Although not the official fight song, “Fight! Vols, Fight!” was played often by the band and sung at chapel. Gwen Sweet wrote the song in 1938, and Thornton W. Allen and Milo Sweet wrote the music. The song was first played January 2, 1939, at the Orange Bowl victory of UT over Oklahoma (17-0). The … Continued

Figi Island is the on-campus green space associated with Fraternity Park and located just in front of the fraternity houses.

The Finance Club was a student affiliate of the American Finance Association, which was founded in 1912 in Philadelphia. In 1968 a Finance Association was formed to generate interest in the world of finance and economy. The association organized an Investment Club, with students whose paper portfolios did best receiving prizes of savings bonds from … Continued

Prior to 1947 art courses at UT were in the related arts and crafts program within the College of Home Economics (later Human Ecology and then part of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences). The Department of Fine Arts, with a program in music, was approved in 1946. In the fall of 1947, … Continued

UT first issued a special fine of $25 for parking in a space for the handicapped without a handicapped permit in fall quarter 1979.

A 1978 political science graduate of UT, Paul Finebaum is a leading authority in southern sports. In 1980 he joined the staff of the Birmingham’s Herald-Post and began his talk-show career with the afternoon sports-talk show on WERC-AM. He has won over 250 awards for his columns and talk-show work. In addition, he is the … Continued

UT alumnus Colonel Zane Finkelstein was the only army lawyer to be decorated for gallantry in action in Vietnam and the first to be awarded a decoration for combat heroism while investigating and paying claims. He received the Bronze Star Medal with “V” for valor device in May 1968. He traveled to a Vietnamese village … Continued

In April 1916 UT learned that it was one of nine state universities that would receive a gift of $1,000 from the estate of the late W. W. Finley, who had been president of the Southern Railway. The funds were to establish a student loan fund for agriculture students as a memorial to Finley. The … Continued

The tradition of shooting fireworks to punctuate Vols scores in Neyland Stadium began with a 1988 suggestion from Langston Hill, president of Pyro Shows of LaFollette, that fireworks, which would be both seen and heard inside the stadium, be shot from the south bank of the river across from the stadium. With the construction of … Continued

When the institution purchased the Hill in 1826, a building plan was prepared that called for a central college building and three dormitories. This plan may have been influenced by Thomas Jefferson’s 1810 letter describing an “academical village” and the building of such a village at the University of Virginia.