Highlight: Ground is broken for Chattanooga State Technical Institute on Amnicola April 4.

  Charles O. Whitehead listing in Chattanooga State Technical Institute's 1966-67 General Bulletin's staff.
  "Tech Planning for Beginners," Chattanooga Times, January 1, 1966, no page.  Also in JPG.

Day and evening curriculum discussed for winter quarter.   
Also on same scan: "School Land Being Deeded," by J. B. Collins, Chattanooga News-Free Press, January 1, 1966, no page.
Also on same scan: "County Approves Deeding to State,” Chattanooga Times, Jan 6, 1966, no page.

  "Heavy Enrollments Noted by City's Education Units," Chattanooga Times, January 4, 1966, no page.  Also in JPG

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"Approximately 300 students enrolled Monday and a record total registration is expected today.... The school is beginning its second quarter of operation here.  Plans for a new building have been approved and construction is expected to be completed on an Amnicola Highway site in the fall of 1967."

  "County Approves Deeding to State,” Chattanooga Times, Jan 6, 1966, no page.  Also in JPG.

On same scan as "Tech Planning for Beginners," Chattanooga Times, January 1, 1966, no page.

  "State Studies Putting Educational TV on Amnicola Tract with State Tech," Chattanooga Times, January 8, 1966,
          no page.  Also in JPG.

"[State Education Commissioner Howard] Warf said he hopes a construction contract for the technical institute can be awarded soon.  That is the next major step toward building the educational institution which was authorized by the 1963 legislature, but which has been long delayed as a result of site difficulties.... The commissioner said engineering studies are being made to see whether the same site can be used for the studios which will serve the proposed educational television station for the Chattanooga area."

  "Tech School Deal Okayed," no source, January 10, 1966, no page.  Also in JPG.

The Hamilton County Council authorized "Judge Chester L. Frost to deed the county's interest in 60 acres of land on Amnicola Highway to the state as a site for the new Chattanooga Technical Institute.  The land is part of 75 acres donated by Chattanooga industrialist J. Frank Harrison to the city and county for the new state technical school.  Mr. Harrison has already deeded two 30-acre parcels and the remaining 15 acres will be deeded by him next year."

  "State Technical Institute Characterized by the Highest Standards,” by Charles O. Whitehead, Chattanooga Times, 
          January 26, 1966, p. 21.  Also in JPG.

School began operations in fall.

  "Tech School Gets Building at 4th, Broad," no source, March 5, 1966, no page.  Also in JPG.

"The Chattanooga State Technical Institute has acquired the old Lawrence-Doster building at Fourth and Broad streets to provide additional classroom and laboratory space for the current semester.... [Whitehead] pointed out that industrial needs have created a whole new class of course offerings for the spring quarter scheduled to begin March 28."

  "State Technical Institute Contract Awarded Tentatively to T.U. Parks," no source (other articles around March 21,
          1966).  Also in JPG.

"Present plans are for the institute, now being operated in temporary quarters in Chattanooga, to move into the new building at the start of the fall term in 1967.  As accepted by the education department, the Parks company's bid was $1,440,842.... To save money, the floors will be surfaced with vinyl asbestos.... The project is being financed 40 per cent by the federal government under the Higher Education Facilities Act.  This is the reason for requiring approval of the construction agreement by the Housing and Urban Affairs Department and compliance with civil rights laws."

  "State Tech Has Proved Its Worth on Completion of Its First Year, by Billy Warren," Chattanooga Times, May 15,
          1966, no page.  Also in JPG.

“Whitehead calls the tech schools the ‘wave of the future’ and dislikes comparisons with vocational schools.”
Also on same scan: "Engineering Co-op Course," by J. B. Collins, Chattanooga News-Free Press, June 10, 1966, no page.
Also on same scan: "HEW Allots $50,000 Here," Chattanooga News-Free Press, April 18, 1966, no page.

  "Clement Will Lead Dignitaries at State Tech Ground-Breaking," no source (a nearby photo for another article has

          a date of April 5, 1966).  Also in JPG.

"Gov. Clement will lead a group of state and local officials who will participate in the ground-breaking ceremonies for the new $1.4-million Chattanooga State Technical Institute at 2 p.m. Monday at the site on Amnicola Highway.... T. A. Lupton Jr., chamber president, will preside at the event, and the Rev. Harry Phillips, pastor of the Rivermont Presbyterian Church, will give the invocation."

  Photo of Groundbreaking, The Falcon, 1967, p. 133.  Also in JPG.

Photo covers 1966 groundbreaking and has caption.

  "Ground Is Broken for State Tech," by David Parker, Chattanooga Times, April 5, 1966, front page.  Also in JPG.

"Noting that the chamber has 'involved itself in education since its beginning,' Lupton said that [Clarence] Kolwyck 'should be given a great deal of credit for this occasion today.' ...  He [Kolwyck?] explained that the original proposal for the institute was introduced in the state legislature in 1959 by Mayor Kelley, who was then a state representative."  “Governor Clement and Commissioner Warf turn shovels in ceremonies”  on Monday, April 4.

  "Engineering Co-op Course Set at Tech," no source (other article nearby is from the Chattanooga Times dated June
          11, 1966).  Also in JPG.

"Officials of the Tennessee and the Chattanooga State Technical Institute today, in a joint statement, announced the establishment of an engineering technician co-op program which will permit Chattanooga Tech students to take courses in their special branches of study through an on-the-job training agreement."

  "Enrollment 650 for State Tech," Chattanooga Times, September 30, 1966, no page.  Also in JPG.

"Registration is almost double '65's - Faculty grows to 48.... Whitehead emphasized that the institute 'is not going to refuse admittance to anyone.' ... Only about 10 per cent of the total enrollment of State Tech are Negro students, according to Whitehead.  'I might add that in this area I've been greatly disappointed,' he observed."
On same scan: "Tech Expects 700 to Enroll," Chattanooga News-Free Press, September 8, 1966, no page.