William Addison Caldwell

<center>Craig County farm boy Add Caldwell<br> walked 26 miles to enroll here in 1872<br> as the first student. The popular cadet<br> majored in agriculture and worked as a<br> teacher, clerk, and salesman before his<br> death in 1910.<br><br> Donated by the Class of 1956<br> Sculpture by Lawrence Reid Bechtel</center>