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

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The Students are required to demonstrate their eligibility to remain at The University twice a year by standing in long lines and holding several sheets of odd -sized paper. This highly ritualized practice, known as Registration, is usually conducted by privileged members of The Students, who wear long black gowns and remain unperturbed at the sight of their suffering fellow Students. Those who wish to come under the protection of The University for the first time are subject to a more arduous ritual which is conducted by the sternest members of The Faculty. The aspiring Student must visit several of these members and plead earnestly for his protection and his signature on a small white card. The member of The Faculty may refuse these favors on the grounds that he is a prisoner of The University ' s Policy, which is refusing to allow him to sign any more white cards. Occasionally the ritual will (continued on page 8) INTRODUCTION 7

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The particular species in which we are interested (Uni- versitatis meridian) is comparatively small and may be found in the mountainous region of southeastern Tennessee. It is of particular interest because it possesses some character- istics which scientists have not been able to identify as common to any other University. Although the Universita- tis meridian protects a relatively small number of those known as The Students and The Faculty, the area over which these animals may roam with impunity is disproportionately large. It covers approximately 10,000 acres and is known to the inhabitants by the curious name The Domain . 6 INTRODUCTION

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become so painful that an aspiring Student will throw down his odd -sized pieces of paper and yell, I give UP! . He or she is usually judged unsuit- able to come under the protection of The Univer- sity. 8 INTRODUCTION