num_pages: 432
description: Vanderbilt University is one of the most revered academic institutions in the South and one of the most prominent establishments in Nashville Tennessee. The story of Vanderbilt University is the story of the people who have been a part of it and Chancellors Commodores &amp; Coeds proves that there are fascinating stories behind almost everything at the school: administrators and students buildings and campus plans schemes that succeeded and failed. Some of these stories include: * How the school began with a mission to train Methodist preachers * That its divorce from the church was a bitter one * How the university was indirectly started because of America's wealthiest man's relationship with his much younger wife * That the school was nearly closed in the 1890s * That its medical school started on a separate campus and survived because of the benevolence of a Northern foundation Chancellors Commodores &amp; Coeds is a reliable and entertaining history of a great university and the people who have made it what it is today.
language: English
title: Chancellors, Commodores, and Coeds: A History of Vanderbilt University
publisher: Clearbrook Press