The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-01
Tusculurn Notes

By invitation of the committee on
education Tusculum led the parade
in Greeneville on School Day." The
faculty, in caps and gowns, preceded
by Dean Hirschman and Prof. Haynes,
in the absence of President Gray,
took the lead. The classes followed
in order, each having good display
of college and class colors in the way
of pennants and ribbons. The Sc
niors at the head, next to the faculty,
carried banner expressing their re-
gret (?) at being purity nigh thru"
Their mascot was little Oscar Digger
in cap, gown and goggles and carry
ing diploma in his hand, walked d.
rectly under the banner. The juniors
had live billy goat which behaved
very well considering the company
he was in, bearing on his blanket
the work Seniors" Sophomore
and freshmen carried banners desig-
mating class standing. The fourth
year Academy class had a fowl OF
unknown sex and breed dressed in
class colors riding in small wagon
drawn by Gertrude Litchfield and
Claude Russell. Altogether Tuscu-
lum made fine showing and fine
hearing, too, in the way of yells and
songs.
The Tusculum public school join
ed in Che "School- Day" parade.
There are about three teachers and
one hundred ard twenty-five pupils
in the school.
At lie cloca cf the school parade
Friday, DR.. Harry Clark, Director of
Education, in the University of Ten
nessee, gave an address before a
large assembly in front o. the court
house. His remarks were on the val
ue of an education as an investment,
and his references to Tusculum were
timely and pertinent. He assured the
citizens of Greene county that they
arc fortunate in having in their midst
first grade college where boys and
girls may be educated without going
far from nome.
The Ph:lomat,i.an (boyaD society
gave a good program in the chapel
Friday evening. The president of the
society is E. P. Day and the secretary
J. D. Brooks. There was given a vel
come address by tie president, E. P.
Day; defamation, Berthold Fraker;
piano solo. Fred Haynes; "X-Rays,"
Guy Justis; an Grafton, Herbert Hay
how; vocal solo, M. S. Doak; "Maudc"
S. D. Ramsey.
DIR. jeremiah Moore, former presi
dent of Tusculum College, was able
to make a stirring address in Sunday
school recently. All old friends are
glad to know DR.. Moore is in improv-
ed health this year.
DR.. w. D. Dobson and Mrs. Dobson
are visiting relatives in Tusculum and
vicinity. DR.. Dobson is a graduate of
Tusculum, class of 70, and has well
represented the college in education
ell circles, and is now a practicing
osteopathic physician in st. Louis.
He was for eight years president of
the college in Missouri, in which Gen.
eral Pcrshing received his education,
Oliver Gray left Monday for New
York City to attend the Damrosch
school of music the coming year. Mr.,
Gray was teacher of languages in
Tusculum last year and is an accom-
plished musician, giving freely of his
time and talent to the college, and
will be greatly missed by all.
The Rev. w. A. Crozier has preach
ed his last sermon as pastor of the
Tusculum church and will leave this
week for his work in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Croziel has been very popular
pastor and preacher, and the good
wishes of the church and community
ere extended to him in his future ser
vice elsewhere.
Losing one game isn't so much.
There's a season of good chances
ahead for the Tusculum team.
Dean Hirschman, Prof. A. c. Holt
and Mr.. Crozier were in Knoxville
Saturday.
DR.. Gray returned from Washing
ton, D. c., and is organizing the pro-
gram for celebration day on next
Thursday. Congressman Flood, of
Virginia, is the principal speaker.
The history of the college will be Civ
en- by A. C. Holt, and there will be
athletics in the afternoon and an ev-
ening entertainment for visiting
guests.