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.*»sww W. !;****»• MV» ****"*** r* N gSjjSSSS \ * '""rJ>'-"^ss ^^ ^^^^H fSV!^ • 1 — . fJr - * £Sr~'~* »• 1 *Em cmfwmmt 1930 k / \ THOMAS PARKER Editor DAVID WALKER \ TQJl^WQTl-D qAs the glories of ancient Greece live for us in the fragmentary remains of its literature, so we the editors hope that your happy days at Sewanee may live again in these imperfect pages. so:N'j , -p::ot 'Book One THE UNIVERSITY cBook Two CLASSES Book Three cATHLETICS Book "four qACTIVITIES Tiook "five JEATURES In olden days, when the sons of Sparta went forth to war, each was given a shield by his mother, where- with to prove himself a man. Today our mothers still send us forth to fight for truth and honor. cAs a loving tribute, therefore, To those who have called us into being, To those who have given us our honor and our ideals,— To our mothers, and to our £Moth- er Sewanee,— We dedicate this volume. cAlma <SMdter cAlma <5\4ater, Sewanee, SMy glorious ^Mother ever be, I will give my all to thee— Qod bless thee to eternity. Thou canst make me worth the while, O guide and shelter me, oAnd all my life, through storm and strife, £My star thou It be. —^ewton SMiddleton THE UNIVERSITY •MM* oA towered city set within a wood, ''far from the world, upon a mountain's crest: There storms of life burst not, nor cares intrude; There Learning dwells, and cPeace is Wisdom's guest. ADMINISTRATION Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, S.T.D., Chancellor, Chairman Memphis, T«nn. B. F. FlNNEYj LL.D., Vice-Chancellor Sewanee, Tenn. Rt. Rev. Frederick F. Reese, D.D Savannah, Ga. Rt. Rev. T. D. Bratton, D.D Jackson, Miss. Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, D.D Charlotte, N. C. Rev. Charles T. Wright Memphis, Tenn. Rev. Carroll M. Davis, LL.D New York, N. Y. Rev. Walter Whitaker, D.D Knoxville, Tenn. John L. Docgett, Esq Jacksonville, Fla. Wm. B. Hall, M.D Selma, Ala. G. W. Duvall Greenville, S. C. George R. Parker Lexington, Ky. Robert Jemison, Jr Birmingham, Ala. Oscar W. Torian, M.D Indianapolis, Ind. Alexander S. Cleveland Houston, Texas Georce H. Noble, M.D Atlanta, Ga. Frank H. Gailor, D.C.L Memphis, Tenn. This board is elected by the Board of Trustees and consists of three bishops, three presbyters and nine laymen. The chancellor and vice-chancellor also serve ex-ofhcio. It has all the powers of, and acts for, the Board of Trustees when that body is not in session. Its functions are largely financial, but may extend to any phase of the university interests. Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor Chancellor Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, throughout his long connection with the univer- sity, has taken an active part in its development, and to a large extent has moulded its sentiments and traditions. Among his varied activities have been the laying of the cornerstone of Wash Hall in 1890, and that of Thompson Hall, the Union, a few years later. He also has written the Sewanee Hymn and has composed several beautiful Sewanee Apostrophes. In 1882 he was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history and in the next year chaplain of the university. He continued in these positions until 1890, when he was made vice- chancellor, serving for three years. In 1908 he was elected chancellor, and has continued uninterruptedly in this place for the past twenty-two years. Bishop Gailor has likewise been active in the general work of the church during this period. He was made a deacon in 1879 and a priest the next year. In 1898 he succeeded to the bishopric of Tennessee on the death of Bishop Quintard. Since then he has been chairman of the House of Bishops, presiding bishop and president of the National Council. He is again attending the Lam- beth Conference in England this spring and summer. He holds the following degrees: A.B. and A.M., Racine College; S.T.B. and S.T.D., General Theological Seminary; S.T.D., Columbia; D.D., Trinity, University of the South, and Oxford; LL.D., Oglethorpe. Dr. B. F. Finney I ice-Chan cellar Dr. B. F. Finney was first associated with Sewanee as a student in 1885. After graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg and engaging in private business for some years, he was made vice-chancellor of the university in 1922. During these eight years as vice-chancellor Dr. Finney, or "Uncle Ben," as he is affectionately called by the students, has been able to liquidate the debts of the university and secure an endowment which easily removes the possibility of financial trouble in the future. He has likewise been responsible for much material development on the mountain—three new dormitories, including the new Tuckaway Inn, have been constructed and improvements have been made in the athletic field house and Sewanee Military Academy. Throughout his