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

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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]

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- - J . % . ' i ?J ft tf Theological IJ :ntj 1906-1907

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Huxtcy MyCTS, the philosopher of CoHnlli, arid Adjacent parts boast of Dr, Bisbnp ' s Kinclcrgiirtcri, of ProE (i ray ' s . pologixcrs i — lbe- c Ik n rr, ! Thi; imhlc Ronum lady has ■0 mminjToly ii jewels. Whit if gome t f ouii be paste or flecked or grotesquely carveri Noa the less are they turn. S.hisl-; ».[ ]c;lsc i« rv umL in l Ijurchrti anship, for we steak- ihc whde gsumii bom Titan -high (0 pi$nmy-low : Hfetl Cbmvh, W(Mi (Jhiurh, Pn ind Mil, Sflm art runty. Mat frou-hir, SniiLr .itl- lni»ki ' , •:■ iini «!■■ nil. ISul aU ik dodging rh deep Mick ph. And St. Luke ' s marches with the times, Behold organ- ization at work within her scarred wr-all ! Since history was last writ of tier a blooming Woman ' s Auxiliary ban budded into being with the following BOck-dMrieil as officials: Pre idcnt f Mi s Sal Hastings;: Vicc-PprsLdciits, Minxes Jennie. Poyrior,. Lizzie John-son- Hannah Watts, Ade- laide Andrews.; Visiting Chap3ain h Willie Ex-Harvardo S f ciler r S.A. To write thus of old St. lake ' s and of the men she claims would be but execrable taste did the writer not hold certain the conviffcion that the past few years have been amonjj the very best in the life of the department — that perhaps they have been tk - be t. Never has The Doctor ' been more himself ;ind (mrv The uinimri-il sweet- ness of hie life and !h£ slttghe liEiuiLy nf his .silvered years sli.dl always be OUT Ijnsstissujrl and lii iHincdi licni. Tin; en which ilus icii wrestles co comncrnonte should l«: ■■turkcil With a wlliLc KHnrle. It his betel rtla.rVi:d by hard Mint:. hutUat efllrfl and ;l gfACitNUH frtcdiWil. Faculty theolog; -iiiil iJOrttulant have pulled together. anJ this i.s iht fuTL-word we leave behind. [- ]