Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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cated that they have appreciation for the University and confidence in its future, Edgar M. Foster did an effective piece of work as chairman of the special gifts committee, which raised more than half of the money. The Women's division, under Mrs. John R. Aust, also did an unusually fine piece ofwork. A factor of great importance during the campaign was the liberal sup- port given by the Naslwille Banner and The Nash-ville Tennessean. Before solicitation began among alumni in all parts of the country, gifts totaling 51,000,000 were an- nounced. The largest of these gifts was a subsidy of 355oo,ooo from the General Education Board of New York City, matching an equal amount obtained from other sources. Makiiig up the EE5oo,ooo thus matched was a gift of fIO0,000 from M1'. Rand, 325,000 from Whitefoord R. Cole, campus pledges, special gifts in Nashville, and gifts from members of the board of trust. At the time this article is written the fund has risen to a million and a quarter. Solicitation is going on among alumni, whe1'ever they live 3 'people with means are being approached with a view toiinteresting them in Vanderbilt. There is every indication that Vanderbilt will eventually obtain its S4,000,000, and the buildings and endowment it so sorely. needs. . VANDERBILT LIFE FILIVIED Among the pieces of work with which the students helped during the progress of the campaign was the making of a motion picture, f'Buck Greene of Van- derbilt. This one-reel movie is now a part of the per- manent records of the University, showing better than awritten record what the Vanderbilt of 1926 wasililce. The immediate purpose of the film was to. interest alumni in the Vanderbiltof today. It has been shown so far in about a hundred different cities, andiwith decided success. The stars are Nig,' Waller' and Jean McKeand, and we have no doubt that when these veterans return in 1976 to attend the reunion of the Class of 1926, they'will find the showing of Buck Greene of Vanderbiltl' by far the most exhilarating part of the program. As a last word, let it be said that the students played an honest, effective part in launching the biggest finan- cial project ever undertaken by Vanderbilt University.

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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-

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