University of the South - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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Of all the Kn-njE lil iwvranee lite none are so pronounced and radical a [hose which hax occurred in lao Medical Department. Timf was when Dr. Cain, our local Junius of the Tie-flling art. rose up in chapeL la impress tin new dignity of his Deanship n[Kiit ji mnliilune of tneds, and was greeted by cmpl 1 benche .. UiiforiLinately tnc Sewancc. Medical Departing w.i . -it thai moment, placidly pursuing his quest of a boarding-hou er These were the good old days when ttiu ancient gil e about shirtless ramls n-is young- and strong and lusty. But times are rmi wIliii they used to be. The L ' niversily is, deep in the hoi ] and laundry business. Tins E. Q. B. has declared for lempvinn e, and kO to roortl in the atlie of the Supply Store. Strangest af all. SewaneVs erstwhiLe hare-foot babe is hecom n k™ A[ - HlrappjiififjoulLh. able and willing not only to find his own ins! and board, but even to yield somewhat of l ynl suppott to ill fostering rnoLfacr. His domain, too, is broader- Lest Thompson Hail ailbfd a scope Coo narrow for bU ims, the University has given over lo him a second Caxtk Danjnei nus, even adding to the original edifice. Here ihc ili ipLe uf Cain may chase ihe festive germ, and do lwttk with Lhe dntn hty microbe. The Med iiijiiihiiii a Utile realm apart, where the Dean is a benevolent despot and Jln kby the j nliee force. There is also a sort of turbukiii senate, known as the John S. Cain Society, modeled after the Austrian HeiL-hsrath. Secure in one if his -.tr ' fnj. ' h( ld , :i .- ilni s defiance ill ]jrocturs, whistles al the summer girls, and oecupies himself wiib musty ionics of weird nomenclature. He Ut he bantest, most consistently busy, student in the University. All thnjuKt 1 the day, and far into the night, he is deep in let-mres oj preparations for them. But lie has his limes of cast.-. and tbtfl he may be .seen, at

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his window em on his gallery, with heel perched up at a p-rilcuia aas.lt, the red tassel cocked mkishiy overone eye, chewing the cud rf hi wis Jam, and, from lime lo tiiue. xperloTaiinK with a force and case that make him the envy of all small boys, On ooswlottsi of celebration, however h the Med issues fnvm ih p 7 3 of ! s reserve, clad in a white sheet, and hearing gliastly trophic of bis professional success, He give «f his seam ldiure lo the athletic Knm , too. and his strength and pLuck have coint-iLmied no Little lo the success of Sew.-inee. Indeed, it may be said thai he is invaluable to the Football Team. Having selected .a vulnerable point in an :i.lv.r .:Ty anatomy, he inserts his head, fotvi m 6st wish perfcel impar- tiality and stunning foftfc, and then completes the treatment »-ith n ui his own nostrums. The only failure on record is the case of asi cwsined mnii, versed in tin: art of eating nn.il . If the Med is lew initiucd with tlie Sewanec spirit than those who fcntiw and love Sewn e life, be has, at least, plenty of loyalty Jo his department ami to his dean. And this he will tell yon is quit sufficient, fcr, firmly as he believes in the omniscience of Cain, mon; firmly atill is ibe conviction rooted in his Nan tliat the Medical DtptXtDKDt sways the Univer- sity, even 35 the frisky poc wags his wiap of laii. as