Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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DR. WALTER MILLER, A. M. Dean of the Academic Colleges and Professor of Classical Philology. 22

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Academic Senior Class History. FRIENDS, fellow-students, countrymen, lend us your attenti on. We come not to praise ourselves, but to bid you adieu. Our four years of life here have been most pleasant and encouraging to us. In fact, in afterlife, when seated before the fire-place, thinking of our past careers, what pleasant recollection will come up when once some one says, or we may think of, the word Tulane! Then will the spirit of loyalty, pride, and enthusiasm enter upon our consciousness. We will then think of the days when, as timid and self-conscious Fresh- men, we first entered Tulane with the intention of obtaining for ourselves a goodly portion of that precious and invaluble food called Knowledge. After submitting to the warm and busy reception accorded us by our elder brethren, was it not a happ) ' day for us when we bathed them twice in that tug-of-war contest ? Or when we showed them that we were their equals in a class foot- ball game ? Or even their superiors in a class track meet ? A change, and behold ! We are Sophomores. Proud as Punch over this, we began the class cap fad, which is still m style. Was it not a glorious time when we wiped out the Freshmen in a class foot-ball game? Or when we kept them away from the tank, thereby leaving our colors up there for a second time? Noticing the freshness of our infantile brethren, did we not for their guidance and welfare, promulgate the famous Twenty-three Edicts? To show you how prominent our men were, one became the assistant manager to the foot-ball team, and two others respectively, became captain, and manager to the track team. A third year begins, and behold the change ! We became Juniors, abandon- ing the play-room to the infants and their nurses, and attend to the wants of the college. We showed what kind of men were in our class wh en one of us became President of the Forum Literary Society, and another Speaker of the Glendy-Burke. Was it not a great addition to old 1910 ' s glory, when two of our men represented Tulane in the memorable debates against Virginia and North Carolina ? Or when another one of our men won the Carnot Medal ? In athletics, we furnished the base-ball team with a captain, also a manager. We furnished managers to both the foot-ball and track teams. This year of glory and encouragement rolls by, and we enter upon the various activities of our last year. A 1910 man is Editor-in-Chief of the Tu- lane Weekly, igio men hold the positions of foot-ball team manager, and track team captain. At present, we, owing to the fraternal spirit existing among us, have formed a permanent and lasting organization of our class. Nor will we forget our Alma Mater, for we shall leave to her, a token of our lasting loyalty and devotion. We have always remained loyal to her, and we shall always do so. Our only regret is that so short a time exists before we must depart. The time slowly, but surely approaching, when we, with all the honors due us, must bid you Farewell. Class of 1910. per Historian. 24