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

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BERNADOTTE EVERLY Scummr Editor-in-Chief 3 3 ' CLIFFORD JUSTIS FULLER Business Manager 3? CHARLES SHELBY COFFEY Assistant Business Manager ? 3 LUCIUS LAMAR HEISKELL Art Editor Academic Chi Delta-PAUL DEEN THOMAS Editors from Senior Class-THOMAS DOUGHTY BRABSON Barbara Blount-JENNY HUGHES MORRILL -LAURA THORNBURGH McKinney Clubs-JAMES MERRITT DEARMOND Editors from Junior Class-HENRY BENTON WHITE 3 3 ' sEMMETT HUGE BULLOCK Representatives from Fraternities Ed1tor.from Sophomore ClasssMARSHALL ANDREW FULLER Phi Kappa PhisBENJAMIN LEWIS CAPELL, JR- detor from Freshman ClassFJosEPH CARTER RHEA Pi Kappa Alpha-SAMUEL JACKSON MCALLESTER 3 3 Sigma Alpha Epsilon-MATT GRAINGER THOMAS Law Kappa SigmasHARRls PAUL GANT Kappa Alpha-LAWRENCE WILLIAMS FRIERSON Editor from Senior ClasssJAMEs CLARENCE DENTON . Phl Gamma Delta-JOHN WAVERLY BACHMAN Editor from Junior ClasS-LUCIUS LAMAR HEISKELL Alpha Tau Omega-MARION GREEN HOPE 3 3 Chi OmegasFRANCES RAHT PhilomathesiaanENRY HUNTON HAMPTON Alpha Omicron Pi-JESSE SWANN

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THE HISTORY OF THE VOLUNTEER. THE need of an Annual at the University was felt long before steps were taken to publish one. As far back as 1893, a board of editors was elected, but through lack of enthusiasm among the students, the publication was abandoned for that year, and one or two later attempts proved equally unsuc- cessful. In the fall of 1896, Mr. Edwin Wiley, then the University Librarian, was elected Editor-in-Chief, but was called away from the city soon after. He was succeeded by Mr. Norman H. Pitman, who brought out the first Annual at the University of Tennessee under the title of 8 The Volunteer. All the copy and plates of the first 8 Volunteer ,i were destroyed in the big Knoxville tire of April 8, 1897, thus two months before the close of school, the editors were compelled to begin their difficult task anew. They went heroically to work, and, despite the short time that remained, succeeded in bringing out a ti Volunteer that was a credit to them and to the University. It was dedicated, to use the words of the editor, 8 to those students and professors, who in a time of misfortune, by personal sacrifice, administered to the dying t Volunteeri a cup of cold water? 8 The Volunteer for 1898 was issued under the editorship of Mr. Edwin Wiley, but it bears no sign of dedication. Mr. Wiley was also editor for 1899; this volume he dedicated to Henry L. McCorkle and John J. Bernard, the two heroes of the University who were killed on the tiring line at the battle of El Caney, Cuba,Ju1y 1, 1898. A list of all former students of the University who took part in the Spanish- American war appeared in this volume. Next years Annual was issued by Mr. Rowan Alien Greer and was dedicated to Dr. Thomas W. Jordan. In 1901 Mr. H. M. Edmonds was elected Editor-in-Chief, but for some reason his publication was not popular among the student body, and the Business Manager declared he lost money on the undertaking. it The Volunteer i' for 1902, edited by Mr. W. Jay Donaldson, was the largest volume yet issued, and was dedicated to the Medical and Dental Departments of the University, who, with this volume, made their hrst appearance in 8 The Volunteerf, Last year Mr. W. A. Copeland was Editor-in-Chief, and the book he brought out was one of the most successful in the history of the publication. As for our own volume, we shall leave you to judge. We have endeavored to portray Tennessee life as it has occurred during the session of 1903-04. In its publication their have been many diHiculties to sur- mount, and we can only hope for as favorable criticism as has been passed upon our predecessors.