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

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J eWflNEI=- The Million Dollar Endowment HE movement for llic fiuarWI ! hellermcnl of. Sewanee, wnkh befM with the tWlinn of Ebsbop ECnisjhL al Vicc-Chancellor apd developed Lhrmjuhi llie [iaynttht of tht lluee Hundred tnmnand dollae of. dtbl in 191 fi, has, now reached A. point where St majf be said that the future of tbr Univerary of I be South ii definitely auUred, Sewanee, Willi the passing of the t JM. will move, upward from strenKln 10- itr+ngth. I be organilaliofi of lh F.ndwvmenL drive wis bcfcuri at t irslW-m«lip g of procnuneuL men from all owr Lbc South 1 Cbatianoogn in February, I9l9. and put into i itsfi in Lbt ipriBg Following. Inn be tJirmrJ Mid interuified unliL all of ihe tweiity-aft dioeetel of the EpiKOpal Church which own and eOfltfol ibf UlUfweiiily hid been canvassed and each id itl turn hid ielded ill quota dE luWrtulWOl to tut fund. IhrousrWut llrt territory ths method fallowed hh lite appointment of Bri influential Hid Active men as Dioteian Chairmm, who, ill co-operaLion waLh ihe Biihoj) of thai Di(K« , organised local commitLcw in tile c cf l paTiibt . Chitrch suppers and get- tofcdlicr meeting! were- held, Ihe acluaL work wai divided a norm w«fl((n. Ftd ihe returns u ibey c nM in T Trt given Ifi a liiocesan I reasuier. wlw in turn forwarded ihcm r-0- -Sewanee.. All f Lhii work wa(. directed from campaign headquarters in ChatLanOOftB whence speaker and men experienced in such niercffnefllj were lenl out In aid the local tJWnncn- Th form of pledge wsed provided far Lhree pa -mrnts. (me in sixty day - a Mtflftd at one year L and lbc ifiird At two yeari from dale; hul, rKrtwilhslajidins; llib easy payrncnl plan, ic man of the payment l 1 b ™ made in full or in Liberty Braids, thai iron lhe beprmiraj ol [he arrival of the rrturnS t Stwantf iJlt hoota in the Treasurer ' s clricc (lav shown thai whatever ihe tolal might be at any tiirtt. UOfc thin fifty p r cent, of l lud altc dy been liquidated. By LhoK who are competent lo jmly;c o1 sxh matter , iKil ii Mtllklcred 4 refnilfcubk j» irnj, indicaltve ai ihe eaLeem in which Sewarvee is- held hv ib Eiieudk U well i ihe cXleBt f nf ir I ' ity in 1H South. Che campaign has been of longer dmttiOA ullti wm anlacir t d. Iirfjfly becauK of ihf abwrplion of inlerest fra several months by lite nalion-wide movement in the EpH44] ll Church, bul ther-c lias never been ■ Isrne when, any idea ol curtailing like eSvrl shuil v-f lhc vda.1 ML up in the beffinntna was slhju ' ed lo exin. If il appeared that conditions, were noL ood for the drive in any One diMSC, thf force itre jJilf-ted lo another, to be returned later when there lud been a ehannr. and to from g, 1 ndpoint overlwkins th whole field. there never was. a time when all efforts had trawd in Bill ]ocelilie4, In Apnl, the lialf-way mark was. passed, and all forces, were concentrated J-tii the fjriB.| puih. In ibose dtoceM-i which bad already mpooded mare or less handsome! but h d not r ti iJkit quoit , ilit slumra. lb cltrfly, and the commitieej generally were liked to itut (hjL again with the t riiculai obj«t fi Ktxhtnn iho e who h d not con- Inbukd but who iliould have, and in territory where- becauir «-f Iwal conditions or for Mime oilier reason no camjjaisjn bad been utoducled. a complete setLmu;-iip vr i arranged and Lbe nwrement put on Icmt. Thus, it is fairly certain that in a short time Lhc entire million -or pexmanenl endowmenl vn be a reality,, and 5«uanec, for lbe- fir.iL lime, will bt en «urt ftn+nci l ba«i. Pdf€ twtntftiito

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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

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