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

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of ® Ij t 3 1| nn f HER CHANCELLOR BEARS AN HONORARY DEGREE FROM OXFORD, AND IN RECENT YEARS NO FEWER THAN SEVEN OF HER SONS, AS RHODES SCHOLARS, HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO REALIZE IN PERSONAL EX- PERIENCE, THE AFFINITY OF GENIUS AND SOUL BE- TWEEN OUR YOUNG COLLEGE UPON THE MOUNTAIN AND THE VENERABLE SEAT OF LEARNING UPON THE ISIS, i i IN THIS NUMBER OF THE CAP AND GOWN WE HAVE TRIED TO SHOW A CORRESPONDENCE IN SOME DETAILS OF BUILDINGS AND CAMPUS BETWEEN THE TWO INSTITUTIONS. 1

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An iE K p 1 a n a t t n THAT OXFORD, OF INEFFABLE CHARM, EVER CALLING US TO THE BEAUTY, WHICH IS TRUTH, WAS IN THE THOUGHTS OF THE GREAT MEN, BISHOPS POLK, OTEY, AND ELLIOTT, WHO FOUNDED THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIND AND SOUL AND BODY IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CHRISTIAN CULTURE WAS THE IDEAL TOWARDS WHICH THEY LOOKED AND LABORED. AND THROUGH THE YEARS OF STORM AND STRESS. OF PROGRESS AND CHANGE, THE SPIRIT OF SEWANEE HAS BEEN LOYAL TO THAT IDEAL. ON THE LEFT APPEARS TOM TOWER GATE, CHRIST CH URCH COLLEGE, OXFORD ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE APPEARS ENTRANCE TO THE QUADRANGLE, SEWANEE

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B titration BECAUSE WE WISH TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE PHOENIX OF THE ENGLISH NATION WHICH SERVED AS THE MO- TIVATING FORCE FOR BISOPS POLK, OTEY, AND ELLIOTT TO FOUND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, AND BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN SONS OF SEWANEE WHO HAVE MORE CLOSELY TIED THE BOND BETWEEN THIS MOTHER OF UNIVERSITIES AND ITS CHILD WE DEDICATE THIS VOLUME, THE NINETEEN THIRTY- y r i FOUR CAP AND GOWN TO - ON THE RIGHT APPEARS CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE, OXFORD ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE APPEARS ALL SAINTS CHAPEL, SEWANEE, AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED J I In i I It Mi I