Highlight: Chattanooga State Technical Institute on Amnicola dedicated Monday, June 5.  CSTI already overcrowded before it opened its doors.  Edger H. Sessions become new CSTI director.  CSTI first accredited by SACS.

  "Foreword," The Falcon, 1967, pp. 2 and 3.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

The Foreword covers the history of CSTI.

  Photo of Charles O. Whitehead, The Falcon, 1967, p. 10.  Also in JPG.

Photo with caption of the Director Chattanooga State Technical Institute.

  Letter to the First Students by Charles O. Whitehead, The Falcon, 1967, p. 11.  Also in JPG.

Copy of typed letter addressed to first students, first graduates and first annual.

  "State Tech, TVA Open Co-Op Plan," Chattanooga Times, January 8, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

On same scan: "Special Courses Growing at Tech," Chattanooga Times, January 27, 1967, no page.

  "Healthy Baby State Tech Is Bouncing,” by Kitty McDonald, Chattanooga News-Free Press, February 26, 1967,
          Weekend.  Also in JPG 1, 2, and 3.

In two years of operation, the enrollment has about doubled.

  "Tech Institute Enrollment Has Doubled During Year,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, March 13, 1967, no page. 
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Recounts Whitehead's speaking at Engineers Club luncheon.

  "Yearbook Dedicated to Men in Vietnam,” by Steve Corn, Chattanooga News-Free Press, June 4, 1967, no page. 
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First graduating class commencement is June 14.

  "Front Entrance," Chattanooga Times, June 4, 1967 photo, no page.  Also in JPG.

Picture

  Commissioner Warf Dedicates Chattanooga State, The Falcon, 1968, p. 6.  Also in JPG.

June 5, 1967 the new institute was dedicated.  Photo with caption.

  "State Tech Dedicated, 'Full Up' Before Opening," Chattanooga News-Free Press, June 6, 1967, front page.  Also
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"The new Chattanooga State Technical Institute, dedicated in ceremonies held on the 75-acre campus Monday afternoon, is already overcrowded even before it opens its doors....  School officials said the building is designed for 800 students.... The new school would have been ready for summer school except for the strike which has halted work needed for finishing up the interior and paving the parking areas and service roads, it was reported."  "Expansions plans
revealed by Warf." 

  "Chattanooga State Tech Dedicated," by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, June 6, 1967, no page.  Also in
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Formal dedication with photos.

  "Warf to Speak to State Tech," Chattanooga Times, June 8, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

"J. Howard Warf, Tennessee Commissioner of Education, will be principal speaker at the first commencement exercises of Chattanooga State Technical Institute on June 14 at 7 p.m.  Program site will be a the new CSTI facility near Chickamauga Dan, which will accommodate 1,000 students when it opens in September. ... the Tau Kappa Phi Chorus sings the newly-composed CSTI alma mater....  Invocation will be given by Dr. Major J. Jones, district superintendent of the East Tennessee Methodist Conference.  This will be followed by a speech by Jay Jernigan, president of the Student Council.  The pledge to the flag and a scholarship presentation ... will precede the commencement address by Commissioner Warf."

  "Warf Addresses CSTI Graduates," no source.  Also in JPG.

"CSTI Director Charles O. Whitehead, who is being transferred to head a similar institute soon to open near Memphis, conferred associate of science degrees upon the graduates."

  "Sessions New CSTI Director; Whitehead Gets Memphis Post," Chattanooga News-Free Press, June 14, 1967, no
          page.  Also in JPG.

"Appointment of Edgar H. Sessions as director of the Chattanooga State Technical Institute was made Tuesday by the state board of education in Nashville on the eve of the school's first commencement services.  Mr. Sessions, who has been CST's registrar since it opened in temporary buildings in the 400 block of Chestnut Street in September, 1965, will succeed Charles Oliver Whitehead, who has been named director of the new state technical institute now under construction in Shelby County near Memphis."

  "Chattanooga Tech Graduates First Class," Chattanooga New-Free Press, June 15, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG 1
          and 2.

"He [Jay Jernigan, president of the graduating student council] announced the formation of an alumni society. ...  After former school director Charles O. Whitehead presented the diplomas, the Rev. Donald R. Hendrix, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, led the benediction and the commencement was concluded with a recessional march.  The 48 graduates and the degrees conferred them are as follows."

  "Chattanooga Tech Yearbook Called 'Thoughtful' by Gen. Westmoreland," Chattanooga News-Free Press, June 16,
          1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

"General William Westmoreland in Vietnam has personally thanked students of Chattanooga State Technical Institute for dedicating their yearbook to 'Americans in Vietnam.' ... The annual, titled 'The Falcon,' was dedicated 'To General William G. Westmoreland and all Americans fighting in Vietnam.'  The white on black full-page pledge said 'We pray for peace and your safe return.' ... The annual was the first yearbook for the school's first graduating class.  Students of
the two-year college-credit technical institute received their diplomas Wednesday night in outdoor ceremonies at the new CSTI facilities on Amnicola Highway near Chickamauga Dam."

  "Farewell Party for Whiteheads," Chattanooga Times, July 2, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

"Charles O. Whitehead, called 'the chief architect of the Chattanooga State Technical Institute,' and Mrs. Whitehead were given a farewell dinner Saturday night by the school faculty members and their wives."

