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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. deniic, l)il)lical, legal, and medical. Subsequently the departments of plianuacy, dentistry, and en- gineerinj; were added. The ftniversity has sub- sequently received numerous K'^ts from the members of the Vanderl)ilt family amount- ing to about $00,000 in all, Ijesides a contribu- tion of $28,000 by the citizens of Nashville for the purchase of the grounds. A summer school is maintained, though not as a regular iiart of the university organization. Correspondenee work was instituted in lf)02 in the biblical deiiartment, the first year's enrollment reaching nearly 200. The university confers the Baelielor's degree in arts, engineering, science, divinity, and law; the Master's in arts, science, and phar- macy; the Doctor's in philosophy, science, and medical and dental surgery, and the degrees of Civil, Mechanical, and Mining Engineer. The whole endowment in 1903 was $1,.300,000, when the value of the college propert.y was .$2,200,000; the value of grounds and buildings, .$800,000; and the income. ,$12.5.000. During the year the uni- versity had an attendance of G9.5 students, a fac- ulty of 100 members, and a library of 30,000 volumes.

VAN'DERKEMP, Francis Adrian (17.52- 1S29). An immigrant from Holland to the State of New York toward the close of the eighteenth century; a man of remarkable learning and of tlie highest character, who was prevented by un- toward circumstances from attaining the celeb- rity which he richly deserved. Born in a family of distinction at Kempen, Holland, and educated in the University of Groningen, and among the Baptists of Amsterdam, he became a minister in Leyden (1777), and there remained for several years. In politics and in religion he was liberal, and incurred the displeasure of the Government. He enjoyed the friendship of Baron van der Ca- ])ellen of Pol — a firm friend of the American col- onies — and joined the armed forces of the Patriot Party, which sought political reform in oppo- sition to the Orange Party. Taken prisoner, he was in confinement for several months. Disheartened upon his release in December, 1787, he informed his friend John Adams, then United States Min- ister in London, of his intention to emigrate to America, and received from him several intro- ductory letters. Lafayette gave him others. Early in 1788 he arrived in New York. For six years his home was Esopus, after which he re- moved to the neighborhood of Lake Oneida, where he was engaged in agriculture during the re- mainder of his life. An appointment as a jus- tice of the peace gave him the title of jttdge. With many of the foremost men of the country he maintained the friendliest relations, and he was chosen a member of learned societies and ad- mitted to the honorary degree of LL.D. by Har- vard College (1820). In addition to many printed papers he left an autobiography, which has furnished the material for a memoir written in 1903 by Mrs. Helen Lincklaen Fairchild. Many of his manuscripts are preserved by the Pennsyl- vania and ButTalo Historical Societies and by Columbia University.

VAN'DERLYN, John (1775-1852). An American portrait and historical painter, born near Kingston, N. Y. He was a protege of Aaron Burr, who supported him as a pupil of Gilbert Stuart, in Philadelphia, and sent him to Paris, where he studied for five years under Vincent and other masters. On his return to America in 1801 he lived in the house of Burr, who was then Vice-President, at Washington, where he painted the well-known profile likenesses of Burr and his daughter. In 1803 he returned to Eu- rope, studying for two years in Itonie. For his "Marius Among the Ruins of Carthage," now in possession of the heirs of Bisho]) Ki]i, of Cali- fornia, a gold medal was awarded him at Paris in 1808. In 1812 he linished bis siK-ond chief work, "Ariadne of Na.xos" ( Bhihuhdjihia) . He painted a number of portraits of public men in Paris, and in America after his return to the United States in 1815. For twelve years his panoramas of Paris, Athens, Me.vieo, and Ver- sailles and other paintings were exhibited in the New York Rotunda, now the rear of the present city hall; but the financial returns were small and the remainder of his life was a struggle for existence. He died in destitution at Kingston. Only the design of his "Landing of Columbus," one of the large paintings in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, well known from its use upon the United States five-dollar note, is by Vanderlyn, the execution having been intrusted to a French painter.

Vanderlyn's paintings show superior draughts- manship and skill in composition, but are defi- cient in color. His portraits are good in charac- terization. The best known are those of Washing- ton in the Capitol at Washington; President Tay- lor, in the Corcoran Gallery, ib. ; Aaron Burr and R. R. Livingston, in the library of the New York Historical Society ; and one of himself in the Metropolitan Art Museum.

VAN DER MEER van Delft. See Vermeer.

VAN DER MEER (VERMEER) van Haarlem, viin der mar (var'mar), Jan (1G28- 91). A Dutch landscape painter, born in Haar- lem. He was a pupil of De Wet (1638) and became a member of the guild in 1054. His pic- tures include: "View of Haarlem" (Berlin); "View of the Dunes" ( Dresden ) ; "A Wood Road" (Munich), and other examples in Paris. Rotter- dam, and Vienna. They are rare, as are those of his son and pupil, Jan, the Younger ( 1G5G-1705) , born in Haarlem. He also studied under Berg- hem and became especially well known as a marine painter. He also left six masterly etch- ings.

VAN DER STUCKEN, stSo'kcn, (1858 — ). An American composer and musical conductor, born in Frederickslnirg, Texas. When but six years old he was taken by his parents to Antwerp, and was thus enabled to study with Benoit. Before he was twenty he had produced several successful compositions, among them being a ballet, which was' produced at the Royal Theatre, and a Gloria and Te Dciim. In 1876 he went to Leipzig, where he spent two years in study with Reinecke. Grieg, and Langer, after which he traveled through Europe for two years. In 1881 and 1882 he served at the Breslau City Theatre as kapellmeister, wrote incidental music to Shakespeare's Tempest, and formed a valuable friendship with Grieg and Liszt. His first important appointment in America was as musical director of the Arion Club of New York, succeeding L. Damrosch. In 1895 he became director of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music,