entire life Dr. Finney has been interested and active in church and educational work. Before coming to Sewanee he devoted much time to the Brotherhood of St. Andrews, of which organization he has been secretary and vice- president. In 1 9 13 he was elected to the Board of Regents of the University and at the present time is a trustee of St. Katherine's, a girls' school at Bolivar, Term., and also the executive head of the Board of Trustees of Columbia Institute, a girls' pre- paratory school at Columbia, Term. Both of these institutions are connected with the Episcopal Church. In recognition of his valuable services, he was given the hon- orary degree of LL.D. from Hobart College, Geneva, New York. mg Dr. George M. Baker Dean Dr. Baker has spent his entire life in educational work (with the exception of several years during which he was connected with the American expeditionary force in France). He graduated from Yale University in 1900, obtaining his Ph.D. degree from that institution a few years later. For nine years he was an instructor of German at Yale, after which he became head of the German Department at the William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia. During this period he also studied at the Universities of Berlin and Munich. Dr. Baker came to Sewanee in 19 17 as professor of Germanic languages and was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1920. During the ten years he has held this position the requirements for entrance, classroom work and degrees have been raised considerably, the number of transfer students has been reduced and the general scholastic tone of the college has been improved. During the war Dr. Baker was connected with the General Staff College of the American expeditionary force in France, later seeing general staff duty in Germany with the army of occupation. He is well known as a student of Germanic literature, being the editor of "Ger- man Stories" and Kleist's "Prinz von Hotnnurg." He has also contributed articles to the "Journal of Germanic Philology," "Modern Philology," the "Sewanee Re^ view" and "Modern Language Notes." Because of his knowledge of international affairs, Dr. Baker was sent to Geneva by the Carnegie Institute for International Peace in 1927 for the purpose of studying the organization of the League of Nations, World Court and other institutions. ege of Arts and Sciences Brigadier General James Postell Jervey Henry Markley Gass (United States Army. Retired) B.A., Oxon; M.A., University of the South Professor of Mathematics Professor of Greek William Howard MacKellar Sedley Lynch Ware B.A., M.A., University of the South B.A., Oxon; LL.B.. Columbia; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Professor of Public Speaking Professor of History Tudor Seymour Long John Mark Scott B.A., Cornell B.A., Southwestern College: M.S.. Iowa State; Associate Professor of English Ph.D.. LTniversity of Iowa Assistant Professor Chemistry William Boone Nauts of B.A., 31. A.. University of the South Eugene Mark Kayden B.A., University of Colorado; 11. Porfessor of Latin and Acting Registrar A.. Harvard Professor of Economics William Skinkle Knickerbocker George Merrick Baker BA., 31. A., Ph.D.. Columbia B.A., Ph.D.. Tale Professor of English Literature Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and The Rev. Moultrie Guerry Professor of Germanic Languages Virginia Roy Benton Davis B.A.. Earlham College; 31. A.. Missouri Chaplain of the University and Professor of English Bible Professor of Chemistry *Gaston Swindell Bruton B.A., 31. A.. University of North Carolina Associate Professor of Mathematics •On leave. 1929-30. Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences Hurlbut Anton Griswold Georce Francis Rupp B.A., Universtiy of the South 3.. Pennsylvania State College; II. F.. Yale Instructor in Bible Professor of Forestry Albert Gaylord Willey Robert Lowell Petry B.A., Earlham; B.A.. Dartmouth Ph.D.. Princeton Acting Professor Associate Professor of Bioloyy of Physics Charles Carroll Montgomery Abbott Cotton Martin B.A.. II. A.. University of B.A., Leland Stanford Mississippi Assistant Professor English Assistant Professor of Spanisli of John James Davis John Maxwell Stowell MacDonald B.A., Harvard; B.A., "Virginia Polytechnic Institute M.A., Columbia Professor Philosophy Professor of Frrncli of George Wilson Nicholson Michael Smith Bennett B.S., Citadel; M.A.. North Carolina B.S.. D.D.S., University of Pennsylvania Acting Associate Professor of Mathematics Professor of Physical Education Maurice Augustus Moore William Waters Lewis C.E., University of the South Professor of Spanish Instructor in English Bernard E. H ikons B.A., Waterloo College, Ontario; B.M.. Toronto Conservatory of Music Mrs. F. M. Preston St. Luke's Mrs. L. P. Anderson" Miller Mrs. Percy Cunningham Hoffman Mrs.