Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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' E H itSi CE filler! VOL XLVI. NO t antn pacu I ac i,iA« ur oi t- »JKDAl ft BANK ROBBERY ON BROADWAY KSrff TVANDERBILTGETS$3,000,000 ' t:.:: H,l:tT ' Zfc: ' Z ' ij:lT ' rimnm p[«Boor TURNS S8HT08 pin«w MnvF MFDICAL SrHOni „,„„,„„.„„ „..—„.. tsiSN POSITIONS OUT GRADUATES Sf is»rs.p,i( to TUf Wf JT rUMWIC PUEBLO STARTS -■--f -Zz.,«» ' « ■-«- ' - , i . ' o,. ■ - ™ ' - • lU Int fftol UAMrllo RECONSTRUCTION— -■••■-—— ' SI, , ' ' ' ' s ;, e- ' ' i;r;.::i,«T , a, - ».ow.ooo f„„ c,™,., td„c.,«n s™ fn«, =?j==i ' .■ —; ' „? 5 ;.sr.t;TJ: i;:i ii; 55i::™ r J.-:::- •: GETS MORE PAY ' ' ir ' ' 2W;: fJ- ' W ' - zF T N GOVERNOR riFTT-TWO BOOIEt fOUHO Sisi v ' rwu yS ' ii -• ' ?SB« l ' ' ' - = ' --- °r - r-? ' 3P ?= - ' 5jrTjT:j;i =r;:r- -.v»-- HELD UP AS Alt EkAHPLE Insinuating Headlines A rare coincidence, one that wouldn ' t happen again ni a hfelime and the kind that a newspaper man with a sense of humor doesn ' t pass up. The rival dailies played it to a million (literally). The Banner headlines answer foolish question No. 29361, Who got the money? The inference being that since the big gift and bank robbery hit on the same day, of course Vandy got the bank ' s stolen shekels. The £venfng Tcnnessean ' s extra of the same dale had the following headlines: VANDERBILT GETS $3,000,000; THIEF GETS $300. BUT IS CAUGHT, thus putting the Q. E. D. on the universally prevalent idea that a university can get away with millions, while a poor foreigner can ' t swipe a crust without being nabbed. Hard on our Alma Mater, but who cares? She ' ll have a real Medical School now.

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Mtli :|:jyt y jyi »v,= ' t(Jy VV iir ' - ' 4 A - X X O Jf ' T, S-rr -i .T x , P ¥ li (Proposed BuildinK i Alumni Memorial Hall After the armistice the idea that some worthy memorial should be erected on V ' anderbilt campu to the university ' s heroes who served in the great war, especialiy to (hoie whose glory is symbohzed by the gold star, was quite gen- eral among alumni, students and faculty. It could not have been otherwise. But it first took definite shape and color m the mind and heart of Charles Cason, former alumni secretary, now associated with the Rockefeller Foundation in New ork. On February 19. 1919. the Board of Directors of the anderbilt Alumni Association, at a called meeting in Nashville, unanimously adopted the following resolution: . In recognition of the unselfish sacrifice and bravery of these thirty-five men who have made the supreme sacrifice and of all the other anderbilt men and women who have offered everything for the cause of their country and for the cause of humanity; therefore, be it Resolved. By the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association of V anderbilt University: ( 1 ) That we propose a permanent memorial n honor of these V ' anderbilt men who have represented the uni- versity and the nation so honorably and worthily in the great World War; (2) T}iat any memorial to worthily represent these sons should be a memorial that will function in the life of the university and supply the greatest present need of the uni- versity, just as these men responded to the greatest need of the country; (3) That, inasmuch as such a need is a soc:al center building to serve as the center of the social and daily ac- tivities of students, faculty and alumni, this memorial be a building to be known as Alumni Memorial Flail, where all war record; will be permanently preserved, and where fitting recognition on table ' .s will be made of those who have been in service. Necessary features of such a build- ing would be a gymnasium, a -.wimming pool, meeting places for student activities, faculty clubs and all alumni reunions and activities ; ( ) Thai a campaign be organized at once to raise the funds from the alumni for the erection of such a memorial, and that every former student of the university be urged to participate in this worthy patriotic movement. The subsequent history of the campaign is known to all aluirni who were in touch with head uarlers during its progress. By the fall of I9I9 the total subscriptions from all sources, including the students then in colleoe, amounted lo $261,176.19. Not counting the student subscriptions, the alumni as a whole fell a few thousand dollars short of attaining the goal of $2S0.0O0. but eounting them, they oversubscribed by some $11,000. Individual subscriptions ran from $60 to $6,000. The campaign over, the attention of the Alumni Com- mittee was turned toward planning the building. After many were submitted, the plans of the building hown above were most favorably con5:dered. and if built will be a; follows; The building will be three stories in height, divided into four sections, a central hall, two wings, one for men and one for women, and a gymnasium. The central hall, entered from a wide veranda and runnmg up through two stones, will contain in bronze letters on its paneled walls the names of the twenly-five hundred V anderbilt men who served in the war. and over its two mantelpieces, m letters of gold, the names of the forty-three who died in service. This hall may well serve as a reading and lounging room for faculty and alumni. On the right and on the left of the central hall and with separate entrances, will be reading and loung- ing rooms for men and women students, respectively, and