Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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(HANCELLOt? KIRKLAND rhe greatness ol Vanderbilt is truly the length cned shadow ol the man who has guided its destinies lor 44 years. among our Alumni, and great names on our fac- ulty but if you asl( for the story of Vanderbilt and said tell it in only two words those wor is would be CHANCELLOR KIRKLAND '

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I he history of the I niversitv with respect to its component schools or departments has been varied. The t’niversitv began with four general departments: Academic. Biblical. I aw, and Medical. It also began, whether it liked or not. with an appendage of Prepara torv Classes; in the absence of eligible college entrants, at a time when the whole educa tional system in the region had broken down, it had first of all to prepare its own appli- cants to do college work. Preparatory classes were discontinued in 18f' '; b that time schools had developed to the point where the I ’niversitv was ready to make the assumption of a supply of proper entrants. In the meantime, in lK 9t the Dental Department and the Detriment of Pharmacy had been added; and a School of I'ngineenng. introduced into the Academic Department in IKKO as one of its constituent branches of instruction, became in 1KK( an independent Engineering Department with a building of its own. In 1915 the I’niversitv overhauled its organization, like other institutions in this period, and adopted the terminology which is in use today. I he old departments became schools, with the exception of the Academic Department, which Ivcame the College of Arts and Science. In 1920 the School of Pharmacv w.is discontinued; in 1926 the School of Den- tistry was suspended. The School of Nursing was established in 1925. At different times the schools of the I Imversitv have been rather wideb scattered over the city of Nashville. For many years the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry were in the busi- ness section; for other years they were situated on a south campus. I he School of l.aw also was long in the business section. But following the completion ot the new Medical Building in 1925, and the suspension of the School of Dentistry in the following year.