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

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S wan e of Oo-6a? EWAXEE i pruyfes-siiifj; Progress, iiL iIlv incu ni lv. - ■ i - -- 1 ;i||] ' ;lII]ii ' i lj -t;ii,l.. , lias I iff 1 1 llir Isr v-rnitf ' if the University ' s attitude tlm ili IthiI ihr year ItOtt ■ I rawing 1 1 k U i-Niil, ' . ' I ' lii 1 rrmnmiient i if aerirke have fteented more faaJlowcd, arid 1hf n ] .■- ' ,t |•H , »■ i Vl ■ gres ivc upward struKde add further to the splendour of iHe past. Tie sad death i I Jr. B, Latvian Wiggins left tlie University tanft ■ »£ an extent™ l- I ■«.-:•■ I In the midst of the Conraierteemetu divider. Dr. William P. E T :i 1 1 ' -• iiiinnili;iK- ik-i ' ttnii si. Actinjj Vk-e-Clifincelhif partially rc i«fw1 the L ' niverslt} to tie mur-mal. Dr. Hall finally- accepted llli Vice-Chancellorship uf- fered t i him y the Executive Committee Iasi fall. Tine Chair ■ if English, made vacant hy iIll- Midden death ' H 1 3r John Mill IklllUMIian mi I h :i M k -kTJ H-inp Day nineteen eight, and filled until Commencement by kiml Milun tiers, was. taken in I ' liarj; - at ilu- 1 | n -n - ingot ttk- new year hy Dr. Juliii MajeLarea a fe- ll ryde, Jr.. and ha prospered under him, AI o, aa Editor of l!ll Srwanee Revkw, lit. McBrytic haa reo Tik-d a year Of Continued Miecc - Thu (hair i i r ' rrn. ' k, rL ' iidri ' u ' N) vai;int by Prtifi ' ! Ff. Vi . !■ i i ' cv ' h ctsignatiwt, ha- been occupied liy Dr. Walter Fliillilii-u. and fihuu - it ■ i:iilnr ; h waLntaiit il hafc of Sewittee ' s ct F kal reputation., The uit of Thompfi hi Jl:iil, hulltLv the Ktrong- hohl «f tin 1 Medical Department, ha filkd tut the Vniver ilj- tin.- kmi?-fell ne -d ■ : ; i ■ 1 . » « 1 1 1 - 1 1 - space f«r ehemiL-fll ami |ihy-ii.-:il l:i I ■■ -r:i t-: .rii.— . The i;n.-at ft1 nljataele to the maintenance f a hijch-eSas aokritirk school ha been done a«-ay with, That the wort of the- University is bnug mme generally recognized and more EeneTon Ly r ivnTtLfd is everywhere evident. In addition Us many small but valued Jiifts. the year has rmiughl Ihri ' t iiias- •dfieent additions to the I niver ity i resource - The fund raised by Mr. C, A. ( nfli f ew York Gty,

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-.+ Q M«I iin-r, rnl| irnisi COVCT ti nif tin stnilrs a-riiu i:i . hi iY II chpvfT, t-vtrj ' Iotct Maid RtUft wan with cunning I ' niki ' - ■ .■:• ' ■-■ 1. [ilil ' ljrj.irknl. IriitttT ■wi 1 nl »iRL Si ill i : i -l j h ■ I l- ■. I . ill unaided, r ancc mul 6l;ij aM iim:- ll-|:- .-.■:!! ■-:!■ ■-■■-■■-■ ■.-.■■ ' ■-r ll ' -.l ' i jh ' I ' I il 1 ' - IV ' sit ' S 4 (lie beal S|i i-li:ix Hi -r infill • i lMi ! ?Fniciai ' I ' i. |iiliH l|v Glfb minhmmiih-iI, liilK )nnlL-rii.nir((--d, ]tn|EKk ill kniani|: [ ' T ' iI ' tiLIj, ' Hmin l, iill uiidniiiiUil, Nh,1 n nuir| limn: htiI

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and totalling me hundred thousand di »11;i r , hit bees paid in. This, in (urn, fulfills, the conditions of Mr- Andrew Carnegie ' s doiialkin ; and 1hv additional sum of sixty thousand dollars is thereby assnrvd. Following closf n[r ' ti mi great benvUKliiHi came tin, 1 j;iit id lifty thousand dollars from Jlr. J. I ' ltr- |h hi l Mm an. The su rj of tlnse ei unrihutions to 5ewan£e 4 reSQWCes is tnll n IIWiLtliiiTi 1 meaning that ihr-nlss willi tin. pulse ■• if avowing pow« for good, incrcisinjr ,lliilil (•• pn-nj hi ;tii i- vi- widening circle the inHm-nce of a great and ■: Li li—. rjL|iiilh i T-. i-w in:; L ' nivcrsity. These splendid gum . rinlsti lining lln- L ilivcTSity s lindonvment Fund, assure tile iiiturt; hiyintd lilt- realm oE drains, All Saints Chapel, begun bo auspiciously in nineteen and Eve, began l- ■ accumulate it. traditions iiL tlit- great semi-centennial festi- val of ninetwn and seven, r l In. 1 present year tin ils ii still far (nmi finished, I mi nevertheless the center of University life, It temporary features will yield to the improvement ni lim;: and meanwhile ii marks another kh? at forward -.LriiU ' . Saint Au us- line ' s Chanel, the halkiwol -riiii maiy ml tin- spirit i r iIllt past, must pas fnnn i1s lonpH dd pile ; I ' m Willi ill regrets that ill.; vitality . -o.iJLp:im- lis |Wiss- ]ne i- ' iriir inHK|jinff rhe joys and profits of progress. ■ ' Tin.- Hodgson Memorial Infirmary, formerly a mere adjunct of the Medica l Department, has arisen In mi i1il- ahnliiiim ed thai Department a sqjarale institution, li fHjtii[niu-iu has. Inn.-ti largely in- creased, and l»nni[;hi in every respect np in the standard of modern efficiency. Comforts hitherto -;ull la-clin have Ihvh pmvLifcd. anicL every ar- rangement perfected f-nr tin- care £ Ldiargi. ' . The staff i- i physicians is an aide «ue ' and a corps ■ he efficient trained nurses is main- tained the year round, Thv vrectioii ii the m-iv iv:i-it innk. ami many improvements in the machinery im ulitaining an adequate water-supply, have added beyond measure to the comforts of living in Sewans. ' c whilv i, 1 1.- advancemeat m the cause of sanitation !■:■-— wiiii universal a iproval, The recitation rooms ,i thv i-n.ih ' my have been removed from about the Chapel. and set up on the Academy ' s own campus. This li:v- iv.nrt..-,] a trciu:ndona step for I he clearing up of the old unsightly block, and has. beside ! added to ihu efficiency of the lower school, . or mnsi the Civic League he omitted in this eon- neetiorc; for it is due in largv part to ihe untir- ing i-nToris nf thai organization iliac so much has been dime m hL-amiiy ihe campus ami to prevent 12