Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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gi vMlKlliiiSiMii iHtia an CoU B ESTING upon the crest of one of East Tennessee ' s matchless hills — long since made classic by association as well as beautiful by the hand of diligence — is to be observed the physical plant of MILLIGAN COLLEGE. Around the foot of this Classic Hill twines the course of the purling Buffalo Creek, whose gurgling waters gleam in the spring sun and coquettishly dance defiance to youth and age as they hasten for two short miles through shade and shadow to the historic Watauga. And over it all stands the stately Buffalo Mountain like a sentinel of the frontier doing duty for his King. These and many other rich and inspiring phe- nomena of nature are but fitting symbols of life on The Hill — Young and vigorous care-free and happy youth — guided, guarded, and led by patriotic and Godly men, pointing ever to the best idealism and the noblest and truest human achievements. For an even Half Century what is now MILLIGAN COLLEGE has been battling and growing. Every tree upon the campus is eloquent with a story of love and ro- mance to those who can read ; every spot for miles around is rich in historic lore ; as you walk in any direction the voices of tradition are eloquent reciting for you deeds of chivalry and valor associated with the early history of Tennessee; your guide points Boone ' s Trail, and locates for you the famous Boone ' s Tree; you are carried to Watauga River, shown the Sycamore Shoals, and made to stand in the shadow of the monument to the men who fought the battle of King ' s Moun- tain. You are told of the Carters, the Haynes, the Taylors, of John Sevier, as well as of Bonnie Kate Sherrill ; you are carried into the very heart of the beautiful Happy Valley, rendered immortal by the lamented Senator Robert L. Taylor; you at once build Castles in the Air, see Visions and Dreams, hear the Fiddle and the Bow, and emerge through the Paradise of Fools. There has been a renais- sance in your life. The Taylors have had a most intimate and vital connection with MILLIGAN COLLEGE from its incipiency, and Col. A. A. Taylor maintains a Col- lege Home under the shadow of MILLIGAN that he may educate his children in his own Alma Mater. It is doubtful if there is a College in the land a greater percentage of whose stu- dents have been a real contribution to society in the service of God and country. MILLIGAN COLLEGE has been a pioneer in moral reforms and has stood unflinch- ingly for the highest Christian Idealism. The destinies of the College have been directed by a succession of consecrated Christian men and women, the influence of whose labors and sacrifices can scarcely be measured. MILLIGAN COLLEGE is this hour entering upon a larger and richer program. With a new and vigorous administration, with an inspiring optimism now evident among MILLIGAN MEN everywhere ; with a reconsecration to the cause of deeper and more vital types of Educational Preparedness, looking to the development of leaders for the world ' s thought and action. The Buffalo can but bespeak for the coming years a Greater MILLIGAN COL- LEGE.