Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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SiSBM XMMff: him, and in 1882 the name was changed to MiUigan College. From 1880 to 1903 — twenty-three fruitful though eventful years — President Hopwood directed the destinies of the Colleg;e. In 1903 the mantle of the venerable founder of the college, as such, fell upon the shoulders of Henry R. Garrett, who was an alumnus of the college and who was a member of the faculty of his Alma Mater. Dr. Frederick D. Kershner, then l)ecame president of the college. His three years administration marked a very successful epoch in the history of Milligan. His successor was Dean Tyler E. Utterback. E. ' ' . McDiarmid succeeded President Utterback for an administration of one year, after which President J. Tracy McKissick was called for a period of one year. As a successor to President McKissick, President Hopwood was re- called for two years. The present administration under the leadership of Henry J. Derthick, is now in its fourth year, and during his administration the college has been able to greatly enlarge its circle of substantial friends, and to more than double the value of its ecptipment. President Derthick, with a towering faith in the purposes of God cencerning the mission of Milligan and with unflagging energy and devotion to the task, has already rendered inestimable service to the cause of education in Tennessee, and to the broader interests of the restoration movement. (15)

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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)

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' ' M:M ' : :WMWi:S ' MMM- GEO. W. HARUIN (16)