Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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TVa© Comet. FACULTY k [At IIUIIC.] I.AMh»N C. «, RLANI», 1.1. I».. Chancellor. T. II. FEAREY, Adjunct-Professor of Physics. WALKER LEWIS, Chaplain. Prolessor oi History uml Political Economy. CAS1MIH ZMANOWK'Z, .M., Professor of Moilern IsiniMiaircs ami Literatures. .1AM I » II. KI UK I.A N 1 , A.M., Pn.l). (Leipsici, Professor of Latin Uiii 'iia e au l Literatures. WILLIAM L. M'DLEY, M.H.. Professor of t 'lieiuistry. .1. T. MctilLL, R.S.. Pu l ., Adjunct Professor of ('lieiuistry. KbWAUI W. REM IS, Pn.l»., Led u rerun Economics aiul Constitutional History. I'STI N II. MERRILL, A M., I list ructor iu Elocution.

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VV 3 Comet. -o 1eade r i ; Depart r ent. IIK Academic Department is eom- oosrd of (ivw three hundred students lie supervis- ?aculty and ttle in the it I iv to he laracterized morning at ‘gularly, at- I and gym- et ready to ie morrow. leaves the ing explains , - , comfortable °n the Xicholson-housc steps, hut lie had to wait for a friend. He goes to the Vendome, when the show is “under the auspices of the V. M. C. .” and it costs him a quarter, lie is not particularly well versed in Math., and therefore falls an easy victim to the West Knd ten rent scheme. Hr writes homo occasionally for money to buy hooks and to put in the missionary box. Thoughnot as green as the Theologucsor Pharmacy men, he is generally an insignit- rant creature, unless he belongs to the Senior class, a learned coterie, noted, too, for their humility. The rest of his time is taken up in futile elVorts to say something funny about the hats of the aforesaid Seniors, or in protesting to the Faculty that he is not in train- ing tor a street-car mule. The co-eds spend much of their timeat home, though they devote a few hours every week to playing Krminie on the V. M. C. A. organ. The Fac- ulty is composed of thirteen scholars of wide reputation, zealously devoted to the sole purpose ol raising the standard of the I'niversitv, each trving to get more work out of his men than any of his colleagues can. All of the faces are familiar to our readers, with the exception of Dr. Demis, the political economist, who teaches a few aspiring hits, how to save “I ncle Sam from bankruptcy. Dr. Vaughn has borne off the palm in the way of tough text-books, but we refrain from giving the name of the author of the

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VY Comet. “v |}eade r i ; Department:. IIK Academic Department is com- posed of over three hundred students and twenty co-eds, under the supervis- ion and tutelage of the Faculty and Senior class. There is little in the daily life of the hit. worthy to he chronicled, for it is especially characterized by monotony. He rises in the morning at various hours, eats his meals regularly, at- tends tin lectures, cuts chapel and gym- nasium, and goes to bed to get ready to repeat the performance on the morrow. Every Sunday morning at II:').'» lie leaves the campus for church, and the next evening explains to his cousin that he felt horribly uncomfortable on the Nicholson-house steps, but he had to wait for a friend. He goes to the Vendome, when the show is “under the auspices of the V. M. C. A.” and it costs him a quarter. lie is not particularly well versed in Math., and therefore falls an easy victim to the West End ten-cent scheme, lie writes home occasionally for money to buy books and to put in the missionary box. Thouglmot as green as the Theologues or Pharmacy men, he is generally an insignit cant creature, unless he belongs to the Senior class, a learned coterie, noted, too, for their humility. The rest of his time is taken up in futile efforts to say something funny about the hats t the aforesaid Seniors, or in protesting to the Faculty that In is not in train- ing for a street-car mule. The co-eds spend much of their timeat home, though they devote a lew hours every week to playing Krminic on the V. M. C. A. organ. The Fac- ulty is composed t thirteen scholars of wide reputation, zealously devoted to the sole purpose ol raising tin standard of the Fniversity, each trying to get more work out of his men than any ol his colleagues can. All of the faces are familiar to our readers, with the exception ol Dr. Hemis, the political economist, who teaches a few aspiring hits, how to save “Fncle Sam from bankruptcy. Dr. Vaughn has borne off the palm in the way of tough text-books, but we refrain from giving the name of the author of the