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

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LELAND RANKIN, Acting Business Manager. TELFAIR HODGSON, M. A., Treasurer. WILLIAM BOONE NAUTS, M. A., Commissioner of Buildings and Lands JAMES CUMMINGS PRESTON, B. S., Registrar. ROBERT LIONEL COLMORE, Commissary. CHARLES WALTON UNDERWOOD, Secretary to the J ' ice-Chancellor. MISS LOUISE FINLEY, Librarian. MRS. JOHN N. WARE, Organist. W. CECIL MYERS, Manager University Utilities. ALBERT CHALMERS SNEED, Director of University Press. LEON DAVIS KIRBY, B. A., Manager of the University Supply Store. CHARLES DUNCAN CONWAY, Proctor. TOM NEELEY CARRUTHERS, THOMAS PRESTON HARPER, WILLIAM SHANNON STONEY, Hall Proctors. Page Nine

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MM ;r Jltfe THE ORDER OF GOWNSMEN Las t year ' s annual told of the various ups and downs through which the Ord r of Gownsmen has gone in its career, and wound up by saying that the University was to be congratulated since the academic gown had once more come into its own. This article continues the one of last year and will show the further progress made by the Order of Gownsmen in replacing the gown in its former high position. The academic gown is once more a mark of distinction and rewarded merit, for in the last year especially the gownsmen have come to the front in matters of student concern. They have taken over what used to be the Honor Committee and have handled cases of discipline to the satisfaction of the student-body and the faculty. Not only in matters of discipline have they shown themselves capable of bearing responsibility, but also in matters of student activities and publications. The Gownsmen met last spring and decided to put their order on a firmer foot- ing by adopting a stronger and more effective constitution. They also adopted the committee system, under which system there are four committees : the executive com- mittee which handles all serious cases of student concern ; the activities, the grievance and the publication committees which handle all matters under their respective divi- sions which are not serious enough to be brought to the attention of the executive com- mittee or the whole Order. The Executive Committee has been fortunate in having very few cases of serious discipline to handle in the past year, owing to the high regard of all students for the Sewanee Code of Honor. This committee is made up of the President, the Vice- President and the Secretary of the Order of Gownsmen together with the chairmen of the other three committees. These committees meet once each month and report to the head committee at the regular meeting of the Order. The work done this year by these three committees has been unusual. The best work of the entire Order was done by the committee on student publication, which under the able supervision of its chairman, Mr. Moultrie Guerry, has had revised and enlarged the old Sewanee Handbook. The success of this book may be noted by the significant fact that the number intended for publication had to be doubled. The academic gown has not only returned to its own, but the Order of Gowns- men has become as it was intended, the most important and responsible organization of the student bodv. Page Eleven