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1889 1890 1893 1894 1897 1903 1905 1908 1909 1910 1914 1915 1917 1921 1925 1928 2 McTyeire died, February. Vanderbilt won its first football game, 40-0. Iames H. Kirkland became Chancellor. The first basketball team. Toilet installed in College Hall for women. Financial Aid begun by the Ladies' Aid Society to worthy and needy young men inthe.AcadennclDeparUnenL William Dudley established the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Statue of Commodore Vanderbilt erected. Robert Vaughan, president of the Glee Club, wrote the Alma Mater. Student Council, the first student government, organized. The Comet became The Commodore. Hospital began a nurse training program. Herbert Cushing Tolman established first southern chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Vanderbilt campus made a training field for military exercises during World War I. Vanderbilt became completely independent of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Alumni Association organized. Alexander Heard born, March 14th. The Fugitives began a literary magazine called The Fugitives. Hospital nursing program became the Vanderbilt School of Nursing. Dr. Ada Bell Stapleton became the first Dean of Women and the first woman faculty member. Semi-Centennial Celebration, October 14th-17th. Dedication of Alumni Hall and Neely Auditorium. Buttrick, Calhoun, and Garland built. 1934 1941 1946 1948 1949 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 Oliver C. Carmichael became Chancellor. Ioint University Library built. Harvey Branscomb became Chancellor. Statue of the Commodore turned to face West End Avenue. Cole Hall Built. Biggest Panty Raid. Carillon installed in Kirkland Hall. Benton Chapel built. Vanderbilt-in-France began. Vucept, the freshman advisory council, formed. Spectrum, campus literary magazine, began. Board of Trust announced its decision to admit qualified students with no restric- tions according to race to all schools and colleges of the University. Branscomb Quadrangle built. Vanderbilt coed, Martha Ellen Truett, was third runner-up in the Miss America contest. Alexander Heard inaugurated as Chancellor, October 4th. Chancellor Heard appointed chairman of the White House Commission Cam- pus Unrest, May. Dr. Earl Sutherland won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Chancellor Heard elected Chairman of the Board, Ford Foundation. University Senate became Faculty Senate. Stevenson Center for the Natural Sciences completed. Vanderbilt-in-England began. Ground-breaking for Sarratt Commons, November 15th. House mothers replaced by Area Directors. Centennial Celebration of Vanderbilt's founding, March 16th and 17th. Centennial Celebration of the dedication and opening of the Universi- ty, October 3rd-5th.
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Q rl 'til 1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt born on Staten Island, New York, May 27th. 1810 Cornelius borrowed S100 from his mother to purchase a sailboat. 1813 Cornelius built a steamer and plotted a route from New York to California through the Straits of Nicaragua. 1824 Holland N. McTyeire born, july 28th. 1844 1858 1866 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1879 1880 1886 1887 1888 McTyeire licensed to preach, Ianuary 7th. Methodist Episcopal Church, South applied for and granted a charter for Central University, Ianuary 7th. McTyeire elected Bishop, April 26th. Convention met in Memphis to adopt a plan for the university, Ianuary 24th- 27th. Charter obtained. Cornelius gave money and bonds to found the university, March 17th. Money formally accepted and the Central University Board of Trust changed name to Vanderbilt Universi- ty, March 26th. Ground-breaking for the main building, September 15th. First meeting of the VanderbiltBoard of Trust, headed by McTyeire, january 16th and 17th. Cornerstone laid for main building, April 28th. First diplomas awarded to 61 students in the School of Medicine, February 25th. Main building opened with Landon C. Garland as first Chancellor, October 3rd. Honor Council established, December 1st Vanderbilt Observatory completed and opened. , Cornelius died, Ianuary 4th. Kate Lupton became first woman to receive a degree from Vanderbilt. Wesley Hall, Science Hall, Mechanical Engineering Building, and the gym- nasium built. First dormitories, West Side Row, built. Fraternities published the first yearbook, The Comet. VanderbiltAthletic Association published the first campus newspaper, The Hustler.
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