Tennessee Wesleyan College - Nocatula Yearbook (Athens, TN)

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( Mte tt I. Growth toward ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY II. Growth toward CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY 50 Growth toward RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING IV. Growth toward CULTURAL APPRECIATION V. Growth toward SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL COMPETENCE . . . 66 74 82

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7 e lt i ( e c . , . A wounded English officer from Fort Loudon was befriended by an Indian Chief and nursed back to health by Nocatula, daughter of the Chief. Tlie soldier, given the name of Connestoga, The Oak, was accepted into the tribe and married Nocatula. A jealous suitor attacked Connestoga with a knife. As he lay dying Noca- tula confessed her eternal love and plunged a kniPb into her breast. Buried together, the Chief placed an acorn in Connestoga ' s hand and a hackberry in Nocatula ' s hand, symbolizing undying love. From these there developed two trees which stood on this spot for 150 years. ' The Oak and the Hackberry . . . On this spot also grew a college, which, having gone through many changes both in name and in char- acter, is now known as Tennessee Wesleyan College. Connestoga, Nocatula, the oak and the hackberry have become intimately associated with the history of the College. The courage, loyalty, and selflessness of purpose which characterized Connestoga and Nocatula have been apparent in the devotion and resolution of those who have dedicated their efforts to the College and have given it life and growth. The oak and the hackberry we take, then, as a symbol of growth, not only of the College itself, but of the growth which it seeks to produce in the lives of the students whom it serves. In the following pages we have pointed out five areas of this growth toward which we think the College is directing us.

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