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

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St. Augustine ' s Chapel All Saints ' Now Carnegie Science Hall has not been able to reach its authorized strength t 75 students. The goal is $5,000,000 — an additional $3,000,000 for permanent endowment, the annual income from which will assure for the University the finest faculty and staff, and $2,000,000 for new construction. This is our challenge. When Bishop Polk of Louisiana, laying the cornerstone of The University of the South in i860, said to the 5,000 devoted persons gathered on this mountain, An institution . . . that thereby God may be glorified and the happiness of man advanced, we cannot think that he meant less than the University envisaged in the plan, which can be actualized by the campaign effort. We who are finishing our education at Sewanee feel the need because we live with it. We know the opportunity because the work of Sewanee has become a part of us. JfllH t New All Saints ' ¥■ - New Science Hall Dr. Oscar N. Torian in Clinic Present Library

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Dr. Alexander Guerrv, Chairman Mr. J. Albert Woods, V ice-Chairman Mr. Charles E. Thomas Vice-President for Endowment Gailor Memorial Dining Hall and Commons Gailor Memorial Dining Hall and Commons, New Science Hall, completed All Saints ' Chapel — these and the others must grow from sketch to stone. The ideals of a great university are not new to this place, the plan is sound and inspiring, and this year the campaign for fulfillment has gone forward with great power. The direct aim of the plan is the realization of a top-rank in- stitution with facilities for 500 undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences, 250 Sewanee Military cadets, and 75 Theological students. Physics 7 (Atomic Physics) was not offered in 1912 when the Carnegie Science Hall was erected. That year the total enrollment was 128. When Cannon Hall dormitory was built in 1925, it won a national prize for architectural excellence, and that year the stu- dent enrollment numbered 342. Today, with 500 undergraduates, ami with many qualified applicants regretfully turned away, Se- wanee faces a great challenge. Plant and instructional problems confront the University. The need is compelling. Part of the problem has been met by the re-erection of war sur- plus housing units. Palmetto Hall, a frame building rushed to completion last year, has made available more classroom and office space, but these temporary buildings do not provide enough space, and their life is most limited measured against Sewanee ' s traditional stone buildings. Efficient operation of the University will depend upon the new building program for which $2,000,000 of the total $5,000,000 will be allocated. Gailor Memorial Dining Hall and Commons will fill a need of first importance as one large dining-hall accommodating the entire student body, while the new Science Hall will release Carnegie Hall for much- needed administrative office space and additional classrooms. The abiding devotion of great teachers is no less today than yesterday the solid ground- work of Sewanee ' s genius. Not without personal sacrifice have many of these men come to Sewanee. Better salaries should be paid; a career of high service to the idea! of Christian education merits a comprehensive retirement plan, and academic grants for research and writing are mainsprings of academic excellence. Progress toward the realization of high ideals has been the central element in the development of the University. Three frame buildings made up the entire University plant for the students of 1868, and St. Augustine ' s Chapel was one of them. The completion of All Saints ' Chapel could not be undertaken in 1910, but in that year it was brought to its present stage of development. The site had been selected with great wisdom, for within a few hundred yards of where St. Augustine ' s stood, stands All Saints ' Chapel today, and the War Memorial Tower of completed All Saints ' Chapel will survey the same vista of beauty. Past progress has been slow, but it was carefully planned and is part of a grand design. Excellent buildings that now contribute so much to Sewanee ' s beauty are the heart of the plan, and not one stone building need be torn down. The present library needs an addition, but its architectural integrity remains. The service Sewanee gives is broader than that to undergraduates. Emerald-Hodgson Hospital ' s out-patient clinic treats 10,000 patients each year. Need for more space in the School of Theology is acute. While the College of Arts and Sciences through temporary housing has been able to take 500 undergraduates, the School of Theology

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9 «- WAI E S .1 1 in r » la - ■ - — L 1 1 1 L LT CM The plan must he put into action by the campaign, which officially began on February ii, 1947, after months of careful staff work. The Associated Alumni voted to sponsor the project and selected the men for its overall leadership: Dr. Alexander Guerry, Vice- Chancellor, Chair- man; Mr. J. Albert Woods, president of the Associated Alumni, Vice-Chairman; Mr. Charles E. Thomas, Vice- President for Endowment; Mr. Porter Ware, Campaign Director. In addition, a Special Gifts Committee was set up. The community chairman is the keystone of the cam- paign, for he is the link between donor and drive. Some 230 men, leaders in their communities, are entrusted with this fundamental task. These set the campaign in motion in their localities at banquets, held throughout the South and in such cities as New York and Philadelphia, at which friends and alumni of Sewanee gather to make plans and begin work. Their work in securing donations has been supplemented by that of the Special Gifts Com- mittee and by visits from the central coordinators. Many of these donations are made as memorials. A donor may contribute for a building, a part of a build- ing, or a room as a memorial to whomever he wishes; or he may give to the permanent endowment for the purpose of general income or to endow a scholarship or professorship as a memorial. It is still too early to evaluate the success of the cam- paign. The task is great, but the opportunity is greater.