Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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E? Armand Max Souby, B.A.. D,ed March 5. 1922 M.A. Xn mnrtam TO ARMAND MAX SOUBY. 1880-1922 Alumni Secreiar)) We set aside this page in loving memory. He was distin- guished as a secretary, a Rotarian, and a citizen; a gentle- man and a scholar; the ceaseless champion of all good causes; the friend of all Vanderbilt students; and guiding spirit of Vanderbilt publications. [■!

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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

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Mtli :|:jyt y jyi »v,= ' t(Jy VV iir ' - ' 4 A - X X O Jf ' T, S-rr -i .T x , P ¥ li (Proposed BuildinK i Alumni Memorial Hall After the armistice the idea that some worthy memorial should be erected on V ' anderbilt campu to the university ' s heroes who served in the great war, especialiy to (hoie whose glory is symbohzed by the gold star, was quite gen- eral among alumni, students and faculty. It could not have been otherwise. But it first took definite shape and color m the mind and heart of Charles Cason, former alumni secretary, now associated with the Rockefeller Foundation in New ork. On February 19. 1919. the Board of Directors of the anderbilt Alumni Association, at a called meeting in Nashville, unanimously adopted the following resolution: . In recognition of the unselfish sacrifice and bravery of these thirty-five men who have made the supreme sacrifice and of all the other anderbilt men and women who have offered everything for the cause of their country and for the cause of humanity; therefore, be it Resolved. By the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association of V anderbilt University: ( 1 ) That we propose a permanent memorial n honor of these V ' anderbilt men who have represented the uni- versity and the nation so honorably and worthily in the great World War; (2) T}iat any memorial to worthily represent these sons should be a memorial that will function in the life of the university and supply the greatest present need of the uni- versity, just as these men responded to the greatest need of the country; (3) That, inasmuch as such a need is a soc:al center building to serve as the center of the social and daily ac- tivities of students, faculty and alumni, this memorial be a building to be known as Alumni Memorial Flail, where all war record; will be permanently preserved, and where fitting recognition on table ' .s will be made of those who have been in service. Necessary features of such a build- ing would be a gymnasium, a -.wimming pool, meeting places for student activities, faculty clubs and all alumni reunions and activities ; ( ) Thai a campaign be organized at once to raise the funds from the alumni for the erection of such a memorial, and that every former student of the university be urged to participate in this worthy patriotic movement. The subsequent history of the campaign is known to all aluirni who were in touch with head uarlers during its progress. By the fall of I9I9 the total subscriptions from all sources, including the students then in colleoe, amounted lo $261,176.19. Not counting the student subscriptions, the alumni as a whole fell a few thousand dollars short of attaining the goal of $2S0.0O0. but eounting them, they oversubscribed by some $11,000. Individual subscriptions ran from $60 to $6,000. The campaign over, the attention of the Alumni Com- mittee was turned toward planning the building. After many were submitted, the plans of the building hown above were most favorably con5:dered. and if built will be a; follows; The building will be three stories in height, divided into four sections, a central hall, two wings, one for men and one for women, and a gymnasium. The central hall, entered from a wide veranda and runnmg up through two stones, will contain in bronze letters on its paneled walls the names of the twenly-five hundred V anderbilt men who served in the war. and over its two mantelpieces, m letters of gold, the names of the forty-three who died in service. This hall may well serve as a reading and lounging room for faculty and alumni. On the right and on the left of the central hall and with separate entrances, will be reading and loung- ing rooms for men and women students, respectively, and tunning back from its rear will be a modern, three-floor gvmnasium. On the first floor, the Memorial Hall, the men and women ' s rooms, and the gymnasium floor, may all be connected for large receptions or other social functions. In appropriate and convenient places will be offices for the Alumni Association, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., and the gymnasium directors ; accommodations for the student publications, the literary societies, various committees, and classrooms for the Y. M.C. A.; a few bedrooms for visit- ing alumni and other guests, and an auditorium with stage to seat five hundred. The basement will contain a large ■ wimming pool, showers, lockers and dressing rooms for men and women, a room for visitmg teams, a large room for home teams, a book store, a postolfice, a barber shop, a pool room, and a modern kitchen, dining room and cafe- teria, adequate to the need of all students, members of the faculty and alumni. The hitch in the building program now is lack of funds. at the present high prices, to build a suitable auditorium in the hall, which is absolutely essential to V ' anderbilt ' s best mterests. In a recent open letter concerning it Chancellor Kirkland said : Memorial Hall should not be erected without incor- porating in it an adequate auditorium. For this we need $100,000 in addition to the amount collected for Memorial Hall proper. If this auditorium can be provided the old chapel will be used a a general library reading room. This arrangement will in turn set free several much-needed class rooms. There will thus be provided a threefold benefit from one donation.