tunning back from its rear will be a modern, three-floor gvmnasium. On the first floor, the Memorial Hall, the men and women ' s rooms, and the gymnasium floor, may all be connected for large receptions or other social functions. In appropriate and convenient places will be offices for the Alumni Association, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., and the gymnasium directors ; accommodations for the student publications, the literary societies, various committees, and classrooms for the Y. M.C. A.; a few bedrooms for visit- ing alumni and other guests, and an auditorium with stage to seat five hundred. The basement will contain a large ■ wimming pool, showers, lockers and dressing rooms for men and women, a room for visitmg teams, a large room for home teams, a book store, a postolfice, a barber shop, a pool room, and a modern kitchen, dining room and cafe- teria, adequate to the need of all students, members of the faculty and alumni. The hitch in the building program now is lack of funds. at the present high prices, to build a suitable auditorium in the hall, which is absolutely essential to V ' anderbilt ' s best mterests. In a recent open letter concerning it Chancellor Kirkland said : Memorial Hall should not be erected without incor- porating in it an adequate auditorium. For this we need $100,000 in addition to the amount collected for Memorial Hall proper. If this auditorium can be provided the old chapel will be used a a general library reading room. This arrangement will in turn set free several much-needed class rooms. There will thus be provided a threefold benefit from one donation.

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Greater Vanderbilt s Medical Scnool $3,000,000 to Wanderbilt School of Medicine — All Deparlments of the Uiiivenil lo Be Comolidalcd on H ' csf Campus — Great Building Program in Prospect. Official .Announcement by Board of Trust. The Nashville public and the Vanderbilt alumni who had returned for commencement were treated to a pleasant surprise when the Board of 1 rust of the university announced on Tuesday afternoon. June 7, that an additional sum of three millions had been pledged to the Vanderbilt School of Medicine — one-half by the General Education Board and one-half by the Carnegie Corporation. The official announcement was as follows: The X ' anderbilt School of Medicine will be moved from its present site in South Nashville to a location on the main West Campui of the university, according to official action taken by the Vanderbilt Board of 1 rust. Funds for the erection of the new plcuil will be made available from the $4,000,000 appropriation made by the General Educa- tion Board in the fall of 1919. Upon completion of the plant and when the new school becomes ready for operation, there wll be available for endowment additional funds totaling $3,000,000. Chancellor Kirkland announced to the board that he had pledges for this amount to be paid at that time, half of which is pledged by the General Education Board of New York, and the other half by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. While plans for the removal of the Medical School and the erection of an entirely new plant on the West Campus will be projected and executed with all possible speed, it is not hoped that the new plant can be utilized for purposes of med ' cal instruction sooner than the fall of 1 924. In the meantime medical instruction will continue in the present buildings on the South Campus. Additional temporary hospital facilities are being contemplated at the old plant to provide adequately for the medical students. . . . The proposal of the removal of the Medical -School has had the unanimous indorse- ment of the Medical Council of the teaching faculty of the school. Such a program making possible the concentration of all the work of the university is in harmony with the best thought of American leaders in scientific medical education. .Similar concentra- tion of plants, it is understood, is being worked out at some other universities that have teen divided through location on separate campuses. Such a program at Vanderbilt is regarded by officials of the university and members of the faculties on both campuses as one of the most far-reaching and fundamental undertakings in the history of the university. Scientific medical education is becoming more and more dependent iip n the fundamental college sciences, there being required at present for admission into the School of Medicine two years of scientific college preparation. The scientific departments of the College of Arts and Science can co-operate in many ways with the new medical unit if they are brought physically closer together. One campus means unity and co-operation. This applies to faculty, students and alumni. It applies to university work, and to social and athletic life. Vanderbilt is coming more and more to base its hopes for future achievement upon its organized alumni. . . . 1 he execution of these plans will put Vanderbilt School of Medicine among the leaders in this country. I he total assets of the School of Medicine, including the latest announced pledge for endowment purposes which becom,.-s available upon completion of its plant, are $8,000,000. This figure includes the first $l,0!: ' 0.000 gift to the School of Medicine made in May. 1913, by Mr. Carnegie, and the $4,000,000 donation made by the General Education Board in 1919.