Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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' M: M :MmWMM:MM OBDitorial taff E. C. BUCK. Jr Editor-in-Chief J. W. PR,A.THER Business Manager F. F. ATHEARX Assistant Business Manager W. A. HUGGINS Art Editor NELLE CAMPBELL Social Editor J. N, HARDY Athletic Editor assistants Myhr White Nat. Curchfield W. C. Smith M. A. HuiE G. L Baker C. L. Cahoon Berta Hardy Evelyn Love

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MVWWMH- . JHilligan Collrsc LOCATION AND HISTORY 1 f 1 ILLIGAN COLLEGE is located in Carter County, in that section of Tennessee which once formed part of the long-defunct State of Franklin — a commonwealth whose brief but romantic existence was terminated in a battle fought onh- a short distance from the site now occupied by the college grounds. Two miles to the north, at S ' camore Shoals, tlie American -olunteers who fought the decisi ' e battle of King ' s Mountain started on that famous march which, in the opinion of competent historians, was the turning point in the American Revolution. After Sycamore Shoals and the days of King ' s Mountain came Daniel Boone and Da -y Crockett. Boone ' s original trail passed only a few miles west of the college ; and at Boone ' s Creek, about eight miles south, there is shown to this da - a mighty oak tree with the following inscription carved upon it; D Boon Cild Bar. The site of Milligan College, with its superb view of the majestic Buffalo Mountain and the silver waters of the Buffalo Creek flowing just below, w ' as early chosen as an ideal spot for an institution of learning. Before the Civil War, a school was established, and after the war between llie States, this school was given the name of Buitalo Institute. In 1880 a young man from Kentucky by the name of Josephus Flop- wood came to Carter County in search of a place to found an institution of learning built upon the broad foundation of Christian culture — a clean heart and a clean life. Buffalo Institute was turned over to him, and in 1882 the old name was changed to Milligan College. For twenty-three years, from 1880 to 1903, President Hopwood directed the destinies of Milligan College. In 1903 President Hopwood relincjuished the Ijurden he had borne so long- to one who had graduated under him and who was associated with him for years as a teacher — Henrj ' R. Garrett. President Garrett ' s mantle fell upon another young man, Frederick D. Kershner, a native of Maryland and a graduate of Kentucky University and of Princeton. President Kershner took charge of the college in the spring of 1908, and his resignation took effect October 31, 1911. The Board