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

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My response was almost immediate. It doesn ' t seem likely that anything essential which has been preserved over the thirty years which separates our respective Sewanee experiences, in spite of an in- crease from 150 to 800 students, is going to be lost in the next ten years with an influx of only 400 more. And we are not in a period of transition. The word im- plies a change from one situation to an- other, from Sewanee to a ' New Sewanee ' . This just isn ' t going to happen. What we ' re going through right now is a period of fulfillment. The best word to describe the process involved in this fulfillment is not transition, but escalation. For the first time in her history Sewanee has the means at hand to fulfill her destiny, which she must do if she is to remain true to the trust of the Founders. This demands in part paying heed to Cardinal Newman ' s charge for a university to be ' an Alma Mater, knowing her children one by one: not a foundry, a mint, or a treadmill. ' I am confident in Sewanee ' s ability to ab- sorb more children and still to know them ' one by one. ' In short, sir, 1965 was an exciting time to be at Sewanee. Things were happening and happening fast. All around us we could see the Founders ' dreams taking on flesh and stone. Nineteen sixty-five was indeed a year of fulfillment. Remember that genius of Sewanee we mentioned earlier? he asked. Yes, sir. What do you suppose it is? Well, Hegel would probably have called it a geist. Dr. Guerry characterized it as a ' vision of greatness. ' In my opinion, he said quietly, it is nothing less than the Holy Spirit. Alma Mater, Sewanee.

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