Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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McConnell had the gratification of seeing his suit ultimately triumph in the highest courts. Important as this service was to Tulane, it was but one of many which he rendered to the University. Judge McConnell was a close friend of Paul Tulane, the generous founder of this great institution. It was through his instrumentality that the Tulane fortune was devised to the people of Louisiana. He it was who drew up the legislation which made it possible for the youth of Louisiana to enjoy the educational advantages desired for them by Mr. Tulane. Judge McConnell became a charter member of the Board of Admin- istrators and was elected to its vice-presidency, a post he held from that time to the day of his death. Judge McConnell ' s activities touched many phases of life — he was a dis- tinguished Confederate soldier; he sei ' ved as a member of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana at a critical time in the history of this Commonwealth; and he was prominent in the Church. A man of wide sympathies, of extraordinary learning, of varied gifts, he bore a splendid part in the life of New Orleans and of the State; and in his death the community, as well as the University which he had served so long and so well, has lost a leader whose place it will not be easy to fill.

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In Memoriam Judge James McConnell DURING the past year the University has been called upon to mourn the death of one of its most distinguished officers. Judge James McConnell, Vice-President of the Board of Administrators of Tulane University, passed away on November 2 1 , 1914, after a long life full of important achievements and crowned with many honors. He was born in Baton Rouge, La., September 5, 1829, and, after faving studied law m Virginia, and in New Orleans under Christian Roselius, entered th« Law Department of the University, from which he was graduated in 1851. His professional career was exceedingly interesting. It fell to his lot to participate in many great lawsuits, some picturesque on account of the personages who appeared as litigants, others significant because of the far-reaching principles involved. Perhaps the most notable achievement of his career at the bar was his masterly management ol the litigation in connection with the bequest by Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb of her large fortune to the University. Judge McConnell represented the defense. cars of patient and dismtcrested labor went into the work of preserving to Newcomb College Mrs. Newcomb ' s superb gift, and Judge

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CONTENTS BOOK I BOOK n BOOK m BOOK IS BOOK Y BOOK m UNIVERSITY ACVERSTTY FRATERNfTY ACTIVITY MUSCULARiTf HILARITY •