Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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History of Class of 1908. The college life of the Class of 1908 will soon be over. Her active participa- tion in Newcomb interests and pursuits is to last but a few short months longer, when the devoted follower of old Gold and Blue will go out into the world, no longer a student body, but, we hope and believe, a loyal and honored part of the Newcomb Alumnse. We shall not go into any lengthy details of the important acts done by ' 08 since she entered Newcomb in October, 1904. Indeed, such a delineation would be an impossible task in so short a space. We shall therefore confine ourselves to an account of those things accomplished during our Senior year. We have for- warded all movements for the general good of our loved College with vigor and enthusiasm. We got up the petition to the faculty for the weekly Assembly, and we believe that the entire College is glad to acknowledge that the resultant Wednes- day Assemblies are delightful and instructive. We hope before the end of the session to be able to impress Dr. Dixon with the fact that it is very important that the custom of having a Baccalaureate Sermon at Newcomb should be revived. It is true that our meritorious deeds have redounded more to the benefit of the whole College than to our special Class. We have not accomplished much upon the basket-ball field, as yet, but a Class which has done as much as ours has in other matters can surely be excused if they have neglected a little, a duty of rather less importance. We have long felt that Newcomb should not consist of classes so distinctly divided by class spirit and class enthusiasm, in which New- comb as a whole had no share. We hope that in the years to come a Newcomb feeling will grow up deep and strong enough to submerge all interest which apper- tains merely to one class. We confess that we have not made any very heroic efforts to ameliorate social abuses ; nor have we investigated with particular care the work of such a place as Kingsley House ; nevertheless, the lively interest manifested in such sub- jects, and the work done in the Newcomb night school, give a promising perspective of what may be done in future. If a member of ' 08 can not, at a moment ' s notice, give an acceptable definition of space or time, she can at least truthfully say that Father Time has been kind to her in that he gave her four happy years within the loved and honored walls of Newcomb. Historian. 30