  "Technical Institute Becomes a Reality," Chattanooga Times, July 26, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

Photos.

  "School Aides Provide a Moving Story," by Joe Gossett, no source (other articles date from July 1967).  Also in JPG.

"School volunteers saved big moving expenses to new home. ... Director Sessions noted that approximately 20 per cent of the applicants are transfers from other colleges.  'I'm quite sure that a major factor in the impressive number of transfer applicants is the fact that our June graduates are averaging close to $7,000 annually in beginning salaries,' he said. ... The new CSTI facility is equipped for closed circuit television...."

  "Staff Did Most in CSTI Transfer,” by Joe Gossett, no source may be Chattanooga Times, around July 1967.  Also
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“School volunteers saved big moving expenses to new home.”  Edgar Sessions is CSTI director.

  "$325,000 Brain," Chattanooga Times, July 15, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

A $325,000 IBM computer is being installed at Chattanooga State.  Photo.

  "CSTI Presented as an Answer to Needs of Industry and Society," by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, August 9,
          1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

"And he [E. L. Weld, director of instruction at CSTI] emphasized that the state has authorized the institute to offer the courses needed by industry, that it can upgrade the technicians now on the job as well as produce new ones."

  "Need for CSTI Expansion Told to Education Board,” Chattanooga Times, August 12, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

On same scan as "CSTI Presented as an Answer to Needs...," August 9, 1967.

  "State Tech Grads to Hear Commissioner C. M. Dunn," Chattanooga New-Free Press, August 31, 1967, no page.
          Also in JPG.

The summer commencement address by Tennessee commissioner of technical and vocation education "marks the first public function to be held in the new multimillion-dollar home of the CSTI at 4501 Amnicola Highway. ... Musical accompaniment for the program will be provided by the institute's new stereo system."

  "Commissioner Dunn Will Address CSTI Summer Graduates Friday, Chattanooga Times, August 31, 1967, no page. 
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First public function in the new home at 4501 Amnicola Highway.

  "Formal Request Is Made for Expansion at CSTI," by Joe Gossett, Chattanooga Times, September 21, 1967, no page.
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"An example of inadequate parking facilities which has already been noted occurred Tuesday night....  'But even if none of these reasons existed, such support would still be deserved, based on one simple fact.  Where else can a young person pay only $30 a quarter for six quarters until he receives his associate degree, and the immediately step into a prestige job paying $7,000 to begin?'"

  "State Tech Classes Overflowing,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, September 21, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

“The pretechnical school is already full and some 100 have been turned away, according to Kenneth Wantling, registrar….  The school, in its first full year at its new location on Amnicola Highway, needs additional facilities….”

  "Tech Institute Helps State Take Giant Education Step,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, October 8, 1967, no page. 
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Successes of Chattanooga State.

  "CSTI Accredited, 2-Year Triumph," by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, November 1, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

"Chattanooga State Technical Institute has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in the course of its annual convention in Dallas, according to Edgar H. Sessions...."

  "CSTI, Cleveland College Approved for Expansion," Chattanooga Times, November 9, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

"The state education board Wednesday authorized expansion of the Chattanooga State Technical Institute and the Cleveland Community College - when and if money is available.... The board authorized the institute to charge those seeking admission a $10 application fee.

  "CSTI Has Unique Place in Area School Set-Up," by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, November 19, 1967, no
          page.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

"The Chattanooga State Technical Institute is a two-year co-educational college-level institution established by an act of the Tennessee Legislature in 1963."

  "CSTI Courses Cover Many Fields of Science and Train Students for Real Technical Jobs," by Clarence Bruce,
          Chattanooga Times, December 3, 1967?, no page.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

"An analysis of the curricula offered at Chattanooga State Technical Institute is an effective step toward perserving [sic] the distinction between a 'technical institute' and other educational institutions, and also levels in the technological field - technical college, area vocational technical school and 'trade school.'"

  "Apparatus at CSTI Costly and Very Latest," by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, December 18, 1967, p. 8.  Also in
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"The Tennessee Criteria note that 'a federal guide on technician education is worth quoting from in summary: "A poor program is by far the most expensive of all because it costs almost as many dollars as a good one, wastes the time and effort of students and school staff, and worst of all, disappoints potential employers, and disillusions students and their parents."'"

  "CSTI Engineers Are All Experts,” by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, December 24, 1967, no page.  Also in JPG.

Faculty is source of pride to Edgar H. Sessions, Director.

The following article is from 1971, but references the 1967 first SACS accreditation:
  "CSTI Awarded Reaccreditation,” Chattanooga Times, December 3, 1971, p. 3.  Also in JPG.

CSTI reaccredited.  "The institute was first accredited by the SACS in 1967, making it the first public two-year collegiate institution in Tennessee to receive the prominence.  The re-accreditation award normally stands for 10 years."

The 1968 Falcon yearbook dedication, p. 9: "With deep appreciation for the fine work which he did at the Chattanooga State Technical Institute, we the annual staff dedicate the 1967 Falcon to ... MR. CHARLES O. WHITEHEAD.  To Mr. Whitehead, now Director of The State Technical Institute at Memphis, we send our best wishes for his success" (p. 9 of The Falcon that has 1968 on the cover).