Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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mm w If zs So© LOCATION AND HISTORY ILLIGAN COLLEGE is located in Carter County, in that part of Ten- nessee which was once the Watauga Settlement. It is that section of the former state of Franklin— a commonwealth whose brief but ro- mantic existance was terminated in a battle fought only a short distance from the site now occupied by the college grounds. Two miles to the north, at Sycamore Shoals, the American Volunteers who fought the decisive battle of King ' s Mountain started on the famous march which in the opinion of competent histori- ans, was the turning point in the American Revolution. After Sycamore Shoals and the days of King ' s Mountain, came Daniel Boone and Davy Crocket. Boone transgressed only a few miles west of the College: and at Boone ' s Creek, about eight miles south, there is shown to this day a beech tree with the following inscription carved on it: D. Boone Cilid Bar. The site of Milligan College, with its superb view of the Majestic Buffalo Mountain and the silvery waters of the Buffalo Creek flowing just below, was ear- ly chosen as an ideal spot for an institution of learning. Before the Civil War a school was established, which was attended by man ' men who afterward became illustrious in the history, not only of Tennessee, but of the Nation. After the war between the states this school ' was given the name of the Buffalo Institute. This school was founded by Colonel Baker, a man whose talented and lovable character left its impress upon the future history of the College. In 1880 a young man from Kentucky, by the name of Josephus Hopwood came to Carter County in search of a place to found an institution of learning built on 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 that of Milligan College, after the sainted character whose history is familiar to all Disciples of Christ. For twenty-three years from 1S80-1 ' )03. President Hop- wood directed the destines of Milligan College. The story of these twenty-three years of disinterested and unselfish service is written not in books or upon mar- ble, but in the hearts and lives of hundreds of men and women who are scattered all over America, and who are blessing humanity because they were given high ideals of life ui Milligan College, hi I ' M). President llopwooil ielinc|uisheil his

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W ' iFM, So® iEi»ttnrtal § taif ANNE MILDRED TERRY Editor-IN-Chief G. ROBERT FORRESTER Assistant Editor in-Chief CECIL L. CAHOON ' .BUSINESS MANAGER JOHN R. TODD, JR ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER TREAS. G. TOLLIE THOMAS .. . Art Editor FRED C. BUCK SOCIAL Editor HOWARD D. CROWE ATHLETIC EDITOR iVsststanfs Nell Campbell l ' : Ei.YN Love Pierce Blackwell Talmaue Bowman Pearl Hyder ' ALTER Forbes Clyde Hendrix Laura marv Borincj Harry Garrett Alice Keith Ford Gretchen Hyder Rose Dennis

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burden which he had borne so long and so well to one who had graduated under liini and who was associated with him for se ' eral years as a teacher — Henry R. Garrett. There could be no finer spirited man, nor one more loyal to the ideals of MiUigan than was Henry R. Garrett. His life at Milligan was an example of pur- ity and luiselfish service. .After years of work, largely worn out b ' constant ser- vice and by bodily sickness, in the ear 1907 he was obliged to seek a warmer cli- mate in the dry atmosphere of N ' estein Te.xas. .After President Garrett was obliged to leave the work, the cause which he had so faithfully championed fell into the hands of ayoungman of Maryland named Freileiick D. K.?rsh ' .ier, a gradu.ite of Kentucky University, and of Princeton. Rarely are mortals blessed with such a loving and brilliant nature as that of Presi dent Kershner, Ijecause there could be no higher tribute paid to him it must be said that he is every inch a man. President Kershner took charge of the col- lege in the .Spring of 19i)8. His. resignation took place October 31, 1911. Immediately on the resignation of Di . Kershner the Board met and elected to the presitlencv. Dr. Tyler E. Utterback. a native of Kentucky, graduate of Ken- tuck ' L ' nixersity, Central I ' niversity of Kentucky, and Columbia University- of . ew York. President Utterback, being a man of large experience both as an ed- ucator and a pieacher, has rarely been equaled among those who have made Mil- ligan what she is. At the close of the year 19121913 President Utterback ' s re- signation, which had been offered one year before, was accepted and E. V. Mc- Dairmid, a graduate of Bethany and of Hiram Colleges, was elected President of Milligan College. After spending one very successful year at Milligan President McUairmid was called to Hamilton College, Kentucky. President McDaiimid was succeeded by James T. Mckissick, a native Tennessean and a graduate of Texas Christian University, The College of The Bible at Lexington Kentucky, and Har- vard University. After one year of enthusiastic service at Milligan President Mc- kissick resigned, and Dr. J. Hopwood, the former president and founder of the col- lege was called back to carry on once more the work that he had begun so well. The same ideals of life which ruled under former administrations obtain today, and the same emphasis upon purity and cleanliness of living, and the development of Christian Chaiacter remain as the coi e of Milligan Spiiit. And whate ' er the fu- ture of the school may be the present administration is marked by ilsloyalt} ' to the forme! ' Ideals of Milligan. 10