University of Nashville - Garnet and Blue Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Adelphi Roll Andrews, Columbus Bull, Carroll Gideon Burleson, David jasper Clibourne, Norman Coleman, Thomas Loyd Covert, Alvin Curtis, jesse William Farris, Lester Collins Fender, Eben Franklin Frye, Richard Andrew Garrett, james Don Grubb, William French Hurst, Fielding: Hamilton jobe, Alvin L. journey, john William Liles, W. Blake Messick, Lemuel Edwin Mitchell, Long Allen Mitchell, john Floyd Nants, Walter E. Page, Boney Wells Rich, john Calvin Sanders, Florence Newton Smith, Burr Paty Terrell, Russell Franklin Whitenton, Robert Oscar

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OFFICERS OF ADELPHI SOCIETY FIRST TERM R. F. TERRELL .... ....... 1 'resident F. H. HURST ..... .... V ice President J. F. IVIITCHELL ............. i .... Secretary F. N. SANDERS. . . .Corresponding Secretary L. A. M1TcHELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Treasurer NORMAN CLIBOURNE ..... .Sergeant-at-Arms B. W. PAGE ........................ Critic SECOND TERM F. N. SANDERS ........ .......... P resident W. E. NANTS. .. .. . . . . Vice President D. J. BURLESON ........... A ...... Secretary B. W. PAGE ...... Corresponding: Secretary COLUMBUS ANDREWS .. . . . . . ..... Treasurer R. F. TERRELL.. ........ Sergeant-at-Arms F. H. HLTRST ..... ...... ....... C r itic T .I - '33 THIRD TERM B. XV. PAGE ...... ....... P resident L. A. IXIITCHELI.. .. .... Vice President E. F. FENDER ........ . ........ .Secretary J. D. GARRETT. . . .. F. N. SANDERS .... F. MI'l'CI-IIELI.. . . . FOUR L. E. MEsS1cK.... R. O. WH1TEN'roN. J. W. JOURNEY. . .. NORMAN CLIRQURNE. . . D. J. BURLESoN .... B. W. PAGE ..... F. N. SANDERS ..... . I-. CoLEMAN. . .Corresponding Secretary . .... . . . . . , . .Treasurer . . . .Sergeant-at-Arms . . ............... Critic TH TERM . . . . ........ President . . . . .. .Vice President . . ....... Secretary . . .Cor. Secretary . . . . . . . . . .Treasurer . . . . Sergeant-at-Arms ..............CritiC

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EROSOPHIAN EDITORIAL HE literary society is pre-eminently the student's domain. In the classrooms he is subordinated to, 'and swayed.by, the A.M.s, Ph.lD.s,.and LL.D.s, who .. ,pt are conducting the delicate operation of expanding his mind. He must sit and receive, or else let himself out in a cramped manner along the narrow and ' restricted channel prepared for, and allowed to, him by his instructor. But in the literary society he can open up his heart as the small boy empties his pockets, dumping out both treasure and trash. There is no kind of restraint and no end of sympathy. His genius is sure to be recognized and rewarded: his failures are altogether ignored. Society work has both a positive and a negative effect upon the student. Positive, because there he is himself, and by trying to express himself as he is he becomes more him- self: he learns to know himself, and thus gains in self-confidence. Negative, since if by con- tinually contemplating the learned he has become iniiated like the frog in the fable, he may here make his inevitable bust without incurring the most aggravated consequences. To such a student, first society experience is likely to be similar to that of the ingenious Yankee youth when he tried to iiyg but when in later years he puts on the cap of true wisdom, he will remember with an appreciative smile the step that made him by unmaking him. So much for literary societies in general. XVhat has been said applies to all. But there are literary societies and literary societies. Comparisons are odious, and none willbe made in this article: but we may do well to notice some cha1'acte1'istics of the Erosophian Society. The Erosophian is primarily a parliamentary animal. His code of ethics is embodied in parliamentary law. From the north end of Lindsley Hall as a center, and with a radius equal to most anything, he describes circles and other figures, all subject to Roberts' Rules of Order. He loveth and chasteneth his fellow members. The fledgling is soon taught to walk circumspectly in the Holy of Holies. The Erosophian President is liberal with his love and his fines, and at the end of his administration invariably receives promotion at the hands of the loyal members who are continually paying their respects and penalties. Every Ero- sophian exerts his talent for his dearly beloved, and among the talented there are always a number of good musicians who have made the name Erosophian Orchestra famous. The Erosophian Society is fortunate and unique in that from a venerable age it draws all the good results and suffers no ill whatever. There is no regular course given in Erosophian History, but its study is extensive and its benefits lasting. On every Erosophian's head the bump of pride is well developed, and his society age is indicated by its relative size. By wor- thy examples furnished by most honored members of the past, he is inspired to advance ever onward and upward, bearing upon his banner this strange device: SIIf7Z'L'lllI'll vt V1'1'!z1h'.