Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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SHADOV ED IN THE IDEALS OF THE COMMODORE'S SPIRIT

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7 L i h - c C c v - - - OLIVER CROMWELL CARMICHAEL Many of my ov»n dreams arc unreali ed tnanv aims unfulfilled. I leave to my successor the task of completing old undertakings and of initiating new ones. It I may take an illustration from rm own garden, which I love so well. I leave m successor no bed of roses, but a hoe and a plow, and an uncultivated held. These words of Chancellor ({meritus lames I lampion Kirkland suggest the enormitv of the task confronting our new Chancellor and anderbilt rejoices in the finding of a man capable of following in his footstep . The new Chancellor of Vanderbilt I University, Dr. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, is a striking illustration of the fact that the soldiers who served in the late war are not neces- sarily shell shocked, restless, disillusioned, but that some of them have brought to the task of peace and reconstruction the qualities of courage, discipline, and faith that marked them as soldiers. For a score of vears Dr. Carmichael has had consistent educational experiences, lie- cause of this educational background, hts scholarlv attainments, and his administrative abilities he has readib established himself as a leader at anderbtli. 1 lis mental powers, his wisdom, his kindliness, and his energy are blended in such fine proportions that al- ready his influence has bren far reaching among all those associated with the I niversitv. I le has the temperament of a scholar and the ability of an administrator. 1 le has some- thing even beyond this happv mixture of scholarlv and administrative qualities a phil- osophy of life never disturlvd by the clamors of the passing hour. Dr. Carmichael is a gentleman of broadest academic culture, and by travel, observa non, and intensive study he has enriched this culture. Added to his administrative and intellectual abilities and his multiple interests is his love of the South. I lis social and intellectual background has enabled him to perceive clearlv the educational needs of the South, and Vanderbilt under his leadership is destined to plav an important part in the future of higher education in this region.

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Ck« c«H«r J« — i H« — p‘o K fU« d p«r o » dxtf f p' t J j t fK« n» »o»| «I ► i i« C«MO» Ot' » C. FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND CHANCELLOR KIRKLAND RETIRES from thr day inderbdt opened her door on October i, IH'X ihr has hern ungulirlv rtuiimtd In Having Her destinies duped by great men. To two great men, anderbtit I niversitv own Her foundation and mucH of wHat tHe u today. These two men, lundon Cabell Garland, I-test Chancellor of tHe University, and Buhop Holland N Me I veire, First President of tHe Ikurd of I’rust. put into tHe rock and mortar of tHe school a Heart and soul, brimming with love and sympathetic understanding. and a [uuionate longing after the search toe I ruth. Suie by aide, toiling and re- joicing together tor s uftrrn year», these two tin- cere, devoted CHriatun gentlemen originated, pro- moted and developed one of the greateat institu- non a in the country. Dr. Garland aerved aa (.Han crllor of the University until 189) when there was an inaugural ceremony, inaugurating the arc- ond (Chancellor of anderbilt. an uncertain young man about whom the truster and faculty were equally uncertain.' James Hampton Kirkland, thia uncertain young man. faced a two-fold problem when He w-aa named Chancellor of a I Inivemty that waa situated in an improvised region of the New South ; He Had to provide materia! equipment tor a great 1 mversity; and He Had to grapple with the arda THe firm and courageous manner in which Dr Kirkland met and solved these problems is the glory of Vandrrb-.lt today and the South. Dr. Kirkland's auprrb and courageous sera ice of Halt a century Has influenced not only the shaping of education in the South. I le Has brought ander- dcnumtnational school into a position ot recog meed leadership where intellectual and academic standards have been steadily pushed forward and where not a few of the finest things in education are now being carried forward. anderbilt has been fortunate indeed in having a man so keen and discerning in intellect and of such courage and devotion to determine its destinies for so long a time. It is for that courage and devotion to a cause, for what he has meant to anderbilt and the South, for what he has meant to the advance- ment of education, and for what his personality has meant to the faculty and students of the I m-