Sewanee News, 1985
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GyzVT* ft * March 1985 ^^ -mm v Dean Booty Resigns The Very Rev. John E. Booty, dean and pastor to his students." He said of the School of Theology, has re- that the heavy load of administra- signed and plans to leave the dean's tive duties takes its toll on all semi- office sometime after the end of the nary deans, a condition he said he academic year. intends to change at Sewanee. Dean Booty submitted his letter Dean Booty assumed his duties at of resignation to Vice-Chancellor Sewanee in 1982. Previously he had Ayres on February 25 and then an- been professor of church history at nounced his decision to his faculty the Episcopal Divinity School in and students. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and had In his letter of resignation. Dean taught at Virginia Theological Sem- Booty said: "That I can no longer inary. His service to the Church has function effectively here does not been rich and varied. He has also negate my conviction that the written numerous books on church School of Theology has a fine future history, prayer, and spiritual life. ahead of it and presently does a While at Sewanee, Dean Booty more than good job of preparing has overseen the move of the School priests for the Episcopal Church," of Theology from St. Luke's Hall to Vice-Chancellor Ayres said he re- more modern facilities of Hamilton gretted very much Dean Booty's Hall and has been instrumental in resignation, citing the dean's "won- the increase of enrollment from derful gifts as a scholar, teacher, about sixty to eighty-two students. Hewlett-Mellon Grant To Honor Edward McCrady Dean John E. Booty in procession. Officials of the Andrew W. Mellon named to honor Sewanee's eleventh and the William and Flora Hewlett Vice-Chancellor, Edward McCrady, Tonya Foundations have announced a who first came to Sewanee as a Grant Memorializes grant of $150,000 to Sewanee to be teacher of biology in 1938. Mc- matched by $450,000 from the Uni- Crady's distinguished career versity Judge Frank E. Wilson over the next three years. brought him international distinc- Grant and matching funds will tion as a scientist and respect as an establish a $600,000 permanently educator and college president. The Tonya Memorial Foundation of Immediately, the grant funds a restricted endowment to be known Vice-Chancellor Ayres concluded, Chattanooga has awarded the Uni- $750,000 professorship which will versity as the Edward McCrady Presiden- "Stewardship of talent and intellect an $800,000 grant to endow bring to Sewanee a distinguished tial Discretionary Fund, income were the foremost marks of Ned the Frank W. Wilson Professorship scholar "of sound learning and ex- from which is to support institu- McCrady's abounding energy. This of Political Science. tensive life experience in the com- tional renewal, primarily in the Fund to be called by his name opens The grant will also help endow mercial world who can demonstrate form of faculty and curricular devel- a new vista on our part in the cru- student internships in political that structures of pure theory are as opment. Matching funds must be cial stewardship of enabling and en- economy. ineffective as vantages of mere ex- either new, paid-in gifts made spe- livening fine perience which lead simply back teachers and the Tonya Foundation trustees chose to cifically and permanently for the institution within they the past." In addition, the grant, which to memorialize the late Judge Presidential Discretionary Fund or work." along with $200,000 raised Frank W. Wilson of Chattanooga, by the other new contributions designated University from other sources, pro- noting that as federal judge in the as permanent endowment for this vides $250,000 to endow student in- Eastern District of Tennessee he fund by the trustees of the Univer- ternships in the field of political served the area which includes Se- sity. Individual University economy. trustees wanee, Winchester, and have already given $41,624 toward Chattanooga. Officials of both the Foundation this goal. and Sewanee are hopeful that indi- In naming the chair, Vice-Chan- Accepting the terms of the grant viduals believing in the vital impor- cellor Ayres, remarked, "The Tonya and its challenge, Sewanee's Vice- tance of these internships will make trustees believe, and Sewanee con- Chancellor and President Robert M. gifts to increase their size and effec- curs, that Judge Wilson embodied Ayres, Jr., stated, "The promise of a tiveness. Vice-president for Devel- the ideal of the large life, well lived. Presidential Discretionary Fund opment Bill Whipple stated, His manifold interests not simply opens! vistas I could never pursue — "Interested friends and alumni will the law but politics, government, with the resources currently avail- see this internship program as an and economics commend