History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ile the Church was engaged in the work of accumulating a fund toestablish a college on an adequate foundation, Cornelius Vanderbilt, awealthy citizen of New York, popularly known as CommodoreVanderbilt, contributed a magnificent donation. This contributionwas made through Bishop H. N. McTyeire, the first President of theBoard of Trust. The Board was thus enabled to establish a realUniversity on a foundation befitting a greatinstitution of learning. It was opened for stu- .^^^<i dents in 1875. I addition to its literary de- 5I ^^ partme
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ile the Church was engaged in the work of accumulating a fund toestablish a college on an adequate foundation, Cornelius Vanderbilt, awealthy citizen of New York, popularly known as CommodoreVanderbilt, contributed a magnificent donation. This contributionwas made through Bishop H. N. McTyeire, the first President of theBoard of Trust. The Board was thus enabled to establish a realUniversity on a foundation befitting a greatinstitution of learning. It was opened for stu- .^^^<i dents in 1875. I addition to its literary de- 5I ^^ partment it maintains departments of Theology,Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Pharmacy, andEngineering. This institution, while under control of theMethodist Church, provides a university courseof instruction free from sectarian bias. Sinceits establishment it has received additional dona-tions from the descendants of Commodore Van-derbilt. The University of the South would, perhaps, have been the mostlargely endowed institution in the South had not the Civil War. Bishop H. N. McTyeire.
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