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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
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WMW- ' WMMM, immediately elected to the presidenc) ' Dean Tyler E. Utterback, a native of Kentucky, graduate of Kentucky Unix ' ersitw Central University of Ken- tuck}-, and Columbia University, New York, a man of large experience, both as an educator and preacher. At the close of the year 1912-1913, President Utterback ' s resignation, which had been offered one year before, was accepted, and E. W. McDiarmid, a graduate of Bethany and of Hiram College, was elected president of Milligan College. After one year of fruitful work. President McDiarmid was called to a higher work, and James Tracy McKissick was elected president. James Tracy McKissick was born near Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee, April 19, 1874. He attended Broadview High School until his sixteenth vear, when he went to Hillsboro High School, Williamson Countv, which was then taught by the now lamented William Anderson. After finish- ing High School and teaching a year, he went to Texas and attended South- western Normal College, Italy, Texas, and graduated from that school in 1895. The following fall he entered Add-Ran Christian University, then under the direction of Addison and Randolph Clark, and was graduated from that school in 1897. His first pastorate was at Marshall, Texas, where he served eighteen months, and resigned on account of ill health, and located at Marfa, West Texas, where two years were spent. From Marfa he was called to the Centra] Church, Weatherford, and there he preached for three and one-half years. Feeling the need of a more liberal education, he resigned and entered Texas Christian University, receiving the M. A. degree in June, 1904. The following fall he entered the College of the Bible and received the classical diploma the next June. He then went to Harvard and spen t a year specializ- ing in New Testament Greek and Church History. After some months of evangelizing he accepted a call from 1 7th St. Church, Nashville, and was there more than four years. He was called to be secretary of the Tennessee Christian Missionary Society in April, 1911, and continued in this work for more than three years. He came to Milligan in August, 1914, following the labors of Josephus Hopwood and his splendid successors. He stri -es to main- tain the same ideals which have characterized Milligan life. 10
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