Union College - Stespean Yearbook (Barbourville, KY)

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a E 9 O E E IV DEDICATION IT HAS BEEN the rare good fortune of the Chiss of ' 36 to have Dr. Harwell P. Sturdivant as its sponsor ever since its organization. We have come to know him as an excellent teacher, a loyal supporter of the college in all its activities, and a true friend. The Senior Class is indeed happy to dedicate the 1936 Stespean to one who has charted for it a wise course and has labored faithfully for its welfare.

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HE 19 3 6 : ' - STESPEAN FOREWORD XV e members of the Class of 1936 leave oi.ir school with deep apprecuinon for the advantages it has given us. e realize that education is capital and that by investing it wisely we mav become factors in the vorld ' s progress. W ' e realize also that as our school has given us advantages, it has bequeathed to us re- sponsibilities. Cheerfully we shoulder these solemn obligations as we lea e the comparatuelv sheltered ex- istence of the past four years to face a world of ever- increasing needs, cver-widening opportunities. Others have won laurels bv establishing and preserving the privileges we now en|oy; to us remains the task of im- provement, of showing that we too mav perform some- thing worthy to be remembered. Here we have been trained in useful service; here we have shared sorrows and disappointments, pleasures and triumphs. Memories of happy times will naturally linger on, but to make these memories more ■lvld and pleasant, the Senior Class presents this olume of the 19 6 Stespean, trusting that m later ears, though we may be scattered far frt)m these scenes, there may never come a time when we cannot, in memory, hold a re- union in some of the trvsting places of our Alma Mater.

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PRESIDENT DANIEL STEVENSON « 1886 IN 1886 Dr. Daniel Stevenson, then president of Augusta College, came to Barbourville to investigate the possibility of the purchase of Union College. Dr. Stevenson succeeded m buying it for the Board of Education of the Kentuckv Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was selected as its first president under the new regime. Dr. Stevenson worked indefatigablv in building Union College, carry- ing the burden both of finance and student promotion. Through it all he succeeded in giving the college a good start and in inspiring the leaders who followed him in the work of the college after his death in January, 1897. To Dr. Stevenson Union owes her rebirth and her earlv success.