him as a able to me. The building of educa- — occasion to support practical study model for those who will chart the tion at the close of this century within the liberal arts context; we course of a professorship in political demands the readiness and the re- are most grateful to the Tonya economy at Sewanee." sources necessary to meet opportu- Foundation for its initial support." nity. This Fund will be a pledge In addition to serving the federal Concluding his remarks, Ayres toward that opportunity." bench for more than twenty years said it is his hope the professorship Establishing is an objec- the Fund before his death in 1982, Judge Wil- will provide "a bridge between the tive in $50-million Cen- Sewanee's son was active in religious, civic, study of economics and the study of tury II campaign. ThejFund is Dr. Edward McCrady and regional affairs. politics." H Ice Storm: Four Days of ^Freezing Devastation by ( ay Scott Many students waited out the Sew. ee residents and students power outages inside and found a will ' ng remember the early morn- variety of ways to stay busy and ing hours of February 1 and the ward off cabin fever despite the wors ice storm in recent history weather. Fireplaces in Elliott Hall, that followed. Tuckaway, Johnson, Phillips, and A storm front that brought heavy elsewhere provided cozy refuges for amounts of snow to portions of west those who endured the siege. Stu- and middle Tennessee delivered dents played cards and Trivial Pur- freezing rain and sleet to southern suit around them, told ghost stories portions of the Cumberland Pla- next to them, learned to cook in teau. The storm left amounts of up them, and some even learned to to nine inches of ice on streets, build fires in them for the first trees, and utility lines, causing haz- time. ardous driving, severe property While many students passed the damage, and electric and phone out- time inside, others ventured out of ages to the majority of Sewanee and doors for entertainment. Many Monteagle. found ice skating on Trezevant Vice-Chancellor Robert M. Ayres, Lake a smooth way to while away Jr., summed up the scene on cam- the hours; some brave skaters took pus when he said, "It looked like a to the ice-covered streets around bomb had hit here." Utility lines campus. Others enjoyed sledding lay across the streets, broken limbs around the hills of the campus on littered yards, and large tree trunks inner tubes, sleds, or anything that were split and felled by the weight was flat enough to slide. Some sled- of the ice. ders claimed to have started at Can- Three days of College classes non Hall and glided to the Old were cancelled, a phenomenon that Hospital. The outdoor activities ap- many could not remember happen- parently worked up big appetities ing ever before. The Seminary and for many as the University Market Saint AndrewVSewanee School quickly sold out of '^junk" food and cancelled classes for the entire beverages soon after the storm hit. week. A lot of students took to the roads Most dormitories remained with- and migrated to Chattanooga, At- out electricity for several days; how- lanta, and the Florida Keys to flee Tree limbs bend under the weight of the ice in front of Carnegie Hall. ever, most of the residence halls the ice and the Mountain. had heat and water during the As many students tried to enjoy storm and its aftermath. The stu- the situation and make the best of Dorothy Deas, C'88, dents also stayed warm with hot the storm, area residents were and Julia Miller, C'88, meals daily prepared learning to survive without electric- enjoy a sled ride down stoves in Gailor. ity and with the help of fireplaces, North Carolina A tree rests on the roof ofJohnson Hall. — Coleman lantern's and stoves, and firewood" and made house checks on wood heaters. According to the the elderly. Residents with four- Duck River Electric Membership wheel drive vehicles delivered gro- Corporation, which serves Sewanee, ceries and medicine to those trap- everyone was without electricity at ped by the storm. University one time or another. Some residents maintenance crews slept in dorm were without electricity until lobbies and basements to hand feed Thursday afternoon, almost six and boilers to keep students warm. The one-half days after the storm began. Sewanee Volunteer Fire Depart- During all the outages, Vice- ment made eight calls during the Chancellor Ayres invited members week-long siege of ice while being of the community to ride out the manned basically with only one storm in Fulford Hall which had crew. The Sewanee Emergency heat and water. The University also Medical Service was also busy opened its dining hall to members transporting elderly persons to of the community for hot meals, and warm places and also answering according to the food service man- calls for a number of broken bones ager, Bruce Harper, Gailor fed ap- and fractures.