Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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T1IK COMET. i r 2% • • v |i( T is true tliat. compared with the brilliant Northern stars in the solar system of 3; American colleges, tin light given forth by Vanderbilt is as yet very faint. But ■ about this little planet of ours there has been growing inlluenccs which ere long will cause collegiate astronomers to rank it as a star of the first magnitude. Less than fifteen years have passed since it was evolved from original chaos, but every year has seen an increase in the density ot the intellectual atmosphere, and now that the crust of college feeling and custom has grown thick enough to stand the shock, the Comet starts forth on its annual orbit to challenge for the body that gives it birth, the place among American I'nivorsities it well deserves. The head of the Comet has been fitted up as our literary work-shop. Snugly seated therein, we have hovered over Vanderbilt. The observations and criticisms of the faults, follies and foibles of our fellow students, noted down by the fourteen little editorial cherubs sitting up aloft, make up the tail which we unfold. In christening this annual, the ■ Comi:t,” we pay a well-deserved compliment to our brilliant young astronomer Prof. K. K. Barnard, who has done so much to spread abroad the name and fame of Vanderbilt, and whose successful labor and unassuming merit have earned the respect and esteem of every student. As in every publication, which reflects student sentiment, the contradictory tone of diderent articles will seem strangely inconsistent to those unacquainted with college life. But every man who has groaned at the sound of a chapel boll, knows that a chronic growl against “the powers that be” and an ardent love for his Alma Mater are component parts of every college man, and it must be attributed to this fact, if we grow too boast- ful at times, and at other times seem harsh in our denunciation of the crimes and mis- demeanors of those in authority.

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II Pills COM KT. . vt i t tv - r m Advice t » a New Student............................86 Athletic ...........................................57 Bachelors Association............................... 8 Bam Ball............................................60 Beta Theta Pi.......................................52 IliMrd of Editors...................................13 Board of Trust......................................14 Change ............................................8.1 Chi Phi.............................................56 College Definitions.................................84 Cut of Inter. Col. Bam Ball 'up....................00 Delta Tau Delta.....................................40 Dental De] artment..................................31 Dental Faculty................................... . 30 Department .........................................1“ Dialectic Society................................... 3 Engineering Department..............................37 Engineering Faculty.................................36 Executive Committee V. A. A.........................50 Field Sport ........................................61 Foot Ball...........................................03 Fraternities at Vanderbilt..........................30 Fraternities Sub Kosa...............................80 Fraternity Summary..................................56 Glee Club.........................................”' In Memoriam PAGE. !H Kappa Alpha 48 Kappa Sigma 44 Knights of Lalior 87 Lawn Tennis 62 Law Department • Law Faculty 21 Litorty Hall 70 Literary Department. . . . 11 Literary Faculty IS Medical Department. . . . 85 Medical Faculty 24 Pharmacy Department. . . 31 Pharmacy Faculty. . . . :t3 Phi Delta Theta 42 Philosophic Society. . . . (.1 Salutatory 15 Sigma Nu 54 The Modern Veiled Prophet. 92 Theological Department 28 Theological Faculty. . . . • 7 Vale 1 5 Vanderbilt Observer. . . . in; Voiceless Messages. . . . 91 West Side Club 68

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16 nil-; COMUT. We do not say this, however, in any spirit of apology for the faults of this annual, although as this is our maiden effort in this line, we might with propriety ask indul- gence. By electing us to the position we hold, our fellow students expressed their be- lief in our capacity. If we fail we shall regret it. and will feel as they will, that an injustice has been done both to them and to our college. If. on the other hand, wo succeed in issuing an annual which will amuse and interest them; if we succeed in caus- ing our friends in the North and Hast to understand that they have in Vanderbilt a future rival, and above all, if we succeed in making Southern men realize that here at their doors is a growing institution, devoted to true University training, we shall be more than satisfied, and shall feel that our work has been well done.