Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 92 of the 1957 volume:

THE PHOENIX CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY ' S YEAR BOOK FOR 1957 CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY LEBANON, TENNESSEE M IM t H ■- ? ' i L. ' X ' 1 F ' Lf j; F .id --£ M CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY 1842-1957 For 115 years Cumberland University has served the nation well. From this relatively small, devoutly Christian institution in the heart of the Cumberland country there have been graduated more than ten thousand students. Many of these have gone on to become college presidents and teachers, ministers and missionaries of the Gospel, church officials, judges of state and federal courts, senators and con- gressmen, governors, and other judicial, legislative, and administra- tive officers at all levels of government. It can truly be said that no imiversity of comparable size had produced more leaders in public affairs. Measured by the character and achievement of its alumni, Cimi- berland University has a record of which all may be proud. TENNESSEE COllEGE HAll Built in 1938, and located on the main campus, Ten- nessee College Hall, a comfortable, brick structure, contains rooming facilities for the bachelor students. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY DRIVE University Drive is as symbolic as the Tower Clock to both Students and Alumni of Cumberland University. Lined on both sides with beautiful hackberry trees, it is an unforgettable sight in the springtime. Down its long expanse have passed some of the most outstand- ing men and women of the past century. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY THE PHOENIX On behalf of the College of Law and its faculty we would like to express our warmest welcome back to the students of Cumberland University ' s Junior College. The College of Arts and Sciences is yours — yours in the sense that you are as much a part of it as the very foundation itself. Make your growth into the future part of its growth, your beliefs part of its beliefs, as you walk through its hallowed halls into a new world of wisdom and under- standing. As the literary world ' s immortal Tolstoy stated it, Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES W. J. Baird Lebanon William S. Baird Lebanon S. S. Bone Lebanon WiNSTEAD P. Bone, Jr Lebanon Roy 0. Crips Lebanon 0. F. Darwin Lebanon C. 0. DoDSON Lebanon Howard Edcerton Lebanon S. B. Gilreath Lebanon John J. Hooker Nashville Royal Johnson Lebanon Neal McClain Lebanon Edward Potter, Jr Nashville Athens Clay POluas Nashville Homer E. Shannon Lebanon THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS The most rewarding experience I have enjoyed in my lifetime has been my association with Cumberland University, an institution which has produced some of the outstanding leaders of our nation. I am no educator, and I accepted this respon- sibility with reluctance as I felt that there are others more deserving and better equipped to fill a place on this board. As a business man, how- ever, I know the value to my field of endeavor of well-trained minds and the development of char- acter. I came in as a pinch-hitter because Cum- berland University has hung on tenaciously to the educational creed which has fostered the spirit of free enterprise. It has a character in itself well worth preserving. It follows that good schools produce people equipped with a good supply of factual informa- tion, ability to live and work with people of all types, potential capacity to ap- ply these two factors, sound reasoning ability, and a solid sense of values. All of these prerequisites Cumberland ful- fills, plus training in character- building. It instills into the minds of its students an ap- preciation for the requirement of moral law as well as for statute laws, and implants in them the fact that one goes to school for the purpose of fit- ting himself for living up to the responsibilities of life. Cumberland University has been time-tried and tested, and can be judged by the products it has turned out. Cumberland alumni may well be proud of their Alma Mater, and the en- tire community should give this great institution its staunch support. Edward Potter, Jr. DEDICATION MISS SARA HARBISON Over the past century, Cumberland University ' s School of Law has had the honor of having on its faculty many brilliant individuals, outstanding in their fields of endeavor. One such individual is Miss Sara Hardison, professor of law, librarian. Miss Hardison was graduated from Cumberland in 1923 with an LLB, and assumed the position of librarian. During the past 34 years she has taught over 5,000 students the fundamentals of How to find the Law. It has been said that If Miss Sara cannot find the law on any subject, it probably doesn ' t exist. On behalf of the many alumni and students, we would like to express our warmest thanks for a job very well done. