University of the South - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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Albert T. McNeel ALBERT T. McNEAL was tarn in Coffecvilh, M i ip|L December |H., . Al the death J hi fnlhef two yeara afterward , hi nunhnf returned wilh him CO ihn: old home al Hull™ , Tniii Ht:, where he ha resided ever sin- ' -, iimi) hi t-h-ctiun ;ls ihe Dean of the Iniw I )i-part men t of I he University l»C yens ago. Captain McNeil I WW a member of tat Senior Oats at I he- University o£ Miwwiypi when the Civil War began, and the: boys were j; radioed tiy 5| -eial action of the Faculty, -in oreter thai (hey mighi i fiter the Confederate Army, tie volunteered a a privjUe, w.-i promoted to a Captaincy bc-fort- he was twenty-Oie, served with distinclton to the very end and finally surrendered with the reinnanl of hi regiment under General Johnston, in April, 18G5. He thea returned to llolivar, and soon afterwards begin ihe- practice of law. On April 2 iHtij, he married Mi™ Kate Fentress, Otic oE 1 he- most popular and chamting Ladies of Weil Tennessee, Captain McNeal run only won his way to the very forefront ta his profession bul for many yean he wielded an esceptionaL influence in Sl.hc polities; and. while he COdstateRtly declined election to any office, he has been a notable figure in public affairs. To (he Church he ha wt Ih-l ' H a loyal and faithful toa As Chancellor of Ihe Diocese for now more th.nn thirty years and many time elected deputy to the (icneral Convention, hi learning in theology and Canon Law, his vW counsel, and his unselfish devc.nmii. h.iM- earned for him ad unique place in the honor ami affection oE both clergy and laity. The University of I he South has never had a more steadEul, a more unselfish, a wiser friend, than Albert T. McNeal. or twenty-five years hi- ix. -. ;i iiu-mbe of the Hoard of Trustees, and, during most of that time, probably no month passed thai his . !vi.v mm- uoi ji-keil and his. whole-hearted service [Even, for the gemd of ihe instil Lilian. In great crises which threatened the very .exEllence of Sewanee, hiswa th - mind that knew every detail «f admiujl ration, his the enthusiasm that never julmiicnl ihu suggestion of defeat. Thntutfh days of forcbodiny :mtl apprehension; in seasons of dm U ;nnl di-eLMiragemeni. when internal discord and grinding poverty warped the jitdgmL-iii and u hi Lied the he-arts of weaker men, his invincible confidence encouraged his co-worker and his unfailing pal tenet. (act and sympathy -. iHhiclnd the ; ■-, ii progri -- A man of remarkable inielhenial pL-r nk.uiiy and of widest sympathies; deliberate, out firm; cautious in adopting policies, but unyielding whvn conviction ha been reached: scrupulously careful in aualyxiag every detail of fact aad circumstance, nnd therefore lure ' if his opinions; above all, a lovef ot ihe Church and oE the highest ideal of education; he has been a tower of strength in all emergencies; and to him, id glad honor and reverence, the iludenb dedicate this number of ' The Cap and kpwn.

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