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

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JOHNSON HALL This improved, modern dormitory typi- fies the approach to that physical basis which has so necessary a part in the inculcating of spiritual ideals in a student body

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Customs and Traditions Hallowed is Sewanee by ancient legend which blends respected antiquity with present customs. Once worshipped as sacred ground by superstitious Indians, Sewanee today finds its wooded acres con- secrated to the church and to the future glory of young men. Sewanee, enshrined long ago by Indian prophets, today lays founda- tions in sturdy manhood in order that it may rise forever in the minds of men as the center of higher intellectual interests. Men have gained strength of mind and character here, and quietly faced the world to accomplish their errand in the scheme of things. Clergy and layman have joined hand in hand to lay the founda- tions on which Sewanee bases its greatness. Plans have arisen and been discarded, ever strengthening the forces which have carried the Uni- versity to firmer and more enduring tradition. Now Sewanee, hal- lowed by the memories of those who are gone and who have left behind footprints to guide those who follow, again faces the future, new hands at the helm, new goals to attain. Sacred Sewanee, sacred to those who are gone, to those who are here, and to those who are yet to come. Those who are here and who are Sewanee go tomorrow to be tested and to be found not wanting. And therein lies Sewanee ' s mission: to prepare the minds of those who have come here so that when they come to be tried they shall not be found wanting. To the attainment of this end many things are requisite. Not the least among these is proper tradition. Tradition here at Sewanee, as a Sewanee poet has stated it, . . . there storms burst not, nor cares intrude; there learning dwells and Peace is Wis- dom ' s guest. Then it is amid tradition, founded in learning, that Sewanee men gain their maturity. And so it is that when the die is cast and the balance of judgment is read, those found not wanting may say for all to hear, I am a Sewanee man. Then to those who are gone, to those who are here, and to those who are yet to come, Sewanee is sacred. It was, is and shall be that the past, the present, and the future shall speak of Sewanee and say, My star thou ' lt be.

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£ «a «{ REGENTS Warren Kearny, D.C.L., Chairman New Orleans, Louisiana Rt. Rev. Henry J. Mikell, D.D., Chancellor Atlanta, Georgia Alexander Guerry, D.C.L., V ice-Chancellor Sewanee, Tennessee Rt. Rev. Frank A. Juhan, D.D . . Jacksonville, Florida Rt. Rev. Charles Clingman, D.D Louisville, Kentucky Rt. Rev. R. Bland Mitchell, D.D Little Rock, Arkansas Rev. Thomas N. Carruthers, B.D., M.A ... Houston, Texas Rev. Charles W. Sheerin, D.D New York City L. Kemper Williams, D.C.L New Orleans, Louisiana Frank Hoyt Gailor, D.C.L Memphis, Tennessee Joseph E. Hart York, South Carolina William E. Baldwin, D.C.L Cleveland, Ohio Charles E. Thomas, B.A., Secretary Indianapolis, Indiana