Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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DAVID MAYSON President ORIGIN AND PURPOSE The Union was established by the Board of Trust of the University in 1923 to sponsor a social pro- gram for the student body and to encourage and direct the use of Alumni Memorial Hall. Under the direction of the Union, Alumni Hall is used as a social center for the students of the University. The activities of the Union are directed by a Stu- dent Board. This Board provides a program of social entertainment which includes: Dances, parties, receptions, smokers, lectures, dramatic productions, etc. Every student is a member of the Union; it is the only organization on the campus which includes as members all students. You will become a member when you register and you will receive an identifica- tion card which entitles you to participate in all the affairs of the I Jnion. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE YEAR 1936-1937 I he Board is assisted in its work by three mem- bers of the University faculty: Dr. Ada Bell Stapleton. Dean of W o m e n; Profess o r George R. Mayfield, and Professor Irby Hudson. T ACT1V ITIES BOARD D ii i I n so . President Robert Harvey. Via -President Byrox IIii.i W RRBN I ATo . . . . I )ox u At tj:x .... . . . . Satior Mati ane Robert Kesteix .... . . . . Senior Academic Ri in Keller loSKI'U Bl RKI: loux Bates J. (I. L ACKEN .lit. . . . t II RI.ES I )AVIS, lit. Alice Beasley . . So t in or i Academic Lot ISE 1 1 UtlllSOX . . . . . . . . St nior Academic Iu utl) 'l Ol (. . 1 II SR M OOXIA . . . . . . . Graduate Sr i'io B. C . Axoi.in, 1 iditor. Tin lustier .... Ji.ssi. 1 ii U'kstox, President. Student Counci 1 . . . Senior A endemic .1 1 x t ROW i I.I.. President, Student Christian s’n . Si nior Academic I IS I

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 shmlby c mus H N M A I members of the Vanderbilt family, by other individuals, and by philanthrope foundations, are listed below under another heading. In recent years the alumni, a steadily growing body, working through the office of the Alumni Association. have devoted themselves in- creasingly to the needs of the University. The Alumni Association of Vanderbilt I ’niversity was organized in May, 1879. In 1910. the Association was incorporated under the laws of the State of Tennessee; in 1915, the first full-time alumni secretary was employed. Any former student of the I ’niversity is eligible for membership in the Association upon application to the secretary and upon payment of the regular dues of two dollars per year. The Alumni Association holds its annual meeting in Alumni Memorial 1 fall on Monday of Commencement week. This dav is termed Alumni Day on the University Calendar; upon this occasion, all officers and directors of the Association are elected by ballot. Every two years each member of the Association in good standing may vote for the nomi- nation of at least two alumni trustees on the Kurd of Trust of the I niversity, provided he is a graduate of three years' standing, or, if a non graduate, is a member of a class which has been out of the University as long as three years. Those members eligible to vote are eligible also to serve as alumni trustees, except that no one shall be nominated until his class shall have Iven out of the I 'niversity at least ten years. The official organ of the Association is the I underbill Alumnu . published eight times dur- ing the academic year. This publication is mailed free to every member of the Associa- tion in good standing. The twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the University was celebrated in 1900; the semi-centennial anniversary during the days of October 1 -18, 19J5. Chancellor James I 1. Kirkland presided over both occasions. In the more than half a century since its foun- dation, Vanderbilt I Jniversitv has had but two chancellors. I andon C. Garland was the first; he vs as succeeded in 1895 by the present chancellor.

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THE UNION BUILDING In 192 ) the Alumni of V anderbilt presented to the I ’niversitv a building costing over two hundred thou sand dollars. I his building uas dedicated to the memors of V anderbilt men who died in the World W ar. This building belongs to the students and alumni of Vanderbilt. You ill find in it study lounges, recreation rooms, offices for student organi- zations and publications, the 1 ionor Court room, of fices of the Alumni Association, and two large rooms for parties, dances and meetings. It is the cerrer of extra-curricular activities on the campus. OF THE VANDERBILT UNION