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THOMAS FRANK GAILOR A.B., Racine Coll., 1876, A.M., 1S79; S.T.B., Gen. Theol. Sem., 1879; S.T.D., 1893; S.T.D., Co- lumbia, 1891; D.D., Trinity Coll., 1892, Univ. of the South, 1894, Oxford, England, 1920; LL.D., Oglethorpe, 1921. IN MEMORY OF A NOTABLE LIFE AND CAREER Professor of Eccles. Hist., U. of S 1882-90 Chaplain, Univ. of the South 1883-90 Vice-Chancellor, Univ. of the South 1890-93 Coadjutor Bishop of Tennessee 1893-98 Bishop of Tennessee 1898-1935 Chancellor and Pres. Board of Trustees, U. of S 1908-35 Chairman of House of Bishops 1916-22 Presiding Bishop 1919-25 President the National Council 1922-25 a a 13 n d o u n
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THE PASSING OF BISHOP GAILOR ENDS SEWANEE ' S BISHOP GAILOR • Governor Hill Mc- Alister of Tennessee reading an address in honor of Bishop Gailor at the Gailor Celebra- tion. Sewanee prizes personality. That she values, and given time and a receptive spirit, that she ultimately awakens, fosters and perfects. The finished, rounded product, a completely unified personality, is the goal of her striving, the very reason of her existence. Few of the many personalities that Se- wanee has nurtured stand out so vividly or express her genius so generously as that of our revered and beloved Thomas Frank Gailor. No one, perhaps, has so appealed to the imagination of generation after gen- eration of Sewanee men as he; none has car- ried so far or commended so graciously the spirit and the glory of our Alma Mater. For more than half a century his home (not always his official residence) was on his be- loved mountain. For more than half a century of his radiant manhood he was vi- tally associated with the institution which he helped to make, for he was indeed one of the proud makers of Sewa- nee. As teacher in the college, as pro- fessor of theology, and as chaplain; then successively as Vice - Chancel- lor, Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of the Trustees and the Regents, he influ- enced the policy of the University; he gave direction to its thought and filled its life from the rich treasure-store of his own in- tellectual and spiritual gifts. Bishop Gailor appealed to the imagination of Sewanee be- cause he exemplified in h is life the ideals for which Sewanee stands, as he absorbed, comprehended and interpreted those ideals. Sewanee, too, appealed to the imagina- tion of Tom Gailor. Coming to the Uni- versity of the South at the age of twenty- four, he found a wide domain of unkempt mountain land, a few rough wooden build- ings, a rambling and much-patched chapel, and a small community of ardent profess- ors; a place, indeed, where people of emi- nent respectability dwelt together in cheer- ful poverty. But Mr. Gailor brought with him a boundless store of faith, a spirit of M a a n o w ii
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