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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Jew nee- The Order of the Purple Ribbon l she day after Cornffirncefnclnl in 191 7 tlflWri the tnflir? populalian of tbr Mountain assembled al All Saints ' Chapel Co attend 1 ftmee IkW far the departing S wan« Ambulance Unit. At the conclusion c-f iJhis sertice each Hn«lnt « ftf ih Lfnil « !!( forward to tht Chancel,, whwe ihe Chaplain | r acked Id Lim tmre of lite WOrn praVitf-booltS bcarinp, rtiarki at Lke luuidi of RUBJ itudrnH who had u«d it in the daily dIch oT the church, which Iff lite privilege of the SewaJie m4il. Tbcll a ihf mCS bound eveneai in ihe service of their fellow man parsed aul of the door for perhapJ tht kit time, llwy went m l Vy prafeuori of the 1 nivemty, who ptiuied upon, each one of (hem i. liny stf rap T purple nbhofl, Tin little banner, I lie -VrDbo] vi their JcMWation by llW FiwkIi GewerTHJTKflt. which now hangs in the Chapel. bean witness lhal they bare this- ribbon braMrly, Thty Cirricd ft on the Meuse, ihc -Samme, llie AlMK. TnJ in ihe foresHi at LatTiLn , and everywhere it w } a Ihltljtc of arrvfec. Even A3 the Iroin bearing the L ' nic away from Scwanee disappeared in thf direction, of Stape-Weli, itier came iiria the minds of certain alumni present ihe idea of com- memorating the occuiori hy annually conffiring;, in the name of the Associated Alumni. TIW Order of ihe Purple- Ribbon upon one who hud notably en d ihc Uri niiy, w upon a Sc iner man «lio had rendered rwlaUc- M-fwice to lii Country. Ihe iiTfmony ol awarding ihe Purple Kihbon has bwn a Feature of I he meetings □f lilt Association each year sin-: - that lime-. ITw selection is made by ihe Alumni Cotmal »iid the prf-Kriiatkn i at the hand of the Chancellor f tht University. The award liivr bmi ai follows: 1 17. Mr. J-niTu:- Lawrence HaughteliJisj- Chicago, III. 1 9115, Rev. Clewe-land Keilh Benedict, D-D-. Sewiin , T-crujl- 1919. Mwr-Gcntrnl L«n rd Wood. U. S, A. ■ait uVrfj-