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

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J ew iNE REV. HENRY [WSSftOW PMILUPB4 Q.J . CKAVLUM Pit 1m t-trir

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Jew nee- SALTER IHJLLIHEN. PH.D. [. w c confer, cr juiti inb ioimcu f tff r» n(l- »

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asm .TewiCiNe TKe Things WhicK Are Not Seen ROB-ABLY there lias never l: en a Cop ami Cd-bw willioul an Jutielt ikut lite Scwanee Spin? and probably ihcre mvei will be. An annual seeks; lo be rep re-senlative, lo- h incluiive. KIkJ lo sJiadow forth in a tangible form ibt dittinetive feature ud main of ibt HuUlution which H pUltiBff it GUI. A Sewance annual, llwnfrjrc. musE include Wfne ■ ' ' ■ crence lo In spiritual force- which undoubtedly i at worl: behind llie reputation, positiari, and character of thai Upawrrfily. Many college noasl an undeviiliog loyally and a htgh enihuiiaun B,mmn(i belli un iasiiduofti iinJ alumni, and wf hear I hem 1-ilk about iHr c-ollc c (firil ' But ihe Sew-aoee Spirit is- that and nrirt — ntucK OHH Sewance Llwlf it- different from any lilace in ihe world chiefly For lhaL reason. It Has an atmosphere of its- awn. ll ks a character which ti peculiarly periaoal, ditlinguis-hed not only by Mrenglh and fearlefwwai, Ult l» by HI sHIVating chumi which. H lit once irresistible and ujifwsttttMf, The mtH of the pUce tmkt into iwtr toul and will iWI be effaced. CiiLics of poetry hat often spclcen of linei which hive an indefinable magic — i beauty altogether mtangihle and. not to he exptiuned. And jml ai (he cnEici cannot denn ttte magic. in certain lin« f vers . J JW «M if- ah-le in arlec| n 1e ly e-SJire s in ■■- ■ ird ■■ I he c-sence of ihe Sewanee Spiiil. The only Certainty ii that tomeffting tsjllh apart from Lim palpable assets- in which other colleges- stand cniual or 3-uptriori whicri elevates ihe life- dF ihe student lure and. puts it an a higher plane lhan be could alEain elsewhere. lhe ton? nf the- University is unquestionably democratic, yet ihe iostitution hs-p rontrived to retain mi tkflfiKt, a puilkulaiiiy in regard to mailers of boiwT. a subtle qualify of rirctujtth attd c-ourajte which is- keenly fell to be present behind ihe Forbear-met of finely delicate in-line K which is- generally ascribed Co (he refincmrni. of arisloCrecies ai 3. byr ane day. Perh api ii is in a. blending at twx ideals that a s-piril Las- teen evolved luch. m% partitei ol ihie Finer qualtliei of bolh. E dueation i not wholly a maHef «f mMnwiinn, but U t» iccompJiilwd thrmJEhi tbdoipltofl of IttKfwIcdee by Inc student. «Ften lubeoBrKioufly. Id ltd Fict lift put of ihe secret wliiclt imjMrtf- power and beauly Iv Lin lliouKhU sticnKlli Lo ihe characlrr, -gentlemanLness- Ed Ins manlines-!- and lolly emotion lo the htaTl oT |1h- Sewanee m-an. Hmvevf-r neljuloui it may item in discussion, an idealism which -grips- (hie imaginations nTld tnfluejkcet In - hire ai generalson afler generAlion of younj college men must of nKcttity be -t polent force w wiriy of rr ji«i mJ admtraiwn- [i mvit be derp-iewled in the heart (o so endure. The itiing which •» iccfl tie ternp raL but. the (hinft wbjeh are nol seen ace e(emal. If lliese words- of the sciipiures be LriiCL then Scw-nnee stands today J m beacon Eo lhose who seek ihe highest and teil- as. a sjmdinsj star which sliall Ml -grow dim. bul shall ihdrie on down ihe- i-get wilh ■ gathered led Lncreauag radiance, to the endyirtft honor uf iho e who bav hujli and iv-ixise-H and dev ed h H nd mind to her, and Lo llw unendniK «LiHJ ' of Cod who l« i down upon Tlcf J «ct ib-il bet wocl is good, and s-nules f lf liNinrj-ww-n