Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Th Commodore, Nineteen Twenty Five e - u IIllIIIllIllIIIIllIIIIIIllIIIIlIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIllIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllll IIllIIllllllIllIllllIllIIIllllIlllllllIIlIIllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllll uunnumuuu llllIllg t: .3 ' if? ' Fifty Years of Vanderbilt University By A. B. S. CATTERED over the face of the earth are many generations of Vanderbilt men to whom the campus, unseen since graduation, appears in memory as a place of quiet, birdsong, green shade and gates locked at nightfallg of a college hall with two towers and a sizeable water tank sunk in the ground in front of it. And the present generation, almost ready to leave, is the last which will remember when there was no West Campus Medical School, no Neely lvlemorial Auditorium, no Alumni Nlemorial Hall. Between the generations of then and now lies half a century of struggle and achieve- ment, of the devotion and sacrifice of men and women who gave their time, their money, and their lives to the upbuilding of Vanderbilt. It is as much in commemoration of the efforts of those who have made this school what it is, as it is in pride and gratitude at the actual fruition of dreams that Vanderbilt will celebrate its semi-centennial in October, 4. 5 Aewfl ' n I--x lkgflegg QE COLLEGE HALL BEFORE THE FIRE 1925. This is almost exactly fifty years from a celebration that was held October 3 and 4, 1875, on which occasion the new buildings were dedicated and the new insti- tution entered on what was known as its first regular yearys work. The charter of Vanderbilt University was issued in 1872 under the name of Central University. Commodore Vanderbilt made his first donation in 1873. The corner -stone of College Hall was laid in May, 1874, and the first session of the Aca- demic Department and of the Biblical Department began in September, 1875. Pre- vious to that two departments had begun their work. The Law School, in rented rooms, carried on a very irregular year's work, and graduated one student in lVlay, 1875. The Medical Department was taken over full-fledged from an existing medical school in the city of Nashville. The same school, therefore, served as the Medical Department of the University of Nashville and of Vanderbilt University, and the first cla-ss of sixty-one students received diplomas from Vanderbilt University in the spring of 1875. 7 af P5 'Q v ' , -' W fl' fu ' st Q C l . 3 xnxxmxxxxxxxxxxxwtsxvxxxxxxxmvmxxxwaxxxx xxxxxsxxxxxxxs Quxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxmxxxxv '. '. 'NAV X , at. aw

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WHAT IT IS TO BE A COLLEGE PRESIDENT , 'I' By JAMES H. KIRKLAND Chancellor Vanderbilt University 'I' To labor constantly for the World with no thought of self, to End indifference and opposition where one ought to have active assistance, to meet criticism with patience and the open attacks of ignorance Without resentment, to plead with others for their own good, to follow sleepless nights with days of incessant toil, to strive continuously Without ever attaining -this it is to be a college president. But this is only half the truth. To be associated with ambitious youth and high-minded men, to live in an atmosphere charged with the thoughts of the world's greatest thinkers, to dream of a golden age not in the past but in the future and to have the exalted privilege of striving to make that dream a reality, to build up great kingdoms of material conquest and make daily life richer and fuller, to spiritualize wealth and convert it into Weal, to enrich personal character and elevate all human relationships, to leave the impress of one's life on a great and immortal institution- this, too, it is to be a college president. From The American Educational Refuiefw, December, 1909.

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