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

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Am. r thai little lurpris , [ often asked conductors, In nijiilv parted (he city, ' lu- w:iy i- . ?he Univer- sity, simply to find nt hew well-known the preat in titnltor i - t finntil thrtc mote lit ' ilm first! N ' ot only its il the k a cultured ones who «;il i: Utile interest, hut many thousand of the wealllty and iiiHufn tial peitpU- uf the city prefer 1 l ' H ilu-ir sons, to small colleges. The lift of thv cre t ehy is. like ;i ea. and Ihe University i a mrnc liny island, forever subiniirfcd beiieaih the rearing; tides, .VI riinlv ilk- great l u : %iT!.Lcii. iif Nl.-iv Vnrk. i hkair , San Francisco nod llatiimure have lied for their H es fiotii [he hirfirr ol tin.- cities, in which they aT placed ; and it ■■■■, I (aryaid, s-iinaied in a city ol only .in IulihItvJ ilumxiiiid, i looking about for means of i- •- 1- :i 1 1+. ijj-mi the Country, Stiffly, iltc wisdom of our ! ii ' inkr i En mc juKltfkd. Unwieldy with it , great number , tin- student- body of ilic preat University would In- ' Ewpelessly divided, ever were it built elsewhere. ' VUv- iinpos- xihLliEy nif welding together men of varied w»rts. : 1 1 1 ■ I condition , the busy social lifv of the hugi? city, the thtlttr$, the restaurants and rendexvous, the h.iv .Ii-:;i.n4-t ' !s all conspire m break up the intimacy uf i.n. i- In. WEmmi i iu ' Il;l mtii hi H inevLtiihly this happcni i« I In, 1 city Universities, he witl take off his kit to the diffe™n iiil-ii of different talents who keep so many varied activities alive in the small University. The mm of the jireal institu- tions, divided iotti iraaJl groups, accomplish very mi n-.-li ::ir m. i, iIiilii the smaller srhiml can do — but the college spirit i missing. The larger the cits ' , the more mix- all men stringer , ami ihe greater is distrnzt, or. at Leant, complete indifference. For the one man among an himdred students who wishes to become n scholar, fn-r tin 1 mrui ivhn aim toward Medicine, ir?r the last year of Law and En- gineering Study, Ihe advantages of the great city are ncce fta.ry. ESm that is all. Setvartee i probably ihe only University in Ainer- i,:i u-liich eniiiml«L completely it entire neiphbor- IukmI. Thai is one if ihe utatiy reasons why it is On,. In-si college In the eoantry. Uttt w believe that it t» iLH-iNiy, ami ilnvmgLi (he num.- v. ill mane and itNiTv expand hi ht-, «miethitijj istor than chat, With out history ...f -cfvii ' t ' to state and nation, with our present constituency ■ friends, umccrs, and -i thousand devoted son , eaeh year mole effectively ot aniKtd, with all tin.- unique advamtages thai are IjIlTuTi 1 ! I (HJ L ' l IlLT 11L Sl ' VLailt ' L - , llll ' Tl ' % L ' V . ' T V Tl ' IMJEI 1 1 1- hijp-.- t.-r, ilihI ni believe in iind work toward, ihe day when d«r schoobj ui engineering, architecture, law, tltHih Jiy and bnxinexx [riLLiiin xltall im. lite our (. ' iilKv 1 - ' ' ■ ' r 1 it-day. v jit-H |o tin, ' schools erf the greatest Universities in this, country and aorqai -19-

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