Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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Mr. anil Mrs. Mi ft Mr. W. W. White, the gentle-man, General Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, and general Goodfellow to all alike. Mrs. W. W. White, hostess for Boy ' s Dor- mitory, and really Mother White to every lonesome lad. The genial rays of sunshine and Christian optimism which constantly radiate from Mr. and Mrs. White constitute a most valuahle and pleasing factor in Milligan life. (13)

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iPIUJB ' -JDOirif ' Jr ' daSc.© Henr - J. Derthick President Mrs. H. J. Derthick Dean of Women Willis Baxter Boyd Dean of Men. and Professor of Psychology and Philosophy Mrs. W. B. Boyd Librarian Clarence Holton Poage Professor of English Charles Earl Burns Professor of Biblical Literature Asa Frazier Cochran Jr. Professor of Biology and Chemistry Henry Grady Rooker Professor of French and History Samuel J. Hyder Professor of Mathematics ' illiam .Augustus Wright Professor of Ancient Languages Taswell Waller Newman Director of Instrumental Music Mrs. T. ' . Newman Directress of Vocal Music Mrs. Margaret Lampert. ' iesenberg Professor of Academy Englisl ' . Miss Kathleen Preston Finley Professor of Domestic Science and Art (12)

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iS;-!iW MlSSKIli Historic iHiUtgan Among the earliest and lioldest trappers, hunters, and explorers who ventured westward beyond the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, were those who followed the meanderings of the Little Doe and the Watauga to find the rich and beautiful valleys below, which were destined to become the scenes of heroic achievements and the center and heart of a great and distinctive civilization. The long since defunct State of Franklin, was in the course of time organized as the first unique embodiment of distinctively and funda- mentally American ideals. Milligan College is located in Carter County, Tennessee, every foot of w-hich is replete with traditions of chivalry and daring. The very mention of Sycamore Shoals. King ' s Mountain. John Sevier, Daniel Boone. David Crockett — together with scores of other names and places awakens a thrill of pride in ever)- liberty loving heart. The site of Milligan College, with its view of the majestic Buffalo Moun- tains and the silver waters of Buffalo Creek flowing just below, was early chosen as an ideal spot for an Institution of Learning. A school was con- ducted on the present site of Milligan many years before the Civil War. Following the war between the States, a distinguished citizen and scholar, Col. Barker revived the work of education. During his administration the Institution was known as Buffalo Institute. Many young men who later distinguished themselves attended Buffalo Institute. Among them were Senator Robert L. Taylor and the present Governor of Tennessee, Col. A. A. Taylor. In the good year 1880, a young man from Kentucky. Josejjhus Hopwood, inspired with a consuming zeal for Christian Education, and determined that the people of the South afforded a most inviting field, came to Carter County in search of a favorable place to found an institution of learning upon the broad principles of Christian culture. Buffalo Institute was turned over to (14)