Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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SENIOR LITERARY CLASS. — 26 —

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W. F. Padgett Nashville. Tenn. A.B.; President of Heurethelian Society. R. L. Pinkekton Franklin, Tenn. A.B.; i ' .1 E; Class President; ' Varsity Eleven ' 96: Track Team ' 97. F. J. Sullivan Leeville, Tenn. A.B. ; Caruthers; Class Treasurer. W. D. Thompson Deport, Tex. A.B. : Heurethelian. F. E. Walker Lebanon, Tenn. A.B. ; Caruthers. J. S. Waterhodse ' Chattanooga, Tenn. A.B. ; A - ' ; President Junior Class 1896; President Heurethelian Society lS9h; President Y. M. C. A. 1896-97; Captain Military Company 1896-97; Phoenix Board 1897. C. R. Williamson Lebanon, Tenn. A.B.; I! 9 II; Class Vice President; President of Caruthers Society ' 97; Bachelor of L T gliness ' 97; Second Lieutenant Mililary Company; C. U. Orcheslra. — 2S—

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Class JTi ' jtory. HT sometime in life every man has a dream of ambition ; it may be clothed in the sloth of habit, or hidden under the preiense of humility, but you may be sure of its coining- sooner or later. The adventurous Goddess called Ambition, whose dower is Fame, will to some extent toy with every youthful heart. As Time in his flight carries me back to review the four years just elapsed, my attention is attracted to four ambitious, self-con fident young Freshmen; I say four, because they are the only survivors of the perilous, and too frequently fatal ex- aminations that college students have to encounter. Three of these pioneers are sons of the dear old volunteer State of Tennessee; the other is from the sister State of Kentucky; two of the three Tennesseans are natives of the classic town of Lebanon, the other is from among- the pious inhabitants in the town of Duplex; one of the two Lebanonites is the youngest son of a sweet-spirited Theological Professor, now deceased; the other is a nephew of an eminent Professsor in the Law School. Kirkpatrick and Williamson have begun to get a glimpse of the profession of law, of which they hope to become masters, while Padgett and Graves have their minds fixed upon the sacred ministry. No one perhaps has higher hopes of a student when he first enters college than he himself, and these four were not an exception to the rule. We entered, indeed with a double portion of self-assurance and a look as wise as a sage, but alas, how soon was our pride humbled when confronted and overcome by the monstrous Deupie ' s Algebra. Besides this Greek and Latin roots began to entangle our weary feet until it seemed that we must, like others, forsake the uneven path.and give up the race. At length patience wins, and just as truth crushed to earth will rise again so this unfortunate qua- ternion rises to renew strength from time to time and after ten months sweating and fretting hears the hallowed words Enter ihou into the Sophomore Class. Here our number is increased by four. I see them now, as they enter our class, Horton, from Athens Ala., a city whose very name bespeaks a classic inspiration, and Pinkerton a graduate from the unrivaled Wall and Mooney Training School. 11 We look with astonishment upon this classic spirit, as he reads Horace and Medea with such ease and fluency- It needs no prophet to see that these two gentlemen have the goal of their ambition fixed in the professorship of some Greek and Latin school. Not to omit the other two I must mention Waterhouse and Dickey. The former a graduate of the Chattanooga High School and a citizen of that city of scenery. His calling is to be a teacher of science and his fertile mind directs its force in a special manner upon that branch. His faithful service has also awarded him military honor. — 27 —