Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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...THE The declaraTion oT war by The UniTed STaTes on The Axis Tound VanderbilT eager To give Tull service To The counTry. VicTory in modern war depends upon highly specialized knowledge. Skilled Techni- cians hold The balance oT power. The army camps can Teach The arT oT war and develop The physical sTamina oT The men, buT The ToundaTion oT special- ized knowledge musT necessarily be laid in The col- lege and The universiTy. The emphasis oT educaTion aT VanderbilT has been changed, in The College of ArTs and Sciences as well as in The proTessional schools, To poinT Toward The needs oT war. All Through The hisTory oT The universiTy, Vander- bilT men have responded quickly To The call To colors. The aTmosphere on The campus This Time, however, Though Tully as sTrong and as loyal, has a somewhaT diTTerenT Torm oT expression. During The TirsT World War, a sTudenT was considered unpaTri- oTic, and liTe wiTh his Tellow sTudenTs was hard iT he had noT volunTeered Tor acTive duTy or was noT sTudying some proTession direcTly connecTed wiTh The pursuance oT war. ln The spring oT l9I7 base- ball and Track gave way To rniliTary drilling. The boys were organized inTo Tour companies and were Q CHARLES MADISON SARRATT, M.A. Dean of STudenTs BLANCHE HENRY CLARK, M.A., Ph.D. Dean of Women

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.x40!mini5f1f'0zfi0n . . The Vanderbill' Universiry comprises +he College of Arrs and Sciences, 'rhe Graduale School, and 'five Professional Schools. These are Medicine, Nurs- ing, Engineering, Law, and Religion. Enrollmenl for lhe year I94l-42 in all schools was I,643 sfudenls. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael serves as Chancel- lor of +he Universily. l-le was inauguraled in I937, +he Third Chancellor in +he hisfory of Vanderbilt Landon C. Garland served from 1'he founding un+il I893. He was succeeded by James H. Kirkland, who re+ired in I937. Under 'rhis capable leadership, Vanderbilf was and is clesiined lo play an imporrani parr in American higher educarion. JOHN E. POMFRET, M.A., Ph.D. FRANKLIN C. PASCHAL MA Ph D Dean of fhe Senior College and the Graduate School Dean of the Juni C II g

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ITNIVEHSITVS EW EIT drilled by Trained OTTicers. Cn Novem- ber IO, IQI7, dOcTOrs and nurses in The VanderbilT l-lOspiTal UniT leTT TOr acTive service amid The OvaTiOn OT a huge crOwd in Ryman AudiTOrium. ln The Tall OT I9 I8 VanderbilT UniversiTy became an armed camp. IT was deTailed by The UniTed STaTes Army as a uniT OT The STudenT Army Training Corps. Nearly 5OO men were enlisTed in This uniT. Kissam and Wesley l-lall were Turned inTO barracks, There was a canTeen, and The gymnasium served as The Y rOOm. All cOurses OT sTudy were subOrdinaTed TO The miliTary Training, and acTiviTies were aT a minimum. The naTure OT The presenT war, how- MCTYEIRE HALL ever, has changed The Type OT service demanded OT universiTy men and OT The universiTy iTselT. The Only semblance OT The armed camp On The campus This year is The drilling OT The company OT sTudenTs enlisTed in The Tennessee STaTe Guard. BeTOre Our enTry inTO The war This Time The gOvernmenT was able TO esTablish a sys- Tem OT Training camps which eliminaTes The nece-ssiTy OT Turning cOllege campuses inTO drill grounds. The Theory OT The Se- lecTive Service AcT has wrOughT The greaT- esT change. This assumes ThaT every man is willing and ready TO serve his cOunTry. The gOvernmenT calls men as They are needed. The TheOry is ThaT each individ- ,WOMEN'S DORMITORY