Highlight: Ground is broken for multimillion dollar expansion
November 11.

  "Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Sessions,” The Falcon, 1969, p. 14.  Also in JPG.

Color photo.

  "2 More Success Stories Added to Already Long List at CSTI,” by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, January 8,
         1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

One recent graduate is Donald Orrell, “who has been confined to a wheelchair since he was three years old.”

  "Courses, Scope Revised by CSTI," Chattanooga Times, January 18, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

“Chattanooga State Technical Institute has undergone a relatively far-reaching ‘internal reorganization’ designed to put the institution in a state of ‘instant readiness’ for whatever reorganization of Tennessee’s higher education structure, if any, comes out of the current legislative session.”

  "CSTI Plans $1 Million Expansion," Chattanooga News-Free Press, January 28, 1969, no page. Also in JPG 1 and 2.

"Chattanooga State Technical Institute will begin a $1-million expansion program this summer, complementing the present $2 million structure.  The 100-acre campus, located off Amnicola Highway near the Chickamauga Dam, will accommodate a 2,000-strong student body one year from now."

  "Collins Is Apparent Low Bidder for $1 Million CSTI Addition," from Chattanooga Times Bureau, 1969, no date/page. 
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"H. E. Collins Contracting Co. of Chattanooga submitted the apparent low bid of $1,018.824 for building an addition to the Chattanooga State Technical Institute to provide more classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices."

  "State Tech Gets $600,000," by Ron Culberson, Chattanooga Post, May 20, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

"A $600,000 grant to Chattanooga State Technical Institute for the construction of a 45,000 square-foot addition was announced yesterday by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.  The grant will match a $600,000 allocation by the state of Tennessee."

  "Weld Appointed Director of NSTI," Chattanooga Times, June 28, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

"Edward Weld, dean of instruction...has been appointed director of the new Nashville State Technical Institute.  He will be succeeded at CSTI by Osco S. Freemon, who moves up from head of the division of computer science and management information technologies."

  "State School to Teach 40 Occupations,” Chattanooga News-Free Press, July 19, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

The Chattanooga Area Vocational-Technical School is next door to Chattanooga State.  Thus, there are two schools that teach vocational subjects, but they are separate entities.  “The school [Vocational-Technical School] will not deal in subjects that conflict with the ones taught at the State-Technical Institute next door, the director [Willard Bailey] noted.”

  "Wins Handicap Honor," by Pat Wilcox, Chattanooga Times, July 29, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG 1 and 2.

Donald Orrell was stricken with polio at three years of age.  "In recognition of the fact that Orrell has overcome obstacles which were considered by so many as insurmountable, he has been named Hamilton County's Handicapped Citizen of the Year.... Orrell worked on a co-op basis with TVA while he studied computer programming at the Chattanooga State Technical Institute.  He has been with the American National Bank since September 1968."

  "Determined Donald Orrell Uilizes His Brain Power," in Chattanooga News-Free Press, July 30, 1969.  Also in JPG.

Articles discusses Orrell's accomplishments.

  "CSTI Graduates 22, Is Accredited," by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, August 30, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG
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"Simultaneously with the graduation of 22 young men and women prepared to take their places in a sophisticated world of work came the announcement from Director Edgar H. Sessions that 'four of the Institute's full-time two-year day and evening programs have been awarded professional recognition as 'an Engineers' Council for Professional Development-Accredited Engineering Technology Curriculum.'"

  "CSTI Offers Expanded Course; Continues to Grow With Area," Chattanooga News-Free Press, August 27, 1969. 
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"'As part of the forth-coming institutional self-study, our faculty and student committees will explore the possibility of a three-shift operating schedule, including a Saturday school.... I [Director Edgar H. Sessions] am confident that it is our efficient use of the present investment which persuaded the state Legislature and federal agencies to add the million-dollar expansion project on which we hope to break ground in September.'  The expansion project, having been planned in detail by the entire faculty over the past two years, will add approximately 45,000 square feet of laboratories, classrooms and faculty offices to the approximately 67,000 square feet in the present CSTI building cluster (originally designed for about 360 students) - bringing the total useful footage up to about the 115,000-square-foot level....  Even when the new addition is ready to occupy - hopefully by September 1970 - none of the building investment will be diverted to such nonacademic uses as gymnasiums or playing fields or auditoriums or costly landscaping.  Every dollar invested is directed toward effective teaching and learning, priority being given to laboratories and instructional  equipment and library media, faculty office and multiple-purpose classrooms."

  "H. E. Collins to Build CSTI Addition," Chattanooga News-Free Press, September 9, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

“An apparent low bid to construct an addition to Chattanooga State Technical Institute for $1,018,824 has been submitted to the state department of education by H. E. Collins Contracting Co. of Chattanooga.  J. F. Warf, state commissioner of education, announced the new two-story building, encompassing some 47,000 square feet, will house classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices and add additional library space.”

  "Groundbreaking at CSTI Tuesday,” Chattanooga Times, October 29, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

Ceremony with CSTI director Edgar H. Sessions, J. Howard Warf, and other dignitaries “marks building start for $1-million addition to school.”

  "CSTI Is Out to Save Unskilled, Pretech Pilot Program Effective,” by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, November 2,
          1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

“Pretech” instruction is helping to build individual skills.

  "CSTI to Insure Accreditation," Chattanooga Times, November 3, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

"Chattanooga State Technical Institute - whose accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools probably set a record for early achievement of that statue - is embarking on an 18-month program of 'institutional self-study' to assure that the accreditation is maintained when an SACS committee comes to CSTI in March or April 1971 to make a reevaluation."

  "CSTI Starts Work on New Addition," Chattanooga News-Free Press, November 11, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG 1
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"Community leaders broke ground this morning for a $1.2 million addition...."

  "CSTI Addition Sod Broken,” by Bob Poe, Chattanooga News-Free Press, November 11, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

On Same Scan: "Work Will Begin on CSTI Expansion for the Sciences,” Chattanooga Times, November 8, 1969, no page.

  "Warf, Legislators Wield Golden Spade at CSTI,” Chattanooga Times, November 12, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG
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Includes photos.

  "CSTI Continues to Spread Out,” Chattanooga Post, November 28, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

Photo and caption.

  "Hirst Addresses Advisory Board,” by Clarence Bruce, Chattanooga Times, November 20, 1969, no page.  Also in JPG.

“Tennessee’s vocational-technical education system is the state’s response to one of the mid-century’s major crises in the South: The emigration of the region’s most capable young people in the 19-25 age bracket….”

  "'Terrific’ Dearth of Technicians Seen for ’70s; CSTI Responds,” Chattanooga Times, December 14, 1969, no page. 
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Osco Freemon, dean of instruction at Chattanooga State Technical Institute, reports.