of Commerce, Education and Home Economics. The enrollment for these departments is 2200. The Summer School has an annual enrollment of 1200 making a total enrollment of 3400. Other schools and universities in East Tennessee include: Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City. Centenary College, Cleveland. Grant University, Athens. Hiwassee College, Madisonville. Johnson Bible College, Kimberlin Heights. King College, Bristol. Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate. Maryville College, Maryville. Maryville Polytechnic School, Maryville. Milligan College, Milligan. Morristown Normal and Industrial College, Morristown. Murphy Collegiate Institute, Sevierville. Sullins College, Bristol. Tennessee Military Institute, Sweetwater. Tusculum College, Tusculum. Virginia Intermont College, Bristol. Washington College, Washington. Among the graduates of many of these institutions are men and women who have won nationwide and, in many instances, world-wide fame. The public school system of East Tennessee cities and counties is rapidly taking the lead among Southern states. In Knoxville, for instance, the Board of Education is now spending $2,250,000 for new schools and additions to present buildings. Similar expansion is taking place in other parts of East Tennessee. The State Legislature, at its last session, passed a bill providing a minimum eight months school in every county in the state. This will enable some of the smaller counties to make great improvements in their school system. In Johnson City, the State operates one of its three normal schools in which hundreds of young men and women are training for teachers. Another institution operated by the State is the Tennessee School for Deaf located at Knoxville. Deaf children from all parts of the State are sent to this school, all expenses being borne by the State. Knoxville is the location of Knoxville College, one of the South's leading colleges for negroes. IIHBi A'V- 'ALA .A'.' _ *..'-:' U. OF T. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND PART OF EXPERIMENTAL FARM Page Seventeen
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