Sewanee Alumni News, 1954
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ALUMNI NEWS Volume XX, No. 1 February 15, 1954 The Vice- Chancellor's Page • The most important Sewanee news of the moment seems to me to be the fact that the twenty-two owning dioceses have more than met their quota for Church Support in 1953. Together they contributed, $81,851.89 against a quota of $80,000. For this we have to thank' every diocese which had us in their budget, and every parish which; made a separate contribution, and each of the private individuals whc| voluntarily solicited for us, and most particularly Mr. Edmund Orgillj of Memphis, Chairman of our Committee on Church Support, tc whose indefatigable efforts we owe more than we can adequately ex4 press. This Church Support is the most important, though not the largest! part of our income. It means more to me than endowment, because itl is the cement which binds Sewanee to the Church, and thus guarantees! as much as anything can, the Christian character of this institution. No college student ever pays the full cost of his education. Ac- 1 cordingly, every institution of higher learning has to have (in addi-i tion to student fees) tax support, or endowment, or some dependable! 1 equivalent for these. We, of course, have no tax support at all. Wi do have some endowment, but our total income from endowment \ student fees, and auxiliary enterprises is approximately $120,000 lesij than our operating costs each year. Accordingly, we could not con-j tinue operation at all if it were not for contributions from the Church, alumni, and generous friends. ]| am thankful that these contributions have met the deficit regularly for many years, and we have not hac to borrow money for operating purposes. The encouraging part of the picture now is that it looks a| if the regular income from the Church, with other Living Endowment gifts, will soon equal our annua need, because the Church has pledged itself to increase its annual contribution by $10,000 a year untij it reaches the $100,000 level in 1955. If we can reach and pass this goal, any money we raise fron other sources will be available for improvements—not just keeping our heads above water. This, o course, is just the situation required for rendering the best service. We want this support, not so tha we can relax, but so that we can go ahead. And I believe that we are right on the verge of achieving it It is of some interest to note that the majority of the dioceses (12 out of 22) exceeded their quotas two exactly equalled them, and eight fell in various degrees below. Top honors go to Tennessee whicl raised more than two and a quarter times its share, and Florida was second with nearly twice its goal My deepest thanks to all of you who have thus expressed your faith in us. It is up to us now to mak this institution worthy of such support and one which you will all be proud to own. Sincerely yours, s Sew j nee ^Alumni O^Qe w Vol. XX, No. 1 The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee February 15, 1954 58 Students Move Into Hunter Hall Substantial Increase SMA Alumni Four-Men Suites A re In 1953 Donations Elect Seymour Innovation The University closed 1953 with a Charles M. Seymour, Sr., A'00, of Fifty-eight students began the sec- ;ift-income well above its average for Knoxville was elected president of Se- ond semester on February 2 in brand ecent years and reached a new high wanee Military Academy alumni at new quarters on the south end of the n church support from Sewanee-in- the association's annual meeting in campus—$250,000 Hunter Hall. A me- he-budget of the owning dioceses. November. He succeeds Charlton Bid- morial to the late George T. Hunter Jishop Frank A. Juhan, chairman of well, A'24, of Marietta, Georgia. of Chattanooga, a friend of the late he Sewanee Centennial Fund, feels Other officers elected were James K. Vice-Chancellor Alexander Guerry, the 'the present substantial increase in Clayton, A'24, of Murfreesboro, Ten- two-story sandstone dormitory closes ate of giving by our friends is enough nessee, vice-president; and Capt. Edgar two frame buildings—Powhatan and o forecast complete attainment of our Cheatham, academy faculty member, Selden Halls—and helps bring to fru- ;oals." Former students of the Uni- and William Cravens, A'25, of Win- ition Sewanee's plan to house all stu- ersity gave $156,307 while honorary chester, Tennesseee, who were re-elect- dents in permanent structures. lumni gave $318,201. A bequest in ed secretary and treasurer, respectively. Hunter also marks the first building nemory of an alumnus added $67,500 Organization of local alumni chap- project completed