East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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June 6, 1930 THE CHALK LINE 23 SAY IT WITH SONGS When the weather ' s cold, “Turn on the Heat. When you have a date be “Lovable and Sweet. Between tennis games and supper, “Singing in the Bath Tub. “There ' ll be no more school, “When My Dreams Come True. When I ' m asleep, “I’m a Dreamer, Aren ' t We All? When seniors smile on the way to exams, they ' re only “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine. What we advise for the girls who get shipped: “Go West, Little Girl, Go West. What psychology class exlaim, “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life. When the senior gets spring fever, we want to “Breakaway, says the senior to the teacher who is on the verge of flunking her, “My Fate is in Your Hands. What the seniors say on finals, “Why Do I Always Forget When I ' m Trying So Hard To Remember. E. E. H. THE CHAUTAUQUA The Redpath Chautauqua was a pronounced success this year. Everybody who attended the various pro¬ grams commented on their high type. Most of the pro¬ grams w T ere educational as well as highly entertaining. The Teachers College was directly responsible for obtaining the week ' s high-class of entertainment offered by the Redpath Chautauqua this year. We are plan¬ ning to sponsor the Chautauqua again for the year 1931. We are also being backed by twenty five leading busi¬ ness and professional men of Johnson City, who lent their hearty support in guaranteeing the Chautauqua people a successful season here next year. —J. O. M. ANNUAL SPRING BANQUET The annual banquet given at the close of the regu¬ lar school year, is an event to which we all look for¬ ward, since it is the greatest event of its kind during the entire school year. This is an event in which the entire school can participate and receive enjoyment. Here can be found freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors; athletes; debaters; honor students; faculty members; and even distinguished visitors. Those who have made outstanding records during the school year are honor guests at this banquet, and are recognized as representatives of the finest princi¬ ples of the school. They are the cream of the student- body and are recognized as such. To be an honor guest at this banquet might mean that you have been an honor student of the first rank and this means that you have made an “A grade on all subjects; it might mean that you have represented the school in debating; it might mean that you have been a worthy member of either the baseball, basketball, foot¬ ball, or tennis teams; or it might mean that you have won the writer ' s award in journalism. This is usually a formal affair, and demands that you visit Emily Post beforehand. We are not con¬ fined to our own dining hall at this banquet, but are en¬ tertained at the best places in the city, such as the John Sevier Hotel, where the banquet was held two years ago, or King ' s Cafeteria, where it was held last year. This year it was held in the First Methodist Church, the most beautiful and modern church in the South. This banquet is the last event of the regular school year, and is the last time many have the privilege of being together as class and school mates. Take for instance Meredith Pittard, who next year will be at the University of Georgia, far separated from Sevier Sabin, or Hobart Davis and Mary Louise Mundy, who no doubt will be together in the future, but never again as class¬ mates. Such events as this one will give us in later years, happy visions of our college days at the Dear Old Teachers College, the institution which, in the future, will be thankful we have the opportunity to call our Alma Mater. Following is a list of the honor guests at this ban¬ quet: Those making the first honor roll: Francis Jack- son, Ruth Massengill, T. S. Gardner, Mrs. Sneigoehi. Debaters—Mary Louise Mundy, Gladys Presley, Isabell Guy, Margaret Pouder, George Fox, Sevier Sabin, Robert Hickey, Frank Bryant, Raymond Barry, Robert Grindstaff, Price McCormick, Akard Sell, Charles Slade, Bill May. Writer ' s Award in Journalism: Una Armstrong, Rodney McNabb. Girls ' Basketball: Virginia Parker, Ted Williams, Rowena Watkins, Meredith Pittard, Mary Reynolds, Gladys Carr, Esther Choate, Halleen Snyder, Manager. Boys ' Basketball: Denver Dyer, Captain; Howard Dyer, Sam Galloway, Sam Ward, Arthur Isbill, McNeil Dew, Frank Lane, James Large, Clarence Bralley Manager. Baseball: Paul Nicely, Captain; Arthur Isbill, Howard Dyer, Denver Dyer, Coyle Acuff, Frank Thompson, Hobert D avis, Alex Kennedy, John Tread¬ way. Boys ' Tennis: Cordell Young, Rogers Porter, Clar¬ ence Bralley. —G. S. THE FACULTY Dr. Sherrod Sternest Dean Burleson Most forgetful Frank Field Most sarcastic Hodge Mathes Most affectionate Robert Cox Handsomest W. B. Bible Jolliest Wade Alexander Sissiest Dalton Brown Most scientific T. C. Carson Most accurate Dr. Collins Best dressed Billy Flynn Rogers Most conceited Dr. Wheeler Fastest Prof. Wilson Most intellectual Mrs. Earnest Best wife Mary L. Gordy Most dignified Helen Krepps Most popular Maxine Matthews-Most fiery Elizabeth Slocumb Most artistic Ruth Thomas Kindest, most sincere Ina Yoakley Dearest, sweetest, and most sympathetic Mrs. Slack , Most meddlesome

