WELCOME THE STAMPEDE WELCOME NEWCOMERS NEWCOMERS Published Semi-Monthly By The Students VOL.4. MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TENN., NOVEMBER 12, 1938. NUMBER 4. MR. E. W. PALMER The Milligan College Press . ulations, pieces designed to in- For several years it has been terest prospective students, etc., the desire of the Board of TruSt_ and we visualize the monetary ees of Milligan Coll~~e. to include economy that may accrue even- in the training facilities of the tually to the College itself. In College certain vocational pro- the field of bookbinding such vo- "The Hopwood Tree" j ects that offered: (1) vocational cational work provides the facili- "I think that I shall never see guidance to women as _as ties for binding the annual grist A poem as lovely as a tree, men, (2) prdductive possibilities of worth-J>reijerving magazines, th A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed on college necessities, ereby reprints that usually come in flim- 3 Against the earth:s sweet flowing breast, reducing cash outgo, and ( ) ac- sy paper covered bindings, the A tree who looks to God all day tivity projects for st~~ents af- Annual Catlaogue of the College And lifts her leafy arms to pray" fording boarding or tmtion cred- and the rebinding of the much- Thus wrote Joyce Kilmer. its. used and often worn-out volumes As all students may easily in the College Library. In 1830, at the age of twenty-one years, Oliver Wendell Holmes read of a proposal to des- comprehend, it is not a simple The teaching of the elements procedure to establish projects of printing and binding in colleges troy the famous frigate, popularly known as "Old th Ironsides" - - -. So sucessf ul was this emotional that comply fully with all ese and universities is not an innova- requirements. Typography, tion. Carnegie Institute ofTech- outburst that the ship was saved and he received th immediate fame. The writer of this artical, printing and bookbindi_ng, bo nology, Pittsburg, Pa., New York through lack of a well-founded sentiment concern- individually and c~llectively, do University, New York city. have furnish such potential opportun- maintained courses, with the co- ing the Hopwood Tree is unable to reach the th st emotional status of Oliver Wendell Holmes as he ities. The College (and e u- operation of the United Typothe- dent body) have constant need tea of America and Book Manu- so gloriously defended :'Old Ironsides." Howev~:, when one looks upon the old locust tree, famili- for the printed word - the Col- facturers Institute, Inc., for sev- arly known as the Hopwood Tree, at the cor~er lege paper, the College ann~al, eral years. University "presses" programs, announcements, tick- are numerous, among the most of the campus triangle, one cannot help bemg ets and the like, are good exam- prominent being those at Yale, filled with a spirit of admiration and reverence pies. Add to these the Annual Harvard, Princeton and U niver- as one contemplates its majesty. nd AB we look at the tree our mind reverts to Catalogue of the College, su ry sity of Chicago, while specialized reports that are much better branches such as binding only, the traditional legend that has come to us con- cerning the tree. printed than mimeographed, have flo~rished for a considerable study schedules, the College Reg- (Continued on page 8) (C outinued on page 2) PAGE TWO THE STAMPEDE THE STAMPEDE The Hopwood Tree It Takes Couragel Published bi-weekly by the students of Milligan (Continued from page 1) College. In 1872 a young man came to Carter County Subscription Price $1-00 per year The average C. C. C. Camp ------S:s------ in search of a place to found an institution of EDITORIAL STAFF learning to be built upon the foundation of is composed of a membership of Editor .................................................... Lanora Geissler Christian culture. This young man was Josephus about 200 boys, all of whom are Junior Associates .......... Mary Louisa Johnston, Hopwood, the founder of Milligan College, and required to conform to army reg- Rose Tilford. Buffalo Institute was the chosen school. ulations. At the same time each Sophomore Associate .................... N era Kennedy th Sports Editors .................. John Fugate, Mr. Hopwood, after selecting the site, re- morning ey are awakened by a Glenn Williams, Aubrey iPainter. turned to Kentucky and by means _of horseback bugle call or a night guard. Im- Gfrl's Sports Editor ........ Gertrude Garrison brought his wife, Mrs. Hopwood, back to Carter mediately upon rising they make Columnists ...... Virginia Smith, Rudolphe Dralle, up their own beds, sweep, see that Minnie Burns, Este]e Elliott. County. On reaching the present fish-pond Reporters . Lawrence Gilliam, Mary Franklin, area, they di:,mounted from their horses and their shoes are shined, line their Webb Dishman, Violet May. offere<l a dedicatory prayer for the institution in b:nkbs andk locker_s andd~e~ that which they hoped to promote Christian culture.' t e ~rrac s are m con itwn to BUSINESS STAFF According to the story, MrR. Hopwoud, on meet mspection by the ~ompany Business Ma.nager ........................ Raymond Perkins nd nd th Assistants - Tom Wagoner, Florence Potter, dismounting, casually stuck her riding whip into comma er a e first ser- Carsie Hyder. the ground and after the prayer it was forgotten ra~t. a m!m~er has tad~tp Circulation Manager .................................... Ellis Cox and left to sprout into a tender sapling that de- tis un c:re. ess_.y, or i°rg~ :n Assistant ........ Lee Varnell, Fred Dillinger veloped into the majestic tree that now graces 0h~wheep, _etis _given etx ra uf Y Typists .......... Blanche Millsaps, Edna Sutphin, . w 1c cons1s s m mos cases o a Mary Elizabeth McMillian our campus t r1ang 1e. f h · h k' h 'f h T o ver1'f y th', 1s t rad't' 1 1ona 1 s t ory 1s• no t th e kew oursb m . t e 1tc en, or 1k e • . h eeps on emg care1 ess, a wee or purpose of this wr1tmg. The tree, owever, re- k't h d t • dd d E h • · • b f more 1 c en u y 1s a e . ac Ideals of Pub I ication gardless of trad1t1on, 1s a eauty spot o our cam- b • t ht th t th This publication mdeavors to foster the ideals pus· Its dignity and age demands the respect of ~eh~ er ishaug d tah the campt for which the studE>nt body is ever striving; 1s 1s own ome an a emus namely, higher scholarship, cleaner sportsman- each student, each faculty member. and each care for it in like manner. ship, and finer comradeship. It endeavors to rep- lover of Milligun College. If we ure going to resent the school in all its aspects and to print, Meal time is announced by accept this story, let's build a bit of senfment in an accmate and engaging way, e,verything of a bell or a bugle call. In the after- news interest concerning it. about it. Firat, let's give it a personality -- noon at supper call all members that commands and gets the sincere respect of are required to line up in form- Ed is such a Paine. We have Moss and several each individual! Let's cherish this sentiment ation or double file and stand at Stones. Joanna is never far from Wright. DeWitt and learn to know the tree! I dare say that attention while the flag is lower- has changed his brand of Bacon. Why doesn't many of the present student body do not know ed. They are then given the order Tim O'Neal to Hazel Gasking? Which do you the significance attached to the tree. to march into the messhall where prefer, Rice or Berry? We think Laws of Mil- Secondly, let's preserve the health of that they must stand at the tables un- ligan is influencing ''Little Audrey" Tillmann. tree. A non-technical glance at the left trunk til the first sergeant gives the or- Noel says that some Milligan girls would rnveals its deplorable state. Rg,p'd~y it is der to be seated. Each table has look more spic if they didn't have so much span. becoming the victim of tree insects. If this state a leader whose duty it is to see Some of the girls have a veneer that comes continues, one division of the trunk will soon be that order is kept at that partic- off easily with a little cold cream. gone -- -. Perhaps a tree surgeon could do ular table. After eating each man College students give the jeers of their lives somethin~ to prolong the life of the tree. to their profs. carries his dishes to the kitchen A freshman, in speculating on the cause of and then marches out. the eclipse of the moon, said it was caused by Little Audrey Painter is at present writing Work projects of the boys in- the sun passing between the moon and the earth. sports for the Elizabethton Star. clude building roads and trails, Please note! The modern girl dresses with great pains. running rock crushers, patroling Red Mason says that indigestion is trying Her shoes hurt her feet and she of t~n scorches lookout towers to watch for for- to fit a square meal to a round stomach. Little herself with a curling iron. est fires. One of the most dread- Audrey Tillman says that rhubarb is celery with ed du ties of all is the fighting of Mary Louisa Johnston believes in long en - high blood pressure.