Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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,4- Uct 17h 3. . Group of old-timers eating lunch in the shadow of Kissam Hall. 2. Tennessee attempts a forward pass. 3. Mr. Justice McReY- s. rhairman of the morning program. 4. Charles Cason, who dedicated Alumni Memorial Hall. 5. The captains and oflicials, iossee game. 6. Two of the three members of the Class of 1875. 7. Dr. Mims and a group of alumni. 8. M. Emile Daeschner, ich ainbassador, and Mrs. Harding. 9. The Class of '75 leading tho alumni parade to the stadium. 10. 350 delegates assembled at the 1. C. A. as the guests of the University and the Nashville Vo.nderbil1. Club. 11. Groups of alumni in front of Neely Auditorium.

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Men's lounge in Alumni Memorial Hall. These spacious rooms provide adequate quarters for men students between classes. Prof. Schermerhorn standing hy open grate. Dayton is more laboratories and more research at Van- derbilt has been applauded by the thinkers of a nation. And now comes the opportunity to bring these sayings to pass. lf in addition to the many other good results of the Semi-Centennial there shall come a 'renaissance of the Academic Department which shall restore the supremacy of Vanderbilt in scholarship, in research, and in the 1'ight,for intellectual freedom here in the South-this celebration will prove to have been a most signal achievement. MILLIONS FOR VANDERBILT The year 1926 will always be a notable one in the history of Vanderbilt, because of the initiation of a great project on the part of the University to increase its funds for buildings and endowment purposes. For a number of years it has been apparent that the College of Arts and Science has been falling back in its material resources. Buildings are old and inade- quate, professors are under paid and insufficient in number. The alumni who came back to the campus for the Semi-Centennial in October, 1925, felt that steps should be taken at once to give the department a firmer financial footing. There seemed to be danger that the professional schools would outstrip the aca- demic department to the extent that Vanderbilt would lose its character as a University, which must have as its foundation the liberal arts college. The alumni urged the board of trust to action, and in the fall of 1925 announcement was made that Van- derbilt would seek to obtain 54,000,000 in a nation- wide canvass of alumni and friends. Of this amount, 31,050,000 was designated for the erection of three university halls, in which the social sciences, biology, and geology and physics, respectively, will be taught. As endowment for the mainte- nance of these three buildings, fE450,000 was designated. Increase in salaries will require S,500,000g new professorships, SI,OO0,000j .development of libraries, S50o,0003 phys- ical education program to touch all students, S200,000j and for the development of the Engineering School, 5,S300,000. RAND MADE CHAIRMAN A campaign for 54,000,000 is a big un- dertaking. It demands the loyalty and en- thusiasm of all students, alumni and friends. It is, in a true sense, a test of the Univer- sity's constituency. It is a time when ac- tions speak, rather than words. Vanderbilt knows better than ever today who its friends are. ' The first step in the campaign was the appoint- ment and acceptance of Frank C. Rand, ,98, as chair- man for the entire work. Because of his genuine in- terest in Vanderbilt, and his eminence in the business world, Mr. Rand is especially fitted for the responsible position. Immediately he undertook the organization of the alumni of the University, who number about I0,000. The country was divided into twenty-six divisions, and a man was placed at the head of each West entrance to Memorial Hall.