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THE CHALK LINE June 6, 1930 22 1795, was chartered by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of the United States south of the River Ohio, as Washington College, so-called in honor of the illustrious President of the United States. This was the first real institution of learning west of the Alleghenies. Soon after his settlement at Salem, Mr. Doak had occasion to go some thirty miles toward Abingdon for family supplies. His wife seeing some Cherokee War¬ riors approaching, snatched up her infant son, John Whitfield, and fled to a place of confinement, from which she saw them plundering and burning the cabin. No doubt if the child had awakened and cried, both it and the mother would have been captured and killed; but she escaped to a blockhouse, where she met her hus¬ band on his return. Dr. Doak physically was above the average stature. He was a man of large muscular frame, and his ap¬ pearance was grave and commanding. His voice was stentorian, his eyes deep blue. He was a man of strong intellect and manly good sense, a man of dignity and great firmness. In his classes he often sat with his head bent backward and his eyes closed, but if a student made a mistake in recitation that student soon found out that he was very much awake. He was interested in civic affairs and alwavs voted. He was a great student and thinker. When he was sixty-five years old he mastered Chemistry and Hebrew. He prepared young ministers in Hebrew to take a creditable examination before the Presbytery. His great ambition was to prepare young ministers and missionaries for this great western coun¬ try to which people were fastly migrating. Dr. Doak first started his school with just a few helpers and in a log cabin. The trustees held their first meeting on the twenty- third day of July, 1795, at which were the following members: the Rev. Samuel Doak, President; Rev. Wil¬ liam Holt; Dr. William Chester; David Deaderick; John Wilson; John Waddell; John Sevier, Jr.; and Alexander Mathes. Col. Landon Carter was appointed to sell some land on Doe River, which Col. Waightsill Avery had do¬ nated to Washington College. The proceeds were or¬ dered to be expended for books, and necessary things needed to run the college. In the month of May, 1798, the President left the college and attended the General Assembly, at Phila¬ delphia, as a commissioner from the Presbytery of Abingdon. There he obtained a valuable donation of books, which he carried on horseback across the moun¬ tains, to his college. These formed the nucleus of the college library. A great affliction befell the President in the death of his wife. He married secondly Mrs. Margaretta H. McEwen. Tradition says that on a certain occasion when he was starting to visic his “intended ' a wag of a student placed himself under a tree by the roadside and pretending to be getting out his Latin, he read and translated aloud as follows: “amor omnia vincit. The ready and pertinent reply of the doctor as he passed was “cedamus amori. This tradition may be authentic. Dr. Doak presided over Washington College and preached at Salem Church about thirty-eight years. He resigned and moved to Tusculum in Greene County where he engaged with his son, John, in establishing a classical school, which later became Tusculum Colleg. On the resignation of the first President the trustees immediately elected his eldest son, the Rev. John W. Doak, as his successor. The Civil War came on and the college had to close. The buildings on the campus were turned into forts, and even stables where the soldiers kept their horses. The college suffered extreme injury as the re¬ sult of the war, and the conditions were very saddening when it came to a close. In 1908 the college united with its old “sister col¬ lege, Tusculum. This union proved to be unsatisfac¬ tory, and the colleges were separated leaving Washing¬ ton College of first class high school rank, which today is operating as a self-help academy, where poor boys and girls of these southern hills and mountains, may re¬ ceive an education. Washington College this year is celebrating its sesqui-centennial year. It has enjoyed a century and a half of noble prestige. No student can fail to come un¬ der the spell of its antiquity. The old oaks and beeches are full of it, and every square rod is historic ground. It is not only to make truth-seeking but truth-revering men and women. All through the years it has stood for the highest development possible of its students, who should look back with great admiration, to those old pioneer ancestors of ours who have blazed the trail and established for us such an institution of learning. INFAMOUS SAYINGS FOR FAMOUS PERSONS B. Archer—60 days,—for not feeding a “balanced diet. J. R. Walker—10 days, for being too “dignified. R. McNabb—80 days, for “petting. J. Masterson—90 days, for “automobile riding. E. Howard—2 years, for having too many “dates. T. Dingus—99 days, for “talking too much in room 101. C. Shubert—3 years, for “keeping quiet in Apart¬ ment A. J. Henderson—1 year, for “studying in the li¬ brary ? Mrs. Boren—5 years, for “flunking too many stu¬ dent teachers. N. Robinette—3 years, for abusing social privileges. E. Ellison—30 days, for studying—car. R. Barry—60 days, for attempting to take- ' s giri. E. Coleman—90 days, for “cutting classes. M. Mundy—10 years, for “talking too fast. M. Robertson—5 years, for “making paths on the campus. D. Deakins—60 days, for parking on the grass. J. Miller—30 days, for being tardy to class. E. Choate—90 days, for gathering material for Chalk Line on Sunday. J. Brewer—2 years, for “cutting chapel. LI. Hodges—5 years, for paying too much atten¬ tion to-. E. Stanley—10 years, for “courting too much this term. H. Bowman—90 days, for losing a baseball game. M. Wilson—99 days, for talking in the library. U. Armstrong-—2 years, for talking to “alumni boys. R. Snodgrass—3 years for spending too much time in the chemistry laboratory. M. Lyon—6 years for “sleeping in class.

