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

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(illjfcflloSitaL 19 apartmen t TEil- history lit Sew.mee ;m l hi1 t, J .tike ' s nn inif jukI lIh- mtaiv. The first to inhabit a special dom ic i 1c oi hi own :nul ilh separate himseH Iron the vulgar berd, the theokgtto »inc the. inception o£ Sewanee. has led in ill things thai pertain tu tin: versatile life of (hi- old mountain lop, Fenrenl ifi prayer, fiery in debate, a mij;hly wan-jcn? mi i bin- gridiron, and :i machiavellian Ananias of unquestloied ability in «|uiel rcie-.i-te.ies ' neath the shady foliat ot «;tk- crowned Beckwittl ' s Poiit, he ha mad 1 jjood his cladm kn leadership in matters iL-mporal, spiritual, mental, and social, Whatever plan Iw forward, whether il be km ne irnatLLin ' rhr m-w blanched chapel fence, to rattle the I hrvn-e (tectum iiLTves uf a Viunletbili pitcher, to lead a Eermnn t r win the laurel crown from the conteilAtig delegates oi Southern Uaivenftlef. Si. Luke ' s, is called upon to furnish the material, and ahe never fails. Oilier departments may wear their v;i.ri-L-i mired tassels with a more rakish air, and pos.e liefnre i he Admiring i-n-h mf susceptible Eeminiiiity, but in times o( Sires ;iLI un n Loward ihe serious spoiler o£ the purple plum llu.-w«tni.m mm.- it»u .ml Mecca when the- gold-illuming rays of the rising «ua fiild the- desert rim, Glorious hus Ihl-ii her past, and bet fame still rests secure, for l he present wearer of the royal-tinged tassel and thcnsL- half-Hedged eaglets termed post ulanls, who alw nesit within the.; eiiui-ethvervil v,.ills. .ne nut unworthy of the fcinir.lv hri,Hid. Amuri them ate Osborne, our victory- winning li;df.li;i.ek: Hi™!, the promoter ut harmony and leader of ydls J Pttgh, tliE! walkiflg collection plate and wearer of the perpi-tn;d anile; Mj vck, r f the empty maw; and that plaster imitation «f ihe great Corsiean, Tuppcr. There is the sole surviving [factne-r itl ' ■ h 1 1- firm. who also wields the weighty bow f die bouiiiinjj bass with might and majesty, the purveyor of C;tps ;m Gowns, aim the rw i Wearers of the poetic Laurel. And from Tiebnorof the poetic feet to Cadmaned the snowy locks, f™m Brown c4 Lhc silent tongue to Hasting ui the never-ceasing flow, from Doctor LhilkiS ' - (■ ■ N iy i-r, i heiv i mil unv whose beatt in- t»A filled with that compound

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C6 eo opr ccf JDopetri merit

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«|ninti-,si nL-r n £ m-v fin F-rw .itii-i- , courtesy camaraderie, broad-minded Opt EmisiiP, undying det rmi nation to -nrrj ttn- purple jifpmm ie» victor;, in every eoiicesl and lightsome yielding to (!» ■ ifiuler pasotiiiii, c;illnl i hi- Scw iitit; Spirit. N(ir is it ninly itmsn ' wlmii intf.ir. ■ il the sacred precinct dates Ii l-L; In prehistoric period that Feel and show the force of i h i s influence, but even i tiH7ri : yet nebulous bodies, wh ' ' - Jidveiit - rn? n-n-ni ih. ' Lt thi-ir trunks are yet unpacked, Eiv I within their termless void ilv: mighty working of thecofimical pm»-i-r, and arc: ?e, uplifted iherehy h .■ i the whole restraining influence «d the rtaLL r aided by various and sundry Mechanical devices is scarcely abk to bold them in concentric droits. Time, however, works wonders, nod whin rhc benighted postulant has pa-ssed a year Of two fn the atmosphere of saintlv seriousness, and welhexiiendrd nidnlghl oil tb t constantly envelops l he Kail; when he has Learned hww lu bluff the missionary collector, wear hi lie sctraighi. and discuss the football prospect- . and whi-n hr has passrrt safely through hii third engagement, he «« ready t» enter the ranks ol the mudeiils of K-arsim. .md fJLn i-miipunt himself with the dignity and assurance of that esalled eminence. Hut l here is one without wlnw name mi dcMCripiicm of St. Lukes I tall would be complt ' H ' . cine »-h» einhndie within a snail circumference all that i» lie l jind mihh-xt nt rhj- v inure ?»£ Sewanec. A Southern jjentU-olan iif the edd school in the highest meaning of I he term, a true Chrixiian in every :ll- t ii in and word, a living example «f the self- sacrifuing striving after the high ideals fur which Sewaitee ' a founders art tamed, his influence his spread with rveo increasing force wherever the sons of Sewsnee have gone. Generation dier generation of theological students haw ln.iiid oil thrii [.::lh -n h : - I.-,.. Mil--. I:.. ' , i -:.l :■! In-, I. , f .,-, K ... ' .ih- .H 1 1 ... - I - - - 1 ■ . L Wmvil ' n-|. .-m-:. ynn, f ■■ r J :■ ' .„ h,vo:ii:- mighty i raehi-rs oE the Word, From one end of our Southern land 1 the :ither their voices unite in the cry. ■ ' God hl« the Doctorl ' 1 r - j sfl ■ WK- — T ' ---- ' ' rvfay P I;