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This change apparently took place around [[1909]], when all the buildings and other assets of '''Peabody Normal School''' were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers, signifying the end of the entity known as the University of Nashville.

This change apparently took place around [[1909]], when all the buildings and other assets of '''Peabody Normal School''' were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers, signifying the end of the entity known as the University of Nashville.

After [[1911]], Peabody College has been located directly across the street from the campus of [[Vanderbilt University]]. It later became affiliated with Vanderbilt University, and is now known as the ''Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.''<ref name="chronology"/>

After [[1911]], Peabody College has been located directly across the street from the campus of [[Vanderbilt University]]. It later became affiliated with Vanderbilt University, and is now known as the ''Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.''

It was located on the site of the campus of the former Roger Williams University, a school for [[African American]] students which burned around [[1906]].[http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/roger.htm Roger Williams University]  Prior to this it was a division of the former [[University of Nashville]].  The site was then occupied by Peabody, which was then for [[whites]], although its "demonstration school" (now [[University School of Nashville]]) became the one of the first [[high school]]s in Nashville to be [[desegregation|desegregated]] in the early [[1960s]].   

It was located on the site of the campus of the former Roger Williams University, a school for [[African American]] students which burned around [[1906]].[http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/roger.htm Roger Williams University]  Prior to this it was a division of the former [[University of Nashville]].  The site was then occupied by Peabody, which was then for [[whites]], although its "demonstration school" (now [[University School of Nashville]]) became the one of the first [[high school]]s in Nashville to be [[desegregation|desegregated]] in the early [[1960s]].   

Peabody became a renowned school of [[education]], especially in the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref name="TN Encyc"[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=G012 Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture:  George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University] It seemed financially strong, due in part to an [[Financial_endowment|endowment]] that had been funded in part by its namesake, [[George Peabody]].  It had shared some facilities with Vanderbilt for many years, notably the Joint Universities [[Library]], located across the street from Peabody's main academic buildings, and indeed closer to them than to much of the main Vanderbilt academic quadrangle.  Also, Peabody students were eligible for participation in Vanderbilt [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] and the Vanderbilt Marching Band.  In the early [[1970s]] Peabody students became eligible to participate on Vanderbilt athletic teams.  This was said to be a concession to the fact that Peabody had no intercollegiate athletics of its own, but cynics noted that Peabody did have a major in [[physical education]], a major frequently taken by scholarship athletes but one which had not been available at Vanderbilt, and was seen by many as an attempt to get players onto Vanderbilt sports teams, notably [[college football|football]], who were not eligible for admission to Vanderbilt.   

Peabody became a renowned school of [[education]], especially in the [[Southern United States|South]].[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=G012 Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture:  George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University] It seemed financially strong, due in part to an [[Financial_endowment|endowment]] that had been funded in part by its namesake, [[George Peabody]].  It had shared some facilities with Vanderbilt for many years, notably the Joint Universities [[Library]], located across the street from Peabody's main academic buildings, and indeed closer to them than to much of the main Vanderbilt academic quadrangle.  Also, Peabody students were eligible for participation in Vanderbilt [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] and the Vanderbilt Marching Band.  In the early [[1970s]] Peabody students became eligible to participate on Vanderbilt athletic teams.  This was said to be a concession to the fact that Peabody had no intercollegiate athletics of its own, but cynics noted that Peabody did have a major in [[physical education]], a major frequently taken by scholarship athletes but one which had not been available at Vanderbilt, and was seen by many as an attempt to get players onto Vanderbilt sports teams, notably [[college football|football]], who were not eligible for admission to Vanderbilt.   

By the late 1970s a series of serious financial missteps had left Peabody's finances in such poor shape that the school's choices seemed to be reduced to two, either negotiating a [[merger]] with Vanderbilt or closing entirely.  The former path was chosen, and Peabody became a part of Vanderbilt in [[1979]]. Students with Peabody scholarships were allowed to complete them, which came as a great relief to many of them and their parents, as Vanderbilt's fees were considerably higher than Peabody's had been.   

By the late 1970s a series of serious financial missteps had left Peabody's finances in such poor shape that the school's choices seemed to be reduced to two, either negotiating a [[merger]] with Vanderbilt or closing entirely.  The former path was chosen, and Peabody became a part of Vanderbilt in [[1979]]. Students with Peabody scholarships were allowed to complete them, which came as a great relief to many of them and their parents, as Vanderbilt's fees were considerably higher than Peabody's had been.