University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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mass of 1902 iii N the 15th of September, 1898, we, a body of youths and maidens, banded ourselves together for the purpose of making an exploration. The ship we selected was the U. of T. and the regions we sought were the Iands of knowledge. We were youthful and inexperienced, but we knew the strength of our good ship and we were also encouraged by the knowledge that there were three other parties of exploration on the same ship with us. These jeered at the new- comers for a long time and thought themselves too good to mingle with the untrained sailors, but they soon saw that the new party contained material that could eventually make as good Jack-tars as ever sailed in search of knowledge. One thing that helped the explorers was the fact that we had on board skillful guides, who could interpret all the languages, measure all distances, analyze all minerals, and explain all the botanical properties of the plants of the lands we might visit. The log-hook of our first yearis ioumey is a story of struggle. The waters through which the party sailed were at first very shallow and narrow. We were confined in the narrow straits of if Algebra, and we had to go through the shallow channel of Physiology ll before we could enter upon the broad deep sea of advanced study. Many times the shipis bottom threatened to be grounded in the breakers; but we had to guide us the beacon-lights left behind by those who had made the exploration before us; in shallow places we could profit by the buoys left by the example of failures which members of preceding parties had made. The flag which the party carried was pink and lavender. and there were written on it these words: lnititzm fim' sermiat. Often did they strengthen the determination of the despairing party. Onward the ship went, sometimes over pleasant waters, sometimes through such rough waves that it required all the skill of the leaders to keep the boat from stranding. Through the breakers of tests, overshadowed by the clouds of home-sickness, this brave crew of new sailors steered their ship, determined to come at last to the lands of higher knowledge. When the first yearis journey was nearly over, it became necessary for the ship to pass through the storm of examinations It was with fear and trembling that our exploring party approached this danger. All the sailors did their best and most of them got through safely. but, sad to say, some of the party fell overboard during the storm and their companions were powerless to help them. Consequently part of our company was left in the sea and the ship continued its journey. We now came to the green and pleasant isle of VacationJ' Here the ship rested for three months and our exploring party sought the rest necessary to enable us to complete our journey. When the time again came for us to put to sea, all were filled with renewed vigor and determina- tion, but several of our mates had failed to return and the ship had to proceed without them. But many new sailors joined us here and our party was almost as strong as ever. It now became our part to jeer at the newcomers as we had been ieered at only a year before. Our sailing now was on a more open sea; we passed through the waters of higher studies, but away ahead on the horizon we can see a still wider ocean and a greater opportunity to make explora- tions in search of knowledge. Our second yearls journey has been as full of adventures and struggles as the first. We have had thrilling experiences in the whirlpool of Trig?y and the rapids of ii LabJ' Work, but, thanks to our pilots, we are near the close of another prosperous yearis journey. True, some of us may perish in the storms of Examinations, which always rise at this season of the year, but it is to be hoped not. Those of us, who get safely through, expect to continue our journey through broadening seas and to come safely into port in 1902. Sail on thou grand old ship, Waught Trwo, Our hearts, our hopes, are all with you ; Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant oier our fears, Are all with you, are all with you. -H. M. T. 30

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Glass of Imam HS: AMIS, J'QHN CARL ALBERS, ,EDWARD SANFORD BACON, JAMES BLAINE BARTON, JESSIE MAY BAYLOR, RGBERT LAWRENCE BEAK, JAMES SAUNDERS BEARDEN, WALTER SCOTT BONDURANT, JESSIE BRYSON, GEORGE GILLESPIE CAMPBELL, JOHN DANIEL CANTRELL, WESLEY CARDEN, ROBERT LEE CARDEN, WILLIAM ALLEN WHEELER CARSON, KATHERINE WALLER CARTER, JOHN PRESTON CHURCHVVELL, ERNEST KERR CURRIE, CABELL BRECKINRIDGE CRAWFORD, JOHN KERR DONALDSON, WILLIAM JAY FALK, JOSEPHA FOUCHE, WALTER DICKENS GIBSON, THOMA's LIVINGSTON HACKWORTH, EL'EANOR ADAIR HARRIS, WILLIAM SNEDLEY HART, HENRY CL'AY HEISKELL, CLAYTON MOSBY HERRING, HARRY TELEMACH HOLLOPETER, WILLIAM HAROLD HONEYMAN, ELLIS WESTERVELT JARNAGIN, FRANK WATKINS KENNEDY, AUL KINGMAN. RA H WILCOX KINGMAN, DA VJ, CHRISTIE LEE, MARY LEE, JOHN RUSSELL MARTIN, BRUCE INGRAM MAYFIELD, CHARLES STAMWIX MEYERHOFF. EMMA DOROTHEA MILBURN, LULA BELLE MILLER, AUSTIN JR. MOFFAT, JAMES WALTER MORELOCK, HORACE WILSON MCGLATHERAY, JAMES WILLIAM MCGRANN, MATILDA MCTEER, JOSEPH TELFORD MONDAY, BERTHA ODELL, THOMAS GARLAND PEERY, CLIFFORD VAN BUREN POWELL, THEODORE NEWTON RANKIN, THOMAS TURLEY ROBERTSON, THOMAS AUSTIN SAMUEL, PHILIP TUSTIN SHEA, MARY MARGARET SIENKNECHT, WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, CHARLES HENRY STANLEY, JOSEPH BYNUM STOLTZFUS, AQUILLA BLANK TARWATER, JOHN KENDRICK TATE, HUGH MCCALL TERRY, JAMES LEMUEL TREADWELL, ELEANOR WARD, ERNEST MOORE WHITE, JOHN BUNYAN WHITE, ROBERT MAURICE WILKINSON, LUCY BANKS WILLIAMSON, GEORGE LEON WILLIAMSON, ROBERT MOORE

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