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

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AN EPOCH IN THE LIFE OF SEWANEE buoyant hope, an irresistible Irish humor and eloquence, and unconquerable zeal. To him the things that are not are as though they were, and he saw in vision a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. What he envisioned in imagination he aspired to achieve in reality. It was always the Sewanee that is to be that he dreamed of, though he valued and shared and nur- tured the Sewanee that was. Never did his idealism outrun his realism. So in patience and in faith he took things as they were, lived and enjoyed and hallowed them, yet ever strove to make them as they would be. For our hero loved life, and lived it abund- antly, courageously, and joyously. A fine athlete, he encouraged and participated in manly sports. A man of parts, he was widely read and deeply cultured. Pro- moted to the highest ecclesiastical position, he never lost his wholesome humanity or ex- hibited the taint of ecclesiasticism. As pas- tor, preacher and man of God, Sewanee knew him best and loved him most. His two passions were the Truth and the Christ, and these two were one. He sang: Christ and the Truth the same — This is Sewanee ' s aim! Name above every name, Ring it with loud acclaim. • The picture to the right was taken during the Gailor Celebra- tion in 1933, when Bishop Gailor was honored by the notables of America and England. Ad- miral Cary Grayson represented the President of the United States. This picture is of the procession at the Celebration. a a n ■ o 1% 11 •

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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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i ii i 11 o n i i it Thomat Frank bailor Mrs. Mary [qqlesion Mr . I. ilr. Edward Quinlard