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24 THE CHALK LINE June 6, 1930 Ling Program Our college has before it a very extensive building program for the ensuing year. In fact, a program of such expansion as has never before been equalled in the history of the school. And it is through such rapid progress and development as this, that our institution is being so quickly raised from an ordinary, average Teachers College to a model institution for the prepara¬ tion and training of better teachers, supervisors, and superintendents. An institution which will, ere long, de¬ mand the homage and public consideration of various educators and other persons interested in education throughout the land. Our educational prestige can no longer be questioned, and our pedagogical efficiency is swiftly approaching that infinite “dream of perfection ’ No student, who is thinking of preparing to enter the teaching profession—or related professions, could pos¬ sibly make a mistake in choosing this school for his col¬ lege home. It is largely due to the zealous efforts of Dr. Sher¬ rod, that we are soon to have some important additional buildings, which will not only be modern but will be the “last word” in modernism. Since his inauguration here in 1925, Dr. Sherrod has ever had the progress and advancement of the school foremost in his thoughts —bending every effort toward the realization of his visions. And we now feel that these visions are rapidly issuing from the depths of the intellect into finite shapes and forms of reality. NEW LIBRARY BUILDING NEW DORMITORY There are big plans for the girls new dormitory. The present dormitory will be made into a new one by the enlarging and rebuilding of the present one. The construction will start soon, and it is hoped that it will be completed by the end of the fall term of 1930. This new building will be large enough to take care of most of the spring and summer students. One of the most important things about this new dormitory is that it will have a large social hall and an adjacent service room. This means that the girls will have a place to entertain and be entertained. Open house is planned for the beginning of each quarter, and every month the students will have some social affair. There will be guest rooms which the parents and friends of students may occupy while visiting—also, there will be an infirmary—a place where the girls can receive proper treatment when sick. It is hoped that the nurse, who will work in connection with the health department, can give part time to this work in the dor¬ mitory. Every room will have the most modern conven¬ iences. Some will have a private bath; others, connect¬ ing bath. There will also be full length mirrors; ter- razzel and tile floors; built in fixtures; trunk elevators; private telephone booths; regular offices; and the re¬ ception room is to be like a lobby in a first-class hotel, with a place for a big fire to make it cozy during the winter. Most outstanding among the items of this building program is to be our new library building. This will be a very grandiloquent structure—costing approximate¬ ly $200,000.00 and consisting of three stories above the basement. It will provide shelf room for 100,000 vol¬ umes, and in addition to this, there will be provisions made for offices, museum, study rooms, conference rooms, lounge room, work rooms, cataloging room, re¬ ceiving room, reserve book room, periodical room, large general reading room, library science class room, vault in basement in which all our valuables may be safely stored, staff rest room and kitchenette, large room in basement for little theatre, elevator from basement un¬ der work rooms, and a large unpacking room adjoining the cataloging room. Before having the plans for this building drawn up, Dr. Sherrod visited a large number of the best li¬ braries of the country, and listed all their desirable fea¬ tures. He then chose the best of those features and conveniences suitable for our library, and had them in¬ corporated in the plans for this new building. This building is to be located directly in front of the south entrance of the main building, just across the street car track. Dean Burleson will thus be enabled to stand at his classroom windows and separate those students of studious inclinations from the ones who are merely loafing their existence away. —R. C. M. Few can really imagine what this modern dormi¬ tory will be like and those who shall live in it, are to be congratulated, for it will be the last word in up-to-date conveniences. —E. L. C. THE TEACHERS COLLEGE MUSEUM In 1928 the History Department of the State Teachers Colege started an historical museum for the purpose of collecting and preserving relics, which are both interesting and historically valuable. Students and friends of the College were invited to contribute, or lend, to this museum any relic, which they had in their possession, that the school and others would be interested in seeing and knowing about. A special case was made for the articles, and through the generosity of the people of East Tennessee, it was soon filled. These articles are now on display in the main building of the college, attractively arranged and labeled, giving the name of the person contribut¬ ing it, and a short history of the article. The museum now contains Indian weapons made of stone, relics of the days before the white man came to America; books and papers, dating back to the time of the Revolution; many reminders of Colonial Days, such as the spinning wheel, wool cards, a flax break, a wooden lock and key, candle molds, many tools used (Continued on page 26)