Milligan College - Buffalo Yearbook (Elizabethton, TN)

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WM:MMM::. ®a f ttatnr Sobtrt ICmit aaylor (In Memoriam) Whose genial soul, filled with mirth and inspired with music has dispersed the clouds and brought sunshine to thousands of care-worn hearts ; the record of whose statesmanship marks a brilliant epoch in the annals of State and National life; and Sfl oufruor Alfrrb AlrxauJipr (Haylor Who, with eloquence and pathos, wit and philosophy, has graced thousands of platforms; and who so efficiently presides at the Administration helm of the Ship of State; and To both and each of these distinguished brothers, who in the famous War of the Roses enacted the most thrill- ing forensic drama in the history of American politics, yet who from boyhood ' s days have maintained a most beauti- ful spirit of ardent personal esteem and filial devotion; To you, as Sons of Milligan College, and to your im- perishable memory, we affectionately dedicate this volume.

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SENATOR ROBERT LOVE TAYLOR GOVERNOR ALFRED ALEXANDER TAYLOR

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®t}0 i ' ptrit nf iitUtgan WHEN one first comes to Milligan he is not overawed by her material re- sources, the vast outlay of equipment or a great display of formality. He finds, indeed, buildings which are new in structure, and architecture, and modern in equipment. He finds one of the loveliest and most inspiring country landscapes which God ever painted upon a natural canvas. He re- ceives courteous consideration at the hands of the authorities. But most of these things he would find in large measure, in almost any other of the hun- dreds of institutions of learning in our country. But there is one distinguishing feature which draws all to Milligan with strong bonds of affection. It turns the heart of every one who has ever been a student or an acquaintance of Milligan into a life-long friend. It gives to every festive occasion, every celebration, every activity, that atmosphere of something more which we cherish in our hearts in warm remembrance after the occasion is long past. There has rarely been a student who ever came to Milligan who did not learn to love her with an affection which lasts throughout life. But what is this thing we call the Spirit of Milligan? It is an atmos- phere of comradeship, of loyalty and devotion which clusters about the hill. It pervades every nook and cranny of Milligan College. It is the band of patriotism, and group fidelity which makes possible the success of every activity into which we enter. It is the kind of spirit which will make Milli- gan grow in material resources and live on forever in real life even as her sentiments live and flourish in the hearts of those who have come in con- tact with her. We who are about to leave would take this opportunity of expressing what is to us the dearest, the truest, phase of emotion which the word Milligan calls forth. May those of the faculty who have sacrificed them- selves to make our Milligan what it is ; may our friends over all the country who show their interest in us by their works, may every one who is now a student of Milligan, or has ever been, cherish and guard the Spirit of Milligan. Man, it is not thy works, which are all mortal, infinitely little and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance. — Carlyle.