Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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mrr . OERB Lr rZT WILLIAM LOFLaKD DUDLEY B.S..M.DI.L.O. IS53 1314. PRflfESSOR OF CHEMISTRY liafi-1814 OEaH 8FTHE filEDICALQEPARTMEMT 1886-1913 A LQVER OF VANOERBILT A SCIEMUrr V fHflSE FAME SHEO LUSTEi? OK THE k ' AME DF THE UKIVERSITY ■ PIOHEER AKQ UKOiUmO CHiMPIQM IM THE STRUGGLE FOR PORITY IM COLLEGE ATHLETICS PRESIOEKTQFTHE SQUTHERK IKTERCQLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIOK FROM ITS ORGAMIZATIOtf IN DECEMBER 1894- TO DECEMSER (8f3 A WISE COUNSELLOR A»D SYMPATHETIC FRIEND OF COLLEGEKIEW. THIS TABLET IS AFFECTIORATELY DEDICATED BTTHESTUDERTSflllY JUNE Z, 19(5 TO LIVE 19 HEARTS ffE LEAVE ftHMQ IS IWTTB {«£, K ' --f- J. Farew ell to Old Dudley Amid all ihf enthusia m Jind happiness over having? a new modern sladium, there is still a jxHuliar sadness m the minds of many of V ' anderbill ' s sons and dauj hters at the thou iht of deserting old Dudley Field as the scene of our classic gridiron contests. About this field rests a halo of wonderful memories. Most of the great victories that have made the name of Commodore famous are associated with it. It is on the campus and the new field is not. That makes a difference. Many of the old loyal supporters of the Gold and Black, while enjoying the luxury of the new structure, will not exactly feel at home until victories in the new arena dim the memories of the jilonous past achieved on the old campus stamping ground. As we sadly say farewell to old Dudley I ' leld. the mcmoiy of the reat man for whom it was named looms up Dr. illiam Dudley, whose picture and the tablet erected in his honor appear above. But Dr. Dudley in his ardent effort lo build up athletics, not only at Vanderbilt. but all over the South, was always forward-looking and progressive. He was the first to advocate a modern stadium, and now, eight years after his death, we are about lo realize his ambition for Vanderbilt. It is altogether fitting and proper that the new bowl should be called Dudley Memorial Stadium, thus commemorating anew his wonderful achievements for our Alma Mater. Page ten

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p OERB LT- (jDt ODo forty-five thousand, and of the third, with the closing of the north end. to sixly-five thousand. Beneath the stadium will be rubbing rooms, lockers, showers, for the use of both the home and visiting teams, lavatories for men and women, and a six-lap running track with a 120-yard straight- away. There will be another track in the open air around the field twenty yards wide with a 220-yard straightaway. The entire field will be underdramed with tile. and will be built up with a foundation of six inches of stone, on lop of which will be eighteen inches of cinders, and above that, eighteen inches of soil, on which will be sown blue grass and red-lop. so that it can be used in any sort of weather without any danger of slipping by the players. The excavation began the middle uf February, and the stadium proper was under way by the first of April. This stadium will be a great asset to Vander- biit athletics. It has been the history of every stadium thai when the first section is completed that it is immediately filled and the income real- ized from the sale of tickets is sufficient to pay any debt that may remain on the first section and ultimately to complete the stadium, so that the beginning of the Vanderbilt stadium means a new era in football attendance in Nashville. This is true because many of those who attend a foot- ball game attend not so much because of their knowledge of football as because they want to be a part of the crowd and to see the spectacle. Nor will the stadium benefit Vanderbilt ath- letics alone. It will be the focal point to which Vanderbilt alumni will journey on the days of great football games and when Auburn or Georgia or Virginia play there, their alumni loo will gather from all parts of the South. Likewise the stadium will be a great commer- cial asset for Nashville. It will bring the greatest crowds that gather for any athletic event in the South to Nashville several times every fall. Nash- ville is within a night ' s ride of Chattanooga. Atlanta. Birmingham. Memphis. St. Louis and Louisville; and of course the near-by towns will send their quota to every game. Furthermore, the stadium will become a great civic center for Nashville, where pageants may be staged, and the practice fields near the stadium itself will furnish a place for high school and preparatory school football games, and then too there will be a great baseball field and space for track meets. This movement is probably the greatest step in advance that has been taken for Vanderbilt ath- letics for the last score of years. i i ille nncf. Vanderbilt Stadium Plans M tminq--Conmipdores Win 20-13 WORK JO BECIH 0,V SEW VAUDY STADILX EARLY in THE SPRISG Page nine

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m m ■ r ' ' T ' raw . fAnooo 5 1— a i i ▼ T T T COXTRIBUTORS Mark Butler Cornelia Park Braden Finch Wilson Clapham Murphy Thomas Wm. Lawrence Blair Joe Sutton Owen Conrad RoBT. L. Alexander. Jr. Bessie Beasley John Chester Wilson Clapham Nat Dortch Fritz Ebert Braden Finch Art Tom Criscom Martha McBride Ed Van Ness Ewinc Baskette Literary Isabel Howell James McCall Merrill Moore Robert Thompson V. C. Orme Kodaks R. D. Kuhn Sol Lowenstein Adlai Lyles Merrill Moore E. D. Montgomery W. T. Bandy NiLEs Coleman Kenneth McKenzie Sam Clark Nettie Lee Petrie O. A. Tate E. D. Montgomery Coach Byrd Douglas Will R. Manier. Jr. Eugenia Porter Emma Mai Stewart 1 Urlin Taylor Eunice Trimble Clyke Welch Redford Wilson Page eleven