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

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Lo! mighty mother, now be judge, and say Whether in all thy creatures more or less Change doth not reign and bear the greatest sway; For who sees not that Time on all doth prey? But Times do change and move con- tinually: So nothing here long standeth in one stay: Wherefore this lower world who can deny But to be subject still to Mutability? Change is all around us In the course of one year, a Sewanee student sees green leaves, brown leaves; summer thundershowers, and snowstorms; ice, and the warm sun. Abbo ' s Alley one moment blooms with daffodils, and in the next is haunted by skeleton trees

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and the bare, cold ground. Men change their minds, alter their institu- tions, rethink their beliefs. No facet of any part or human existence is free from bondage to change. Everything is in a state of flux; nothing remains the same. The South, like every other thing, participates in the process of change. Southern states have for some time been inviting industry to come down, and much has. Some parts of the South are now faced with urban sprawl, traffic congestion, air pollu- tion. A new South seems to be emerging, one which not everyone likes, but which is being born none- theless. The physical aspects of change have made a difference in much of the thinking of the South. We may see in what is going on around us what seems to be a gradual alienation from the land. Fewer sons are staying behind to take over the family farm, and, indeed, there arc a great many 10