Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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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.

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division. This division chairman in turn appointed district and local chairmen, with the objective of a chairman for ev- ery ten alumni. The city of Nashville was a special division, with P. W. Brown, 396, at the head. Here an army of about four hundred citizens was formed to make a thorough canvass of the city. STUDENTS FIRST To PLEDGE First to take the field in active so- licitation were the student body and the faculty. They were to set the pace for the entire country, to show alumni and others that those closest to the institu- iton appreciated its needs and merits. With a characteristic lack of ostentation and an entire absence of hysterics, the students did their part thoroughly. Never before had it been dreamed that the students could or would pledge such an amount as they did. It was not as much as some had hoped for in this huge money-raising under- taking, but it was vastly more than the students had ever been asked to do before, and everyone was grati- fied with the results. The totals showed that the stu- dents pledged S64,895. The faculty gave 5,'E2O,295. Thus the total for the campus was 585,820 The Names of the Forty-four Distinguished delegates marching in the procession from the State Capitol to the Tennessee War Memorial. This contribution represents IOO per cent subscrip- tion from the undergraduates and faculty of the aca- demic college and engineering school, it represents a fairly high percentage from the four professional schools of Religion, Law, Mediciiie, and Dentistry. GIBSON WAS CHAIRMAN Everett Gibson headed the student organization for the campus campaign. His chairmen in the College of Arts and Science were Ken Bryan, Jesse Keene, Bill Spears, and Bill Sims, in the School of Engineering, Bill Lawson, lVlarnet Wheeler, Vann Norred, and Richard Skipwithg in the College of Law, H. S. Gen- try, St. Clair Hultsman, and George F. McCanless3 in the School of Mediciiie, W. A. Garrett, and in the School of Dentistry, John L. Scales. Robbie Allison was chairman for the women's or- ganization, and has assisting her two captains from each class. Elizabeth Harriss had the sororities in charge. Jug Smith organized fraternity pledges. Herbert Armstrong had charge of posters and Perry Teague of publicity. Dean C. M. Sarratt was faculty director of the men's student campaign, and Dean Ada Bell Stapleton of the women's. Dr. George R. Mayfield ,had in charge the faculty organization for contribu- tions. ' NASHVILLE RAISES HALF MILLION Following the student campaign, the Nashville city campaign opened on April 12. The quota was set at S400,000, but when the final meeting was held the total was iS4I9,963. Thus, when the campus is in- cluded, over half a million was obtained for the fund in the city of Nashville. Never before has S400,000 been raised in Nashville for any single purpose. The people of Nashville responded generously, and indi-