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?l E®®ik n Inception of Sev anee A University is an Alma Mater, knowing her children one by one: not a foundry, a mint, or a tread- mill. The conception of the University of the South arose in the mind of Rev. James H. Otey. In 1832 the Tennessee diocese recorded his resolutions, which stated the need in the South for a school which should further Christian education. But it was not until three years later that these resolutions took definite form. In 1834 Otey was conse- crated Bishop of Tennessee. In 1835 in his address to the conven- tion, he says: ... a project has been set on foot by the friends of the church in the states of Tennes- see, Mississippi, and Louisiana for founding and endowing a Protest- ant Episcopal college. ... It is to be distinctly a church institution and must be near enough to these states as to serve conveniently their sons. So it is evident that between 1832 and 1835 he had been working to- ward the ideal of a University of the South. But he was not to go on alone; there were others. % cva
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( CHARLES TODD QUINT ARD Rt. Rev. Charles Todd Quintard, M.D., S.T.D., LL.D., was one of the most active of the men who took upon themselves the re-establishment of the University of the South after the devastation of the War. It was due to his success in securing financial aid, particularly in England, with the help of Dr. Tremlett, Mr. Gladstone, bishops, and lords, that the University grew from shacks to such buildings as St. Luke ' s Hall, built in 1878 by the gift of Mrs. Manigault.
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