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

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AND TO ABBO . . . To Dr. and Mrs. George B. Myers, because they stand as a symbol of what the first century of Sewanee has offered to her students and as a standard of value for the next century to match if Sewanee shall continue in her greatness. They represent be- tween them Sewanee ' s ideal of gracious personal rela- tions and real wisdom. Sewanee is uniquely (the word is inevitable) qualified to perpetuate the realization of such examples as these. She can offer to the world men who have broad values with a depth extending not into the vague but into a rock-solid foundation. It is this foundation which distinguishes the true Se- wanee gentleman and which is the highest quality of his education. There may be institutions of greater learning but none more genuine in its approach to learning. This genuineness, this depth, this gracious- ness of spirit that Sewanee has stood for is what our world now needs in its leaders during this time when secularism and confusion are at their zenith. Sewanee is faced with the responsibility of sustaining her tradi- tion another hundred years. We salute the Myerses who have helped show the way. . . . To Abbott Martin, a learned gentleman, be- cause he is the embodiment of Sewanee and representa- tive of the traditional ideals of the Old South; but more particularly because he has helped his vounger friends to see the other side of the shield of human nature. Abbo ' s aura is now — and the memory of him surely will be — as imperishable as immortality.

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This book is devotedly dedicated to DR. and MRS. GEORGE B. MYERS

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THE CHANCELLOR THE RIGHT REVEREND THOMAS NEELY CARRUTHERS Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of the South The Right Reverend Thomas Neely Carruthers is now in the second year of his six year term as Chancellor of the University of the South. Bishop Carruthers, Bishop of South Carolina, is a familiar figure at Sewanee. He received his B. A. degree from the University in 1921 and his B.D. from St. Luke ' s in 1929. He taught in the English Department of the College and has been a member of the Board of Regents for several terms. In 1940, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity, bestowed upon him by the University. Since his ordination in 1926, Bishop Carruthers has served as rector of St. Peter ' s Church, Columbia, Tennessee; Trinity Church, Houston, Texas, and Christ Church, Nashville, Tennessee, until he was consecrated Bishop on May 4, 1944. Bishop Carruthers is former president of the Episcopal Church ' s Fourth Province which includes fifteen dioceses in nine Southern states. The Chancellor acts as president of the Board of Trustees, ex-officio member of the Board of Regents and must be a Bishop of one of the Uni- versity ' s twenty-one owning dioceses.