The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-17
HALL
TO Be REBUILT
BY NEXT YEAR

| New York July 1S-To replace Hoff-
man Hall burned last year, will be ono
| % the purposes of the nation wide cam
paign of the Episcopal church so far as
the University OF the South is concern
ed. That dormtory. which housed some
sixty students one of twenty build-
ings OF tho university built out of Sewa-
| nee sandstone. When fire destroyed the
building Sewanee had no means to re-
place it, but now that the nation wide
| campaign is in progress, to enlarge the
| work OF the church. it will be possible
| TO build "A larger and letter dormitory on
| tho old site.
| Historically the beginnings of the Unit
| versity of the South not without in
| terest. The idea of establishing grent
church university for the south came to
| Bishop Folk of Louisiana in 1856 He
| considered the matter with a breadth Of
| vision that striking for he planned
not to found his college for diocese.
! az had usually been done. but TO go even
| outside the state and to weld at least
ter states to the purpose. These he
| chose south of Virginia and Kentucky
| and east OF New Mexico, and thus he
combined the dioceses contained in he
| states of Louisiana, Tennessee. North and
South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Ala
| bama Mississippi. Arkansas and Texas.
At the time the south was in ex-
ultant mood politically and had no Gears
fol the future Bishop Folks idea Dvas
and half million dollars for the college
was subscribed literally and rapidly.
The Cumberland table lands in Frank
lin county. Tennessee, was chosen as the
site OF the college and the work Of con-
struction began Then came the civil
var Bishop Polk became a general OF
the Confederacy and fought against
Grant in his first battle at Belmont In
the end the entire endowment was swept
away and such buildings as had been
gvaI
army. The corner stone even was car
ried away piece by piece for relics.
Although chartered in 1858 IL was not
until ten years later that the college be-
gan it's real life. In that year there were
/. students The next year. however.
the students numbered 107 and seven
,-ears later they numbered 243. Since
then Sewanee has been a vital factor in
the educational life of the south
When the college was built, the rail-
way leading up to IT was the steepest
mountain road then in existence AMI
quite an attraction in itself. Now she
D7xie highway will cross at Sewa nee
and that is certain to make it's reputation
very great indeed
Famous among those to be graduated
from Sewanee are Major General William
c Gorgas Major General Leonard Wood.
the Rev. DR.. Hudson stuck, archdeacon
of Alaska; Senator John Sharpe VIII
liza ms of Mississippi, the Rev. William r.
manning, rector OF CuurCu, NEW
York city. and Major Archie Butt, who
was aide 10 President Roosevelt. It will
be remembered that Major Butt lost his
life on the Titanic. after drawing a re-
volver to protect OF the boats and
then doffns his cap and wishing the
women and children "God-speed."
While Sewanee now IL conducting a
campaign for a million dollar endow-
ment fund in the states she serves. the
appeal TO replace Hoffman Han Is made
more general through the nationwide
campaign In the new building will be
the college commons, for one OF the two
dining rooms I'm which the students ate
was IN the burned building.