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY RESIDENT DR. CHARLES B. HAVENS To the students, faculty, alumni and friends of Cumberland : This present session — the 114th — has witnessed a most significant phenomenon: the complete liquidation of all indebtedness against our school. As a result of service rendered to him by Cumberland, Mr. R. L. Carlock, Sr., of Fort Worth, Texas, be- queathed over $70,000.00 to us and made it possible for the school to operate once more free from all financial encumbrances. Today our School of Law offers the finest instructional program in its history and our new College has already won acceptance in Middle Tennessee as one of Tennessee ' s most alert and fastest growing junior colleges. Once more Cumberland not only retains a glorious past, but also lives again in the present, and optimistically awaits its future. Whether you are among those who stay or among those who are leaving, we solicit from you your understanding, hope, and loyalty, and wish for you the very finest pro- fessional and personal life. Sincerely, Charles B. Havens President ADMINISTRATION MRS. RUBY VANN Secretary to the Dean of the School of haw MR. RAY G. ROBERTS Business Manager MISS IMAGENE BRADLEY Registrar CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY DEAN OF m COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES DEAN JACK H. HOWARD B.S., Maryville College; M.A., Pcabody College CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY FACULTY MRS. RICHARD A. BELDEN B.S., Bowling Green College of Commerce; M.A., University of Iowa. Professor of Business and Secretarial Science MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL A.B., Cumberland University; M.A., George Peabody College for Teachers. Professor of Education and History LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY MR. ROBERT CARR B.M., St. Louis Institute of Music; M.M., Uni- versity of Alabama. Professor of Music and French MRS. W. P. FLY, JR. B.S., University of Alabama; B.S. in L.S., Library School, George Peabody College for Teachers. FACULTY MR. H. J. FURMAN B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S., University of Arkansas. Professor of Mathematics MR. EARL RAY PAYNE A.B., M.A., University of Kentucky; Graduate study, University of Birmingham, England; Ed.S., George Peabody College for Teachers. LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY MR. CHARLES ALEX SHIVERS B.S., M.A., George Peabody College for Teach- ers Professor of Science and Physical Education MR. MILOS STRUPL B.D., Prague; M.Th., Union Seminary (Vir- ginia) ; Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt Univer- sity. FRESHMEN Roger Johnson Ted L. Humble Richard Barnett CLASS OFFICERS Professor Robert Carr Robert Whited Sammy Newman LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY ARLIS ANDERSON DAVID BAIRD LOIS BATES ERNEST BLAIR JOHN BLAZER FRESHMEN STRATTON BONE JAMES A. BROWN EARL CARTWRIGHT VIRGINIA DAVIS WYNELLE DAVIS FREIDA DRAPER LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY JAMES DRIVER BOBBY EUBANKS MARY IRENE EVANS LYNDA FLIPPEN BETTYE GOSSETT SUE GRAVES FRESHMEN BOBBY GREER LUCY GROVES EVA JO HARRIS DOLORES HEMONTOLER TED L. HUMBLE PATRICIA JACKSON LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY ANN JARRELL ROGER JOHNSON WILUAM KING HAZELENE KNIGHT PEGGY LaFEVOR LUCILLE LEETH FRESHMEN THOMAS LOWERY CHARLES MANESS HOMER MARTIN BOBBY JOE MORSE MAE MOSELEY ROBERT McCONNELL LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY LOUISE McFALLS MABJORIE McNABB MRS. SIDNEY NEAL JOANN NEWBY SAMMY NEWMAN LYNDON NORTH, JR. FRESHMEN THOMAS PARTLOW DANIEL PENNINGTON BEATRICE PHILLIPS ROBBY RICHARDSON RONALD SHIVERS JEAN SIMPSON LITERARY SCHOOL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY DAVID SWIIVDELL LESLIE VANHOOK JOHN WAGGONER, JR. CHARLES T. WHITE JACK WHITE ROBERT WHITED tK-A5 CHORAL SOCIETY Robert Carr, Director First Row: Marjorie McNabb, Sue Graves, Louise McFalls, Lucile Leeth, Betty Gossett, Patricia Jackson, Joann Newby. Back Row: Professor Robert Carr, Robert Whited, Thurman White, John Blazer. STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Miss Margaret Campbell Faculty Advisor Sammy Newman Vice President JoANN Newby President Lucile Leeth Secretary-Treasurer Wynelle Davis Reporter John Blazer Virginia Davis Mae Mosley MEMBERS Marjorie McNabb Betty Gossett Robert Whited Ernest Blair Dolores Hemontoler Sue Graves Homer Martin David Baird ALPHA SIGMA CHI First Row: Professor Robert Carr, Sammy Newman, Sam S. Bone, Thomas Lowery, James A. Brown, Bobby Joe Morse. Back Bow: Ted L. Humble, John Blazer, Homer W. Martin, David Baird, Robert B. McConnell III, Robby D. Ricliardson. OFFICERS James A. Brown President Ted L. Humble .Secretary Professor Robert Carr Faculty Advisor John Blazer Historian Sammy Newman Treasurer Homer W. Martin Chaplain Bobby Joe Morse Marshall Robert B. McConnell HI Vice-President David Baird MEMBERS Robby D. Richardson Sam S. Bone Thomas Lowery MISS CUMBERLAND IHU iucilk ieetk bkif hale ( ichat4 AcH MR. CUMBERLAND First Row: Roger Johnson, Thomas Ix wery, Arlis Anderson, Earl Cartwriffht, Ronald Shivers. Sammy Newnian. Second Row: Richard Bamett, Robert MoConnell, David Baird, Robby Riehard on, David Fisher, Bobby Greer, Bobby Joe Morse, Coach, Charles Shivers. BASKETBALL It ' s A Long Shot In for two Our team must have scored BOOSTER CLUB ELECTRONICS CLUB ■K «Ty-g -. PHOENIX STAFF TED HUMBLE Asgistant Editor RODNEY V. AHLES Business Manager DAVID BAIRD Aitistant Business Manager WYNELLE DAVIS Feature Editor 1 B sa_ S3S9 m ■¥ hT ' ' T jhw m 1 fc, yiHj Sj 1 flfl n 1 HHB ' 1 1 ■ _ -t 1 iw W THE COLLEGE STAFF Franklin Samples Co-editor, Law School John Blazer Co-editor, Literary School ■u-i CARUlftpS HALL iil III ■ DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW GRISSIM H. WALKER A.B., Cumberland University L.L.B., Harvard University Tennessee Bar Association American Bar Association FACULTY HONORABLE SAMUEL B. GILREATH Professor of Law L.L.B., Cumberland University DR. BERNARD B. BAILEY Professor of Law J.D., University of Chicago SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY HONORABLE WILL W. HERRON Professor of Law L.L.B., Cumberland University DR. CHARLES W. LEAPART Professor of Law L.L.B., S.J.D., Harvard University CORDELL HULL CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARY SENIORS SENIORS WILLIAM P. BACH JACKSON, KENTUCKY B.S., University of Kentucky President of Senior Class WILLIAM W. BALL PINEVILLE, KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF LAW — CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY EMMERT A. BROWNING HAMILTON, OHIO Phi Alpha Delta CHARLES E. CARTER GREENBRIER, TENNESSEE Delta Theta Phi SENIORS CLARENCE U. COCHRAN, JR. TIPTONVILLE, TENNESSEE B.S., University of Tennessee Delta Theta Phi JOHN V. DUCK BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA Delta Theta Phi President of Senior Class SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY MICHAEL D. BARNEY BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS B.A., North Texas Teachers College M.A., Michigan State College Phi Alpha Delta DAVID O. FISHER ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SENIORS FLOYD D. HARRIS LORAIN, OHIO B.A., Miami University Delta Theta Phi SHELBY L. HAYWOOD CORNERSVILLE, TENNESSEE Phi Alpha Delta SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM V. JONES, JR. WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI Phi Alpha Delta WILLIAM C. KNOTT BUMPUS MILLS, TENNESSEE SENIORS SAMUEL L. LEWIS MIDDLESBORO, KENTUCKY Delta Theta Phi WILLIAM R. LUNDY PINEVILLE, KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY DWAYNE D. MADDOX HUNTINGTON, TENNESSEE Phi Alpha Delta JAMES J. MYNATT ALCOA, TENNESSEE Delta Theta Phi SENIORS SILAS A. MOTLEY ROCKY MOUNT, VIRGINU Delta Tbeta Phi ERNEST B. PELLEGRIN GALLATIN, TENNESSEE Delta Theta Phi SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM A. PIPKIN SEMINOLE, OKLAHOMA JAMES A. PUDLOWSKI ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SENIORS EDWARD GALE ROBINSON NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Delta Theta Phi ARTHUR L. RODRIGUEZ STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Delta Theta Phi SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY RANDALL H. ROWE, JR. MADISON, FLORIDA B.S., University of Florida Delta Theta Phi LeROY M. STEINER ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Phi Alpha Delta SENIORS SIDNEY G. SURRATT, JR. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Delta Theta Phi J. RUSSELL WEBB CHARLESTON, INDIANA Phi Alpha Delta SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY HUBERT L. DAVIDSON THAYER, MISSOURI Delta Theta Phi VAUGHN MILLER LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS LeROY WILBURS President RANDELL H. ROWE Vice President JOE THOMSON Treasurer JOE NEAL HOPPER Secretary TOMMIE SUE MITCHELL Sgt.-at-Arms JAMES LeROY WEATHERFORD Representative, Student Bar Association SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY REED ANDERSON EDWIN ARNOLD FRED BENSON ROBERT BLEDSOE CHARLES BRIZIUS WILLIAM CAIN JUNIORS WILLIAM CASTLEMAN RALPH EMERSON ROBERT FARGARSON JOE NEAL HOPPER TOMMIE SUE MITCHELL RANDELL ROWE SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY MANNING TAYLOR JOE THOMSON SAM WALLACE JAMES L. WEATHERFORD LeROY WILBURS Not Shown : Yudliistrare Grover, John D. Sibley Rodney V. Ahles FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS BILLY JACKSON President JAMES UPSHAW Vice President CATHERINE GILREATH Treasurer FRANCES ANN YOUNG Secretary FRED BENSON Representative, Student Bar Association SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY BOBBY ADERHOLT CLYDE CHESTNUT OSCAR RAY CORNES JACK EVANS CATHERINE GILREATH WILLIAM HALL, JR. FRESHMEN JAMES HAMRICK JAMES HAVRON BILLY JACKSON BAXTER KEY, JR. JAMES KIELY GEORGE PIERCE SCHOOL OF LAW CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY HARRY SOUTHARD JAMES UPSHAW OSCAR WEIDZ FRANCES ANN YOUNG tin I STUDENTIIFE Left to right: Fred Benson, Tommie Mitchell, Randall Lundy, Robert Fargarson, James Pudlowski, James Weatherford. STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION ) ' t WHO ' S WHO IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES JOHN V. DUCK School of Law MICHAEL D. EARNEY School of Late DWAYIVE D. MADDOX School of Law LINDA FLIPPEN Literary School LUCILLE LEETH Literary School JOHN BLASER Literary School CUMBERLAND STUDENT WINS NATIONAL HONORS Charles Oscar Brizius win national recognition and first prize award for his essay in a contest sponsored by the Conference on Personal Finance Law and the American Law Student Association. Above, Jackson R. Collins, secre- tary of the Conference on Personal Finance Law, and other officials of the Conference look on as Brizius expresses his thanks before the combined lawyer- student assemblage in Dallas, Texas. DELTA THETA PHI Left to right: Earl Lelegren, Master of the Ritual; Randall Rowe, Jr., Clerk of the Exchequer; Charles Brizius, Vice Dean; Sidney Surratt, Jr., Dean; Robert Fargarson, Clerk of the Rolls; James Mynatt, Tribune; C. R. Dick- inson, BailiflE. MEMBERS Bobby Aderholt Edwin Arnold Charles Brizius William Cain W. Castleman Clyde Chesnut Clarence Cochran John Duck Ralph Emerson Robert Fargarson William Hall, Jr. James Kiely Sam Lewis James Mynatt Cap Orr Joe Tompson E. G. Robinson Arthur Rodriquez Randall Rowe, Jr. S. Surratt, Jr. James Upshaw PHI AlPHA DELTA Officers; From left to right: George H. Pierce, Marshall; Robert Bledsoe, Vice-Justice; Vol Jones, Jr., Justice; LeRoy H. Wilburs, Clerk; James Havron, Treasurer. i 1to First Row: Emmert Browning Robert Bledsoe Franklin Samples MEMBERS Second Row: Third Row: Vol Jones, Jr. James Havron George H. Pierce LeRoy Steiner J. Russell Webb LeRoy H. Wilburs Those not pictured above are: Yudhistrara Grover Rodney Ahles Ray Carnes CUMBERLAND LEGAL vli SOCIETY UJ i The Cumberland Legal Society was founded this year in honor of the Honorable Sam B. Gilreath. Pictured above are some of the members and guests at a recent luncheon. IOTA lAU TAU TOMMIE MITCHELL FRANCES YOUNG CATHERINE GILREATH SAM B. GILREATH SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS The spiritual life of the law student is not forgotten. The Sunday school class taught by Judge Sam B. Gilreath fills this need. A scholar of the Bible, Judge Gilreath teaches this class each Sunday morning. His lectures are inter- esting and informative as well as inspiring, and he presents, week by week, a chronological study of the Bible history. • ' J -- m The Gav 30 s submit, Gentlemeii Oh! Brother This isn ' t Texas .--fc ' C Vft- . ' - ; ' Every party has to have them m •Tfff y .9 1 - i I ' ll settle out of court 1 The scales of justice f - )