Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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|. ' 1890 the first class of students was graduated from Newcomb College, but it was not until March, 1893, that the Newcomb Alumna; Association was organ- ized, with members of the Class of ' 91 as the chief promoters and the able as- sistance of representati es from the Classes of 1890 and 1892. The object of the Association can best be given by quoting in full Article II. of the Constitution: ' ' The object of this Association shall be to promote fellowship among its members, to preser res and to increase their loyalty to their Alma Mater, and in every way to further the interest of the College. None but those who have received a degree from the College is eligible to membership, the graduates of the Art School being received as associate members. After the organization of the Association with Miss Helen De Grange (Mrs. A. ' . McLellan) as President, Miss Frances Howe (Mrs. C. P. Cocke) as Secretary-Treasurer, and Missess Penelope Chaffe (Mrs. T. N. Richardson), Florence Dymond, and vSophie Bachman as Vice-Presidents, and a membership of twenty-four, President Dixon very kindly gave to the Alumnae a delightfully situated room in the Pligh School building, the room to be devoted exclusively to the use of the Association. This room has been very prettily fur- nished by the Association, and proves a haven of rest to man} ' an old girl on a visit to the College. For a number of years the Alumnse gave an annual hop to the Senior Class, which for the past three years has been abandoned, a series of Alumna; Teas being sub- stituted. These teas have proved more successful than the hops in bringing the stu- dents and Alumnae in closer contact, and have been the means of renewing the interest in the College of a number of former Newcomb girls, it being understood that all Newcomb students, whether graduates or not, are more than welcome. Consequently very large gatherings of Alumnae and ex-students are to be found on the first Tuesday of each month clustering around the two or three fearless men who have dared to brave the dissi- pations of an Alumnae Tea. For three years the Alumnae Association was possessed with the laudable, but at the same time impracticable, idea of improving New Orleans minds by establishing a course of lectures, and some very excellent lecturers were obtained : but the minds refused to be improved, audiences were small, and receipts still smaller, so that benevolent plan was abandoned. Then, in order to more rapidly increase the somewhat slow accumulation of the Alum- na; funds, it was decided that the digestive apparati of the College students needed more careful attention, and that the Alumnae should establish a lunch-room at Newcomb, where the students could procure sandwiches, hot chocolate, etc., instead of the more indigest- ible and also more alluring praline. This scheme, also, was a failure, in spite of the untir- ing toil of the Alumnae committees in charge, and it, too, was abandoned. 21

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Five o ' Clock Tea in the Auumn Room.

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The reason of this great desire for money on the part of the Association is the .wish to estabhsh at Newcomb an Alumnae scholarship, to be open to general competition. The previous plans having proven unsuccessful, letters were sent to all those who had ever attended Newcomb, asking for donations to the fund, resulting in quite an increase in the amount on hand, but leaving the Association still quite a sum short of the necessary $1500, but, at the same time, full of courage, and determined that even if the present generation is deprived of the benefit of an Alumna? scholarship, the next shall not be. Each vear the membership of the Alumnae Association has increased, and with the size of the graduating class vearly becoming larger, will soon reach imposing numbers. The Alumnte Jr. are represented on the walls of the Alumna; Room, their photographs forming a verv pleasing style of mural decoration ; and this opportunity to start out so early in the College atmosphere will tend to make them even more earnest students at Newcomb or Tulane than their mothers were. Officers Newcomb Alumnae Association. President, , ---. . Mrs. A. W. McLellan. Secretary, Miss Gertrude KErr. Treasurer, . . . ' Miss Florence Dymond. Vice-Presidents. Miss Nettie Byrne, ' 90. Mrs. Henry Robinson, ' 91. Miss Sophie Bachman, ' 92. Miss Euza Harral, ' 93. Miss Asenath Genella, ' 94. Mrs. J. B. Elliott, Jr., ' 95. Miss Viola Sirera, ' 96. Miss Abby Richmond, ' 97. Mrs. L. C. Reed, ' 98. Miss Gertrude Kerr, ' 99. Miss Katherine Reed, ' oq. Miss Cecelia Leonard, ' 01. Miss Sadie Shelby, ' 02. ■ 1 ■ 1 M ■ H H| mmK HH H I V ' ■ T H w 1 p m BwH I ■ T w jl ' 1 V H B V .Wf w- i ' H ■ ' =i m I ' ' f jTj rr [ « n iij. j| J ' tt K WR i ItF . 1 i fe P i M m ' -:-. M ' m[Sf f JZ ' iw i fjS kVH H BBpr ' - --T ' ' N WhifeMW Sh H IT - ■ H 9 1 £ j. ' -■ B ?rr--. . . S