under the super- o the total. ters and appointment of class leaders vision of Commissioner of Buildings In the first thirteen months, the for class organization was the pri- and Lands Charles Edward Thomas, Sewanee Centennial Fund raised in mary business discussed. Greenwood, who returned to the Sewanee scene in ash and pledges $735,510: $405,074 for Mississippi, alumni held their initial August after more than two years in uildings, $295,958 for permanent en- chapter meeting December 18. Class the navy. Formal dedication of the owment, and $34,477 unrestricted. The leaders will be appointed by the building will be during Commence- Bucks for Sewanee" drive for build- academy administration. ment week when a portrait of Hunter ngs, instigated by regent Hinton Lon- Homecoming 1954 will schedule the will be hung in the entrance hall. ino last fall, has. since the first "buck" first class reunions for SMA. Using Architects and building contractor rrived September 26, brought in a ten-year basis, the classes of 1944, for Hunter—Warren, Knight, and Davis 2,090, an average of more than $16 a '34, '24, '14, and '04 will meet next and the Brice Building Company, both ay. The Centennial Fund total for fall with the graduates of the classes of Birmingham—also put up Gailor and ( Co h tinned on page 6) preceding and following each year. Gorgas Halls completed last year. A three-room suite consisting of two bedrooms joined by a living room- study equipped with colored metal furniture and a tiled bath houses each four boys. Asphalt tile floors, sound- proofed halls, electric drinking foun- tains on each floor, walnut-stained woodwork, and tinted plaster walls are among Hunter's features. The lounge furnished in Swedish white oak and wrought iron furniture with green up- holstery has built-in flower boxes flanking either side of the entrance (see cover). A completely equipped kitchen opens off the lounge and the matron's apartment. Spring landscaping will include grad- ing the lawn, planting shrubs, and put- ting in sidewalks on both sides of the concrete stoop entrance. A path through the ravine will be put in be- tween Hunter and Gailor Dining Hall. On The Cover ewanee's Air new Force ROTC flag is held by Cadet Peyton Lamb of Beaumont In the Hunter Hall lounge are, left to nd displayed by Cadet Lt. Col. William H. Smith of Greenville, Alabama. The right, Mrs. Joseph Eggleston, matron; ag has a background oj air force blue and symbols of the air force (the eagle— Henri D. Clarke of Waycross, Georgia, ie V. S. air striking and power: the cloud—the Air Force; the stars, thirteen for proctor and presideiit of the Order of ie original colonics, three for the divisions of defense; and the air force shield) Gownsmen; Julian W. Walker, Jr., of nd, on a background of purple and gold, symbols from the University seal (the Charleston; Frederick M. Cole of Hale- venty-two-link chain—the owning dioceses; the cross, Greek symbols, and the site, New York: and Burrell O. McGee ove). The flag will appear with the cadets at Mardi Gras March 2. of Jackson, Mississippi. 'ebrmry, Nineteen Fifty-Four . A. S. Cleveland Dies Sewanee Alumni News, issued quarterly by trie The Clevelands their lives into Associated Alumni of The University of the wove South, at Sewanee, Tennessee. Entered as second- that of the University of the South.! matter class Feb. 25, IQ54, at the postoffice at Se- It became part of them and they ex- wanee. Tenn., under the Act of March 3. 1870,. emplified its precepts. And now the FEBRUARY 15, 1954 older brother is dead and the physical bonds of their unique partnership are Member American Alumni Council dissolved. Alexander Sessums Cleve-' THE ASSOCIATED ALUMNI land, '93, ATO, died in Houston onj Officers January 4, 1954, at the age of 82. John B. Greer, '08, President brother William, '93, ATO, rarely sep- Michaux Nash, '26 1st Vice-Pres. arated from him during a long life,' J. C. Brown Burch, '21, 2nd Vice-Pres. survives. 1 Moultrie Burns, '31 . 3rd Vice-Pres. The three Cleveland sisters rivaled Rev. Walter R. Belford, '40, Rec. Sec'y their brothers' enthusiasm for Sewa- : Douglas L. Vaughan, '35 . .Treasurer nee. Mrs. Stephen H. Schoolfield of Arthur Ben Chitty, '35, Alumni Sec'y Dallas and Mrs. E. D. Colhoun joa and Editor, Alumni News Lynchburg sent their sons to the Uni-i versity, and Mrs. Harbert W. Benjamin; is the wife of one of Sewanee's mosll loyal alumni. Sewanee's connections with Texas! Man the Year have been close since its earliest days! of Bishop Leonidas Polk had missionary! The man who served as chairman of jurisdiction over Texas when it was| Sewanee's board of regents in one of still a republic.