The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXXI No. 1 Friday, January 9, 2015 Easter Convocation at Council’s Sewanee on Jan. 16 New Opening convocation for the the City: Conversations on the Un- Easter semester at the University examined Life.” Metaxas was recently of the South will be at noon Friday, named as a senior fellow and lecturer Municipal Jan. 16, in All Saints’ Chapel. Honorary at large for the King’s College in New degrees will be presented, and new York City. members will be inducted into the Metaxas will give a public talk at 4 Fee Invites Order of Gownsmen. Eric Metaxas, p.m., Th ursday, Jan. 15, in Gailor Audi- author and television host, will give torium, followed by a book signing and the convocation address and will reception in the Gailor lobby. Proposals receive an honorary degree. Honorary Janice M. Holder retired last Au- degrees will also be presented during gust from the Tennessee Supreme A new eff ort, the Sewanee Com- the convocation to Janice Holder, the Court after 24 years on the bench. munity Funding Project Committ ee, Rt. Rev. Whayne Hougland, Michael Holder was the third woman to serve invites individuals and groups to sub- Leslie and the Rt. Rev. Nicholas on the state’s high court and was the mit proposals for projects that enhance Th omas Wright. Convocation will be fi rst woman to serve as chief justice the community and improve the qual- streamed live online for those who are (2008–10). Following law school, ity of life for area residents. unable to att end. she served as senior law clerk to the In June, the Sewanee Commu- Metaxas and Wright will each give chief judge of the U.S. District Court nity Council approved increasing a talk during the days leading up to for the Western District of Pennsylva- the municipal service fee paid by all convocation. nia, worked as an att orney in private leaseholders to generate funds to be Metaxas is a leading evangelical practice and was elected circuit court used by the Community Council for thinker, an award-winning author, judge in 1990. She was appointed to a physical improvements and amenities a speaker, and a television and radio vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme on the Domain. Charged with the task host. He is best known for two biog- Court in 1996, and then won election Jane Tolley Harper on Christmas morning, wearing the talisman around her neck, of deciding how those funds will be raphies, “Amazing Grace: William and re-election. Holder made att orney holds a photgraph of her father, a star of the 1914 Sewanee football team. Photo by used, the new committ ee will receive Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign well-being a priority at the state and Mary Bach and evaluate proposals. to End Slavery” and “Bonhoeff er: Pas- national level and was an advocate for Th e anticipated $10,000 in funds tor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.” He has also access to justice initiatives. Among can be used for “practical, functional writt en humor, children’s books and numerous other awards, she was pre- or educational purposes or somewhere scripts for “VeggieTales.” Metaxas is sented the 2014 William M. Leech Jr. Charming Magic in between,” said Sarah Marhevsky, the founder and host of the New York Public Service Award by the Tennessee chair of the committee. Large-scale City-based event series, “Socrates in Bar Association. 100-Year-Old Sewanee Talisman projects such as sidewalks and proj- (Continued on page 6) ects of smaller scope such as bulbs Returned Aft er Lost for 70 Years for planting by Sewanee Elementary by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer School students both fit the criteria Did you ever lose something precious, and aft er resigning yourself to never outlined in the guidelines. seeing it again, have it returned to you? Th is past Christmas, Jane Tolley Harper Applicants submitting proposals received the gift of a Sewanee football charm she lost in 1943. Collector of Sewanee can identify new projects, as well as memorabilia Rocky Morris brought together Jane and the precious talisman that projects that are part of an already ex- was awarded to her father, Lee Tolley, in 1914 to commemorate Sewanee’s historic isting initiative undertaken by a group win over Vanderbilt that year. or organization. On a balmy (Continued on page 2) autumn weekend in 1943, Jane Tol- ley and her friends Free Income gathered on Mis- sionary Ridge Tax Assistance in Chattanooga for a game of tag football. Unbe- Available knownst to her The Volunteer Income Tax As- father, Jane had sistance Program (VITA) will file slipped out of the income taxes for low- to moderate- house wearing the income residents for no charge, begin- 14-karat gold foot- ning in February. ball charm on a VITA is a team of IRS-certifi ed tax Lula and James Burnett on the day of their 50th wedding anniversary. The community chain around her Th e 1914 gold charm commemorating Sewanee’s win preparers who can prepare your tax is invited to a reception to celebrate the occasion at 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, at Cravens neck. In the course over Vanderbilt. Photo by Leslie Lytle return and provide information about Hall. Photo by Kevin Cummings of the aft ernoon’s spirited play, Jane lost the charm. Furious when he learned special tax credits for which you may what happened, her father insisted they return to Missionary Ridge to look for qualify, such as Earned Income Tax the keepsake, but they never found it. Credit, Child Tax Credit and Credit Robert “Lee” Tolley played football for Sewanee from 1911 to 1914. Captain for the Elderly or the Disabled. Lula and James Burnett and quarterback his senior year, Tolley led Sewanee to the team’s fi rst win over Th e Monteagle-Sewanee VITA site Vanderbilt since 1909. Reporting on the game, the Nov. 28, 1914, Hopkinsville will be located this year at the Church A Love Story for a Lifetime, a Marriage for 50 years Kentuckian said, Tolley “contributed one of the most spectacular runs ever of the Holy Comforter, 16 First St., by Kevin Cummings view, the Burnett s have been married witnessed on Dudley Field when he returned a punt 75 yards through the entire Monteagle. No appointment will be Messenger Staff Writer 50 years. Vanderbilt brigade for Sewanee’s second touchdown.” necessary; times for the program will James says, “I tell you one thing, Th e football charm that 16-year-old Jane Tolley Harper lost had paid tribute be posted soon. Lula and James Burnett pose for a we’ve been to the mountain top, and to Tolley’s role in the historic game. Engraving on the charm reads, “Captain Lee VITA is an IRS-initiative designed picture on the couch in their litt le beige we’ve been to the valley, but we always Tolley” and includes the game’s score, “Sewanee 14,” “Vanderbilt 13.” to assist low-to-moderate income home on Oak Street in Sewanee. got back to where we started from. You In September of 2013, Rocky Morris, a Sewanee resident and collector of Se- individuals, persons with disabilities “You’re sitt ing way over there,” she believe that can happen?” wanee memorabilia, came across the football charm on eBay. Raised in Winchester, and the elderly. For more information says to him. James slides closer and Th eir fi rst kiss was in high school Morris lived in Chatt anooga for 25 years; he moved back to the Franklin County email THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER 418 St. Mary’s Ln. P.O. 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All material in the Sewanee Mountain Messenger and on its website are copyrighted and may not be published or redistributed without written permission. Proposals (fr om page 1) Applicants submitting proposals Serving Paving is complete, and the bridges are being built on the Mountain Goat Trail, but the Monteagle-Sewanee section is still a con- can identify new projects, as well as struction site. Farmer/Morgan Engineers, Blevins Construction, the Town of Monteagle and the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance projects that are part of an already ex- Where ask that folks stay off the new segment of trail until it is completed. “We are delighted that everyone’s excited about the new section isting initiative undertaken by a group of the trail,” said MGTA president, Janice Th omas. “It is hard for us to stay off of it too, but until it is fi nished we need to let the or organization. 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