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

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books, parties, day dreams, Before I could answer he con- tinued: I probably wouldn ' t even recognize the place now. I understand they finally finished the chapel and that the tower is taller than Breslin. Shameful! And what ' s with all those turrets? I really can ' t imagine Walsh with a center hall and adequate light- ing. Sure lost a lot of character when they rebuilt it. First thing you know they ' ll be completing the quadrangle. I know it was planned that way, but it just won ' t seem like Sewanee. And to top it all off I got a letter the other day from my old chapter saying the house had burned down and asking for money for a new one. I ' m really not sure I ever want to go back; the place just wouldn ' t be the same. I interrupted. Aren ' t you dealing with superficialities? There must have been more than just the buildings when you were an undergraduate. What about the old Sewanee spirit you alumni are always raving about when you chastise us lor seeming apathetic? There ' s more than hoopla to that, too. There ' s something else, some kind ol genius, some form ot magic, which makes our contact with her meaningful and precious, no mat- ter what the year. Let ' s see if we can discover what it is.

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What was it like in 1965? The query came from an old family friend, a member of the class of 1936, and a man who had been very instrumental in my decision to come here. I couldn ' t help recalling how impressed I had been at a Sewanee football game in my home town during my senior year in high school. This man, the rector of the largest parish in town, had taken it upon himself to revive a little of the old Sewanee Spirit and proceeded to lead the small devoted cadre of spectators in a few classic cheers under- stood only by Arcadians. He had obviously done a lot of this sort of thing before; the only difference was that he was now wearing a clerical collar instead of a letter sweater. T remembered thinking at the time that a school which could inspire this kind of loyalty in one of her sons nearly thirty years after he had graduated must really have something to offer. years of I T ' %

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