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

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x ownTMI S The Order of Qownsmen OFFICERS George H. Barker President Lloyd W. Clarke f ' ice-President Thomas H. Wright Secretary-Treasurer Barnett Fontaine Hebert, T. J. LeMay poindexter Stuckey Allen Berry Derryberry Glenn Harwell Jarrell Mennell Peques Simpson SENIORS Clark, A. L. Eagle Eggleston Gibbons Gillett Hamilton, W. J Jones, R. Kinsolving KOPPLIN McCoLLOUGH MeADORS Person Rogers Russ Shaw Waring Willey Yates JUNIORS Alves Barker Beaty CoBBS Darden Dempster Evans Fitch Fredson Green, W. G. Hamilton, D. H. Hankins Haynes Hebert Hunt Kelley Kent Long Muckleroy Nauts Noe Quarles Schwartz Shippen Smith, F. H ' . Thorogood TURNBULL WULF ;e,waned U

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MTCAPSGOWN ' Prodors Roland Joxes, Jr., Heat! Proctor Betwdict Hall G. H. Barker Magnolia Hall E. E. Beaty ' The Inn W. R. Hankins Jricks Hall J. H. ] Iorgan St. Luke Hall E. W. Muckleroy Palmetto Hall H. T. Shippen Miller Hall W. D. StuckeY The Inn H. p. Yates Hoffman Hall nSLWANEDn

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' HC TcAPXGOWh i The Order of Qozvnsmen HROUGHOUT lier history the University of the South has striven to miiintain tlie Oxford tradition of education, but in a greatly modified form. This struggle has not been so apparent inwardly as it has ' out- wardly, because of the creation of a body that wears the scholastic Cap and Gown, called the Order of Gownsmen. This symbol is the one thing that the stranger notices first when he comes to Sewanee. The Gownsmen, composed of the two upper classes of the University, and the graduate departments, are a closely knit unit of student life. They create and carry out the undergraduate policy by means of suggestions to the Faculties of the Uni- versity The functions of the body, as set forth in the constitution are: ( 1 ) To make the Order efficient and effective enough to be entrusted more and more with matters pertaining to student government, and to act in closer co- operation and harmony with the authorities of the University; (2) To afford proper and regular channels for the handling of student problems ; (3) To promote, not a negative, but a progressive and constructive form of student government ; (4) And with organized and consistent influence to uphold and express the spirit, traditions and ideals of Sewanee. Time has proven beyond a doubt that the organization accomplishes just this. The faculty has confidence in the decisions of this body, although its recommenda- tions are not always accepted. For years, however, knotty problems that must necessarily arise in the administration of the University have been passed on to this organization for consideration and solution. The Gownsmen, through their various committees, interest themselves in practi- cally every phase of student life, and at meetings all topics come up for discussion. The wide interest combined with the open-mindedness of the majority of the members make the organization one of the most influential on the campus. In return for the co-operation that the Gownsmen afford the faculty certain benefits accure to the Gownsmen themselves. The most cherished is probably to be found in the matter of class and chapel cuts. Gownsmen are allowed double cuts in chapel and an additional cut in each class. Then again the holders of the more important student offices must be chosen, or elected, from the members of this body. Men are regularly invested with the Cap and Gown on Founder ' s Day, or upon some other day appointed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. There are, this year, seventy-five men in the Order. The officers are : George Barker, President; Lloyd Clarke, Vice-President, and Tom Wright, Secretary. The gown must be worn to all classes and to chapel as well as to all meetings of the order by all men who have passed twenty-nine credit hours. HslwanedU