Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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and finest of the new school houses constructed by the city has been named the William 0. Rogex ' S School, in commemoration of his services in connection with the public schools. Such is the public life of the Hon. Wm. 0. Rogers, a man among men, rich in honors and of well-merited distinction. But it is in his private life and in his daily dealings with us in his capacity of Secretary of this great University, that we, the students know and love him best. He is our excellent good friend, the possessor of infinite tact and patience, and ready to aid us with advice and wise counsel at all times. Simple, kind, and true-hearted, leading us on to better things by his every word and deed, it is no wonder the new classes hail him with gladness and the older men part from him with sorrow in their hearts.

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Wm. 0. Rogers. •£ ? ti? Wm. 0. Rogers was bom iu the city of New York, April 12, 1825. He was prepared for college at the academy of Charles Bartlett, College Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., entering the New York University as a Freshman in 1845. At the close of his Sophomore year, he left and went to Williams College in Massachusetts, being attracted there by the fame of its president, Mark Hop- kins. Here he spent his Junior and Senior years. While at New York University, he became a member of the Delta Chapter of Psi Upsilon fraternity. On account of ill health, he was in 1848 obliged to come South. At the breaking out of the Civil War Mr. Rogers cast Ms lot with the South and served the country of his adoption with honor and distinction as commis- sary ; under orders from the Commissary General at Richmond he was associated with Colonel Broad well and Major Dameron, and was for a time stationed at Jackson, Miss., biit was frequently sent to other places on missions of great delicacj ' and importance. After the war, he was made Chief Superintendent of Public Schools, being the first returned Confederate placed in office. He was named by Mr. Paul Tulane as one of the administrators of the estate given by him for the endow- ment of Tulane University, and served on the board until 1885, when he resigned the ofiace of Siiperintendent of Public Schools to become Secretary of the Uni- versity, a position which he has held ever since to the delight of a grateful student-body and the loyal Alumni. In 1886 Mr. Rogers received from the University of Ohio, the oldest of the Western universities, the honorary degree of L. L. D. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Schools of New Orleans from 1885 until 1896, serving as vice president, chairman of committee on High Schools and chairman of committee on teachers. One of the largest

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It is with fear and trembling that we, the foster parents of young JAMBALAYA, undertake to accept from our nqost worth[L| predecessors the guidance and training of this vigorous youth. But h[Owever n uch we may feel ourselves unwortlqy of our predecessors, and inadequate to the task iq hand, we do feel some degree of pride and interest r the you ng scamp himself, and in the result of our peculiar training. Therefore do we present to you the Fifth Annual to aid r spreading the name and fame of Tulane University,