The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-04-26

l months session WOEA IN one u NWo
subjects during the summer, The school
permits a maximum OF eighteen hours
| each week, and ambitious students are
enabled TO absolve two complete one
| year courses in a single summer, re-
Teiying f1 T55iysTsiitS ose6i eptS %h 81 any
college in the country.
The possibility of receiving in sin-
a full years work in one or two sub
education work and one that win b re:
teachers throug hout the south VINO s pave pave
h TO DO so tA save for this oprortunity 20 40
their college work during Vacauon ~
Iege students who wish to shorten the
time necessary to earn q degree u0to
four years to three without snS ~ an tns
gree. II will be a help. also. to those cole
lese students who have failed In one oE
two courses and wish 10 make them ~
without losing a full year
The unique summer term. which ts pioa
neer educational work which val %
adopted eventually by the few sd1e9-
tional institutions where the cLlnati9
conditions will permit, has more ad%
Sition 10 th hsn regular University faculty.
many summer term instructors are eul@
ployed. nearly all of them being from
me worlds greatest universities. There
is also a special lecture course. SimiH
lar to Chautauana work, r-r-A-1,rr
| WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE
The University OF the South In 90 im
name only. is students, who nave ZOE
years taxed the capacity of the oosen
or more buildings. come from all over the
United States and the Sewanee spirtts
born on the mountain top. has permeateo
the four corners OF the world The uni@
versity Is not richly endowed hnanciALlys
yet its friends have been SO loyal a.
TO enable it 10 continue It's nigh stand-
ard or work at low cost 70 those VIVA
are not able 10 pay more Ia an OF the
college OF arts and sciences. the theo@
logical and other sdepartments-ths saIna
The library is one of the finest IN the
United states 1t has been ENLARGED
from time TO time by liberal sunscT1P-
tens ana donations. In IL may be
found the complete libraries OF many
wealthy friends of the school. who res
memberGd the school in their villa
Sewanees peculiar architecture ana
material has become noted. All OF tho
buildings are of Sewanee sandstone or
Unusual color, which Is easily guarded
yet which becomes az hard as 6rauita
when exposed to the air. Nearly al oe
the buildings have been given 20 the unls
versity by friends and have been but8
at different times. Inc original plan
location of the buildings. and the gen
| eraL architectural style or them. Gn@E@
4 are six memorial buildings in addition 20
number of halls and academic build
ings, hospital, chapel library and other
magnificent structures. All OF which 50
OF the most beautiful colleges In the
country.
berIand mountains. In Tsnnesse@-@om@
2OOO feet above the level OF the sea- and
about LOO feet above the SURROUNDING
valleys. The scenery Is superb. the cL1-
mate SalubrlOuS, ana the Annapltan8 @k4
uouceapIy free from malaria ana pulR
monary troubles. II mas foE many years
Dssn Consldsrea as one OF The hea1thleee
| locations In the entire southland ana ~
a summer resort or woe rsnoWn. Aha
atmosphere during che hottest sammec
months Is deughLtully cool at 5swanees
| a
tor tourists from many states during Gn9
summer months. Ihe university domain
| OF several hundred acIeS forms a Bre8H
natural park, including the crest or tina
| mountain. with Its unparalleled scenery
There IS a golf course, many tennis
{ courts, athletic nelds. and every provislon
for all outdoor sports. Inc mountain
streams AFFORD a paradise Tor nshermens
The water is famous tor It's purity. Ina
entire domain Is heavily numbered with
many kinds OF trees, Including at ls&ga
and the flowers and shrubs and bushea
that grow In abundance wouid deltgha
the heart of any lover OF nature.
THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.
Living In the mountain country suEs
rounding Sewanee are the native GennsSs
see nountaineers. Proud denizens OF tina
forests are they. Wild tneir own s s4ss14e.
| ed in their own way. seeklnB Nc
| acouaintance with strangers. ana oie~
| ing in ednca ton. vet showing remarkable
shrewdness. they are the match OF the
most highly educated at repaFtes. ;, a9 =.
command admiration AND wonder IRON On
strangers who are not familiar with a,, tsS
dot the Cumberland mountains, and their
| traditions and folklore and stories o.
interestinz AS peculiar dress ana draWls
ing mountain vernacular Not the ls@Ss
interestInz Of the many r1oTntsinT j ss g
the ruins Of q rrcnnshine distiilsry. where
''TJncIe Jud." the king Of band oe
terror 70 the rovernnnerlt oicisls. made
| rnoorshIne whisky and red blood run
Those DAYS are past and Uncle gud@
| and his clan nre either FervfnR lon@
sentences in the feeerai pr t;eS,,, &c ~
1 some wears beneath the erass-coysre2
siah1sss mounds nearby the distinery
s.wanee has no. rernsirsd throusA the
s ss Sen ;ts ye1rsts geS ana 90
cecS'e ., haze SSttrsets1 .rS 70 ys S
T1 ser re = t 1oG n,Stsinnc S " Who are proud
to rail- the T+tie university town their
r. Doubled ana literary celsl,r9tjsa
4 from MANY state. .~pend the months 81
consider tfsrrselver members Of the bie
university farnilv as the rsople o9 the
The wanaerer rou9ht RELIEF. from the
| heat and worry and strife OF the citys
| He found
| "a lowered ~4tv set within a weed
| Far from the world upon mountain
/ There stor-,s Of life burst not. nor cares
/ 1ntrude: -
L There Learning HweN8s ana R8Ae0 ID
| Wisdon1's guest"
Wen did q. Il. Tucker, himself 2 Sc
vance mar writs whs1 hs ps Ere, ne ne
stifntion. doing notable work Twelve
/ yror+ha In the year "a a new idea IN
| southern educa4ion The founding % &
/ university on the ton OF a mountain.
/ with ifs hIiildines fr the clouds snd far
/ away from fhe attractfons and diatraos
| tfnps Of any citv. f. new idea The
4 presentation nf q three-n1nntha gun9u1eD
| course OF triple work with full univers
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