1933

Class of '33ers continue to make news, even posthumously.The December 15 Tullahoma Tennessee Information Services has made available a clipping concerning Bill Raoul that reveals a public-spirited gift of him and his wife, Louisa, now deceased also. He had made a bequest of $150,000 to the University of the South, for which the university has established the William Gaxton and Louisa Raoul Conservationship Internship Endowment Fund for the benefit of students of the university. An award from the fund will be awarded annually and preference will be given to students who love the outdoors and wish to follow a career in a natural resources or forestry-related field. As we know, Bill was a well-known conservationist and lover of the outdoors who had been vice president and trip schedule manager of the Ledyard Canoe Club. A native of Lookout Mountain, he had spent much time exploring the famous mountain and writing its history. He was a leader in the establishment of the Tennessee Gorge Trust and was known for his effort to save the American chestnut tree. A more recent project was directed at bringing the sport of rowing to Chattanooga and for which object he was instrumental in establishing the Tennessee Rowing Center on the Tennessee River where, among others, the U.S. women's crew trained for the Olympics.

We note also another memorial for 1933. A building on the campus of Deerfield Academy is to be named in memory of Hal Smith.

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