The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-07

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The celebrated artist Mr.. Geo. Tag
CART, of New York City, has under
taken the portrayal on canvas of the
faces of Tusculum's presidents. It il
fortunate that the skilled hand of 9
master painter has been secured thru
the medium Of friendship to do this
work.
| Mr. Taggart, who has been the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Gray for the
past week, is the man who painted
the picture Of President Diaz which
the Mexican government presented tc
the Kaiser. He has also painted Ger.
man royalty before the days when
royalty in Germany was at a discount
Another important commission was
the painting of President Snow and
the tweleve apostles for the Norman
temple in Salt Lake City, Tusculum
has already three finished portraits
by Mr. Taggart, which have been
placed in the chapel temporarily, that
Of Samuel Doak, d. D., Samuel w.
Doak, d. D., and of President Gray.
Other works of Mr.. Taggart for
prominent and noted people in New
York testify to his skill in portrait
painting.
DR.. and Mrs. Gray entertained
Wednesday evening by giving fare.
well reception to the Rev. w. A. Gro
zier. who left Thursday to take up
his work in York, Penn. Mr.. Crozier
has been pastor Of the Tusculum
church and professor in the college
for several years, and his leaving is
sincerely regretted. The good wishes
of the entire college community are
extended to him.
Among the chapel visitors during
the week were 0. X. Morgan and E.
Brading, of johnson City, members
of the Board of Trustees; Mr.. Ho-
mer, who spoke in the interests of
the Y. M. C. A.; the Rev. Gass,
synodical secretary from New Mexi-
co; Mr.. Lonnie Moore, Miss Letson,
of Wilkesbarre, Penn; Mrs. Grays'
house guests, Mr.. Taggart and Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Gray, all of New
York.
Mrs. H. C. McAmis left Saturday
for a visit to her old home in Wilkes
barre, Penn.
Dean Hirschman accompanied the
boys to Chattanooga to witness the
fool ball game. A close game is a
near victory.
Chapel services in Tusculum are
educational, inspiring spiritually and
suggestive of the coming problems of
life and the best ways to meet them.
On Friday morning an unusually
fine and helpful address was given by
DR.. Alfred W, Gray, of Niagara, N.
Y, brother of President Gray. Mr..
Gray spoke of college training as a
paradox, being both a blessing and
curse, especially to young men. Train
ing gives self reliance which is essen
tial to accomplishment. knowledge
of the possession of knowledge gives
power and self reliance. Mr.. Gray
by the lives of noted men
who have shaped the destiny of ma
tons, such as Columbus and Wash
ington. Self reliance is needed in
business, it was characteristic of the
founders of Tusculum College and is
needed in the present crisis. Men
reason for premise to conclusion. The
curse of training may be in over con.
fidence in ability to reason out every
thing.
Mr.. Gray is a lawyer and meets
ment of all kinds and knows their
thoughts, and speaks from knowledge
Of where reason fails. The mind is
Unite and cannot grasp infnity as the
of time, the boundary of
space, and the magnitude of the uni
'erse. There is something greater
han reason. The spider by instinct
S more accurate than the greatest
ivil engineer, the bee is a geometri.
ian, the beaver hydraulic engineer
Who never fails to guage his work to
meet the force of water, birds in
hange of season and uneerringly
uided by the instinct given them.
1t was not so designed that men
lould be guided by reason alone, as