Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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' AMBALAYA was a triumph of the Creole kitchen, a delectable mixture of wholesome ingredients, the best products of Southern energy favored by Southern fertility and climate. Our Annual aims to be true to title and type, and the measure of its success lies in the nearness with which it approaches the qualities ol Tulane and Newcomb. and the co-operation of every student and every department. Its preparation is the duty and tribute of college spirit, and gratitude to and pride in Alma Mater. Its purpose is to preserve the record of the year, to inspire fellowship, and to link the loyalty of the sponsor classes to achievement and advance. The scope of the book has been handicapped, like the great University itself, by the lack of means. For this reason, it may be of added use as a reminder of the ceaseless appeal and the constant need. Meantime, it is the witness of history and the spokesman of progress. It is not ideal, but it is 1 ulanc ' s own; it represents earnest effort and sincere desire to serve the common cause. It is our best, but, even if the volume docs not realize expectations, we trust it will be cherished for its intint and its associations.

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DR. MAT AS was born at Bonnet Carre, La., September 12, I860, and was the son of Dr. N. H. Matas, a prominent physician of Spanish descent. He re- ceived his primary education at Barcelcna, Spain, Pans, France, and Browns- ille, Texas. Returning to New Orleans, he attended Soule College, but his graduation occurred at the St. John Literary Institute, Matamoras, Mexico, in 1876. He selected medicine as his career, and received his training and diploma at Tulane University, in the class of 1880. That same year he began practice here, and from the first he showed rare ability as physician and surgeon. In 1895 he decided to specialize in surgery, in whi.li he had already won international fame, and that same year called him to the chair of surgery in Tulane ' s great medical department. Later he accepted the senior surgeonship of the Touro Infirmary, and the same rank in connection with the Charity Hospital, in addition to his professorship and practice. Many public and professional honors have been bestowed upon him. He is first lieutenant of the Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A., was president of the Louisiana Medical Society, 1894-95; chairman Section of Surgery, American Medical Association, 1908; president American Surgical Association, 1910; president Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association, 1911; ice-president American Society of Clinical Surgery, 1908-10; honorary president Pan-American Medical Con- gress at Washington, 1895; vice-president for Louisiana, 1896; ice-president College of Surgeons, 1913; rapporteur on arterial surgery, by in ' itation. Section of Surgery, Seventeenth International Medical Congress, London, 1913; and is prominent in other in- fluential scientific bodies. He was editor of tie New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, I 883-95 ; is the author of many treatises and monographs on surgical subjects, and a frequent contributor to leading medical journals and text-books.