Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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HE llll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllll llll llll lllllllln ll I lllllll Ill Ill lllllllllllll I Illlllllllllllllllllllll llll Ill The Commodore, Nineteen Twenty Five - l .Q IllIIIIIIIlllllIIIllIIIIIllIIIllIllllIIIlllllIllllIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll ll llllllllllllllll IIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllll ' llllIIllllllllIIllllllIIIllllIIIllllIIllIlnlllIlullllllllumlumlnll llllllllllll un llnllllgfg . :,: n n 1 I L 1 'III lllllllllllllllllllll lllllllull ll lllllll llIllllllllllllllllllllli. It will be seen, therefore, that Vanderbilt University began its career with four departments. A Department of Dentistry was added in 1879 and a Department of Engineering in 1886. The gifts of Commodore Vanderbilt amounted to 5EI,OO0,000, of which sum S400,000 was used in buildings and jS600,000 set aside for endowment. New buildings were added a few years later by Mr. William H. Vanderbilt, consist- ing of Wesley Hall, Science Hall, and the Gymnasium. Engineering Hall was built in 1888 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, grandson of the founder, and Kissam Hall in 1900 by Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, another grandson of the founder. Furman Hall was built in 1907 and was the first building erected on the campus out of money not contributed by the Vanderbilt family. The present year sees the erection of four other buildings in this category, the G. M. Neely Auditorium, the Alumni Memorial Hall, the Vanderbilt Hospital and Medical School and the Nu rises' Home and Training School. L. ' vw, 'X fx... AVQI , , 1. . 1 .Sb OLD MULE CAR Much patronized by the lazy studes of that by-gone day. The endowment of the University was increased by several donations made by Mr. VVilliam H. Vanderbilt, but even at the time of the twenty-Hfth anniversary in 1900, the total endowment was only fl5I,275,000, and the total assets of the University, in- cluding endowment, buildings, and equipment, did not exceed f2,000,000. Therefore, it is plainly evident that there has been very marked growth in the resources of Van- derbilt within the past twenty-five years. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt generously supplied the University's needs in varying amounts during a long period of years, beginning with Kissam Hall in 1900, and ending with a bequest at the time of his death in 1920. Altogether these gifts amounted to approximately SI,500,000. Mr. Andrew Carnegie was a generous benefactor of the Medical School, giving 51,000,000 for this purpose in 1913, and an appropriation of 151,500,000 for the same purpose was made by the Carnegie Corporation in 1921. The General Education Board of New York has been the greatest benefactor of the School of Medicine, giving 555,500,000 to this interest alone. The same board has also on three different occasions made gifts for the endowment of other departments amounting to 58700,000. Vi . e- 'f Zh is 2 . 4 ? f , 41 Q ' '4 X mmxxxxwmwnvwmwxxmxnmtxxxxxwAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxmxtxwms A gxxxxxxsxxxxxxxx xxw.xvxxxxwxxmxxvuwxxxsxxnxxvmna t has wuts News