Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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■c n m fMrationl TO DR. W. P. BONE who, during almost a half century of distin- guished service to Cumberland, has labored tirelessly and has given generously of his time and efforts to the end that the Univer- sity might serve her rightful purpose and maintain her high place among the institu- tions of higher learning in the South. His ideals are Cumberland ' s traditions. His clear vision, firm faith, and noble char- acter have served as an inspiration and a challenge to all of us. We feel that we shall be able to live more fruitful and profitable lives because of having known him. That we may, in some way, express our love and appreciation of the scjioiar and of the man, we most respectfully dedicate to him this, the 1931 volume of The Phcenix. iiiiiiiiHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif = r -■ -A- -V- Tf ' II UK ,i - r Of i. crE? -

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OENIX THE PHCENIX The Editors of Cumberland ' s first yearbook, in casting about to select a name for the new annual student publication, could have made no choice more appropriate or expressive of the institution whose activities it was intended to portray than The Phcenix. Most celebrated among the ancient fables of Egypt is the story of the Phoenix, a sacred bird revered by the citizens of civilization ' s earliest king- dom. The Phoenix was believed to live on the earth five hundred years, and at the end of that period lade its wings with spices and burn itself. As the old bird died among the flames and incense, a new Phoenix arose from the ashes to begin a sacred existence of five centuries. Thus the Phoenix has become mythology ' s most honored emblem of immortality. In 1843, after a difficult struggle, there was erected on the present Cum- berland campus what is now known as the Old College Building, which housed all departments of the University, the Law School, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Theology. In 1863, in the midst of the other tragedies of the dark, lean Civil War era, the structure was de- stroyed by fire. An alumnus, looking on the heap of ashes and rubbish, wrote Resur- gam on a fallen pillar. Resurgam it was, and E cineribus resurgo — from the ashes I arise — became the guiding motto as the weakened University arose, Phcenixlike, to continue its record of service to the cause of Southern and national edu- cation. It is indeed fitting and proper that the Phoenix, ever living, ever dying, ever rising over opposition to continue its scared existence on and on, should provide the name of a yearbook of an institution whose history has been one so similar to that of the celebrated bird of immortality. 31