Egyptologist Prince Boris de Rachewiltz, (Boris Baratti) founder and president of the Ludwig Keimer Foundation for Comparative Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, lectured on campus in May 1972 on “Siglimassa: The Gold Capital of the Desert.” While on campus, he presented a solid gold medal, the Minerva Medal from the Keimer Foundation, to Chancellor Archie … Continued

Mini-Term classes made their debut at UT in 1978, under the aegis of the Division of Continuing Education. The Mini-Term, scheduled between fall and winter quarters, lasted two weeks and provided an opportunity to earn up to five credit hours, but students could take only one course. Classes were offered by 40 departments and were … Continued

See White, Reggie.

In 1991 Barbara Goddard Johnstone notified UT that in carrying out her estate planning, she had decided to leave a portion of her estate to endow a professorship to be named for her mother, Minnie Doty Goddard. The well-known M. D. Goddard who began publishing the Dandridge Banner in 1928 and bought out the Jefferson … Continued

In 1934 an intercollegiate minor sports program for men was organized by the Athletics Department. The program included tennis and swimming and initiated golf, boxing, wrestling, and cross-country.

Building on the popularity of the Official Preppy Handbook  (1980, Workman Publishing) the Kappa Alpha Fraternity held a Miss Preppy UT contest in February 1983, held at The Place on Cumberland Avenue. Of the 15 sororities invited to participate, 11 sent entries. Part of the contest involved responses by the contestants to questions from the … Continued

The 1939 third annual Commerce Ball, sponsored by the School of Business Administration and Delta Sigma Pi, featured the election of Miss Private Secretary by the voting of attendees from among four nominees. Alice Cox, newly elected president of AOPi sorority, was chosen.

The Miss Tennessee award, begun in fall 1930, was traditionally the most coveted popularity award for female students. Each year, the student body voted for the senior woman considered the most outstanding and representative person in regard to scholarship, leadership, and service to the university. In 1943 Miss Tennessee was announced during the intermission of … Continued

In February 1964 the Student Faculty Organizations Board approved Circle K’s request to mount a Miss UT Pageant, the winner of which would compete in the Miss America contest, requiring that the annual senior class vote for Miss Tennessee be halted. The permission was for the pageant to begin in 1965. In 1965 the Circle … Continued