Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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A Thank Offering to Newcomb College. We all may come with many thanks to you For great and wondrous works performed here, But all our praise and love cannot, I fear. Be equal to your well-deserved due. There are among us Seniors not a few Whose eyes will shed at least a hidden tear When we unwillingly must leave you, dear, And bid a gentle, lingering adieu. Each branch of Science, Literature, and Art Has faithfully and slowly done its part To instill a lasting love within our heart For you, our future Alma Mater great; No far-off, distant time can be too late For us to feel deep interest in your fate. Laura Cunningham, Senior Class. 26

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History of Alumni. This year, 1908, marks tlie close of the first ten years of the life of this associa- tion, and its growth has been equal to that of the healthiest of Freshmen during his first ten years. Our first meetings were regarded almost as outbreaks of insubordination, to be frowned down on and ignored as much as possible. But the wiser counsels have prevailed almost all through our history, and it was soon made clear that the organized Alumni of Tulane were destined to be the mightiest force in the direction of the affairs of the University. To get the first alumnus on the Board of Administrators required a serious, long-continued effort; now it is recognized that Tulane graduates are the men most fit to guide Tulane affairs. And in the imder- graduate life the Alumni Association is using its power, urging to greater progress, restraining rash enthusiasm, guiding, supporting ; every- where the men who have passed through these classic halls are doing all that in them lies to help those now in process of passing. Sometimes our help is grate- fully accepted ; often our restraining influence is rebelled against ; usually our sage advice is disregarded, and next year we are called on to lend a helping hand again. But we are always mindful of our own past errors; we know how great a power for good this ardent zeal will be when better directed, and we realize that our especial duty is to teach every Tulane student to bring glory to his Alma Mater by doing his best for her during the four years within her walls, and in all the years after he has gone outside. Those for whom we are working must be our judges. Have we been wise, kind, helpful elder brothers? If we have, then join our ranks and take our places as you leave Tulane and carry on our work in the same spirit. The Alumni As- sociation must eventually control the University. What progress toward that goal will the end of the second ten years show? That lies largely in your hands, you who are undergraduates now; what will you do? 25

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