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

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DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES DR. GEORGE M. BAKER It takes more than a little fog or rain to keep Dr. Baker from his golf. . . He thinks all men should play it. . . Enthusiastic over Sewanee football. . . His favorite quotation is Life is long but art is short. . . . His attitude toward contract bridge is very un- favorable. . . His constant companion is his pipe — with Briggs. . . He spends his summers doing a little farming. . . He has crossed the Atlantic a dozen times and has lived abroad for several years. . . He enjoys movies. . . He likes clean pictures but his judgment differs with the critics on good pictures. . . His favorite actor is Lionel Barrymore. . . His actress, Dolores del Rio. . . He feels that he drinks entirely too much coffee, but It is delicious. Page 18 ►

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VICE- CHANCELLOR O F T H E UNIVERSITY DR. BENJAMIN F. FINNEY Likes good coffee with plenty of cream. . . His favorite food is roast beef. . . . His favorite novelist, as we might suspect, is Joseph Conrad. . . Loves blood and thunder reading. . . Doesn ' t dislike people who play bridge, but lets it alone. . . He is one of football ' s greatest friends, but is confident that football is dying as a college sport. . . Favorite expression — Gosh ding! . . . For relaxation, he visits the homes of his friends, where he is always welcome. . . His hobby and his life are Sewanee. . . Spends his summers preparing for the students in the winter. . . Has always loved boys . . . also fond of dogs. . . He is President of the Brotherhood of St. Andrews. . . Smokes Bull Durham and rolls his own. . . His life at Sewanee began in 1885. . . Since then he has never been for a long time far away. . . He feels that endowment is all that is needed to make Sewanee the best place this side of Heaven. . . His ex- ceptional accomplishments during the last endowment campaign exhibited his love for Sewanee as nothing better could. . . Through his efforts the University has been placed upon a much sounder financial basis. . . Of this alumnus, his Alma Mater, Sewanee, will always be proud. 4 Page 17 ►

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THE DEAN OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY All men should try a little sailing, thinks he. . . This calls for his favorite expression, Thunder . . . And his favorite food is fish. . . Feels that the movies have a tremendous influence for either good or evil. . . For relaxation, he reads poetry — his favorite poet is Browning. . . His novelist is Edgar Wallace. . . He knows but little about bridge. . . Received his B.A. from Harvard in 1879. . . His Ph.D. in 1893. . . He received his S.T.B. from the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge in 1889. . . He is the author of The Age of Charlemagne — also Manual of Ecclesiastical His- tory . . . His diversion is travel. . . He at one time taught in a Chinese College. . . He enjoys a personal correspondence with many Chinese. i Page I? ►