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

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Theological Department

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Theological Department I.UKK ' 51 May the years pass lifibtly over the old citadel of mother mountain ' s f.iiili and tradition. Men may come and they surely go. but the old rookery Flaunt-: her rime-stained fn»nt with equal fidelity urn] glory. The stork wnve not here to perch, boi nevertheless here is the nursery of the staunch and distinctive first bom of Sewanee — tradititnix inr.mi. to-day ' s possession — the Spirit of ilie Mountain. In hakyon days whai has nor St Luke ' s been and done? Wh;ir in™ tier degteer Her heroes of dass-r Hirri and «f rostrum, of gridiron and diamond have Left be- hind, Indestructible -gitsililc genua which float Like fairy mote afeottt iheir haunts of bygone years and LirmiuaLu die inspi- ration Bo do and tr achieve- Thai other baneful and camivefnw krile reptilia have likewise been left In the wake of our heroes is only a painful and imeturnid application of the law of compensation. h it calico or das -mum. cupboard or clap-trap, comedy or edic? S« niiiiiLT. hcrc a theolojj who is easily first in « haLevcr field. ] lis .sphere of influence embracer the haby carriage and the borlLe. athletics and cosmetics dogmilk and the drama, Wmild you have piquant storiesr Here ' s tonsured Father N«H, ever plethoric with u nfiagKjiur tminnnr ; would you have- - ' Tin; l- ' acc on the Bar Room Fltmr? here ' s, Dtirr.int uiih hi trim waist line and flute-like v™e ; would j iu watch the silkcn-w injjed butterfly n«tt«d of a nuuOrittfa day? here ' s Uon Juan Meade, or HnmtK Kitm-ii, that incLhrrijgihlHj i|nciuii i of amorous bent ; even TtL-knor might ailsHLr yoLiT purpose. the vagrant, fragrant Tick, ever wooing the visionary fair in conceal- ing clouds of Duke ' s Mixture. What of die heroes of yesterday? Stars of hy-goac days loom large with an added lusire b L™t has not our day had Its. Phdlips, lie of i widely bruited prowess acid renown Hid yet withal a man -nf easy hlu hcs? And Wheat was lately outs— that tdungated, elevated, meny-pated minstrel mime be- yond co»i»[tare - lias. r»t ihe put vomiu-d forth J. H. etc., Cannon and Mil Johnson, returned like Kip Van Winkle after leaving in far til- years? Shall they, like that senile tippler ' s boast, not count? rV)ynor h old reliable, tho ■ hockfng fa.it Jennie when flaying on end; Hubard of tlsKtieal countenance and bent Eluskc and Johnson, full of alloy if .silence be golden ; Adonis Gordon (here ' s to him); I -um tdn, of .ipeech ornate and flowery ; Goodman, |mr|ly brewer of stcep- slaughtering coffee; McCloucL ihe brown-eyed cherub; Sherwood Clark ; Noe, slave of the lamp; George Spinoza. 4 [sj]