Supplement to Preface 



This being home-coming year, the publisher has deemed it but 

 fitting to depart somewhat from the commonplace fair catalogue 

 and program, by introducing a few brief articles on subjects of 

 moment and deep interest to home-comer and the people-at-la 



alike. 



The religious, educational, military, civil and comn 

 status of any country or State determine the standing of her 

 citizenship, and upon it rests the pride and welfare of her people. 



Since this is true, what State in the Union has more to awak- 

 en a just pride, or can lay claim to better standing? A God 



SHOWING ENTRANCE TO GROUNDS 



fearing people — the educational center of the South — fast he- 

 coming a potent figure in the commercial world. And every im- 

 portant battle-field throughout the land, stained with the blood oi 

 her true sons, entitles us to high standing and great honor in 

 the marts of trade, the halls of learning, and pages of history. 



THE FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. 



What is more appropriate than a brief sketch of Tenm 

 most historic military organization as representative of the mili- 

 tary spirit and record of the Volunteer State ? 



The First Tennessee Regiment of Infantry, representative, 

 also, of patriotism, law and order, and standing for peace 

 the protection and safety of life and property — a regiment in 

 which every Tennessean, and many ancestors of Tennesseans, 



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