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

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Maj. George Rainsford Fairbanks, C.S.A., was known as the Last of the Founders. He became a trustee of the University in 1857, and he never missed a meeting of the Board of Trustees until his death in 1906. He served from 1867 to 1880 as University Commissioner of Buildings and Lands. In 1905 he published his History of the University of the South, covering the period from 1857 to 1906. To the University he was a tower of strength in an hour of need.

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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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O cStLicrSiNAhiS- ' rv£Uv7 -=a£ V5t, V ' - - V VV f ' 4 K. . . :; ii 1 ! ' . ' i. •-T Hi ' M ■ ' ■ ' : ' ' ; s -- ' 1 ■f » : ! - - •; i ' ' . ' % t ' i lite-- » ' - ' Jii( !li fc I :: ' IL Ijl liJ ljM 1 C III 1 1 HI 1 1 mm JH.-, - — - . ' - 9p £„ 5 mifc - ' ■ 1 -• ' - Qy ST. AUGUSTINE ' S CHAPEL The first University building was St. Augustine ' s Chapel. Its cornerstone was laid August, 1867, with great ceremony. This ceremony was just, be- cause St. Augustine ' s was to nurture the Univer- sity for many years in its capacity as both chapel and class room. During the years it was enlarged by building on to it, so that it grew out like a tele- scope. By 1910 stone buildings had arisen for classes and a holiday was declared and students pulled down the old chapel.