Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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KHI5TOR1 fyNIVERSlTV TUL.ANE UNIVERSITY looks back for its beginning to the Medical College of Louisiana, which was organized in 1834 and chartered in the spring of 1835. It issued its first degree in March, 1 836, the first in medicine or science ever issued in Louisiana. Tulane University as it stands today represents the contract giving to the Tulane administrators perpetual control of the University of Louisiana, which the men lo whom Paul Tulane entrusted his donations entered into ith the State of Louisiana. In the opening of his letter to the administrators, dated Princeton, May 2, 1 882, he wnes: A resident of New Orleans for many years of my active life, having formed many friendships and associations dear to me, and deeply sympathizing wth its people in whatever misfortunes or disasters may have befallen them, as well as being sincerely desirous of contributing to their moral and intellectual welfare, I do hereby express to you my intention to donate to you by an act of donation inter vivos all the real estate I own end am possessed of in said city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, for the promo- tion and encouragement of intellectual, moral and industrial education among the white young persons in the city of New OrleEuis, State of Louisiana, and for the advancement of learning and letters, the arts and sciences therein. . . . Mr. Tulane ' s first gift amounted in value to $363,000, and subsequent donations raised the total value of real estate donated to $1,050,000, wth an annual rental of $75,000. The resuh of other donations since the time of Mr. Tulane ' s generosity have been the Richardson Memorial Building, the Josephine Hutchinson Memorial Building, the F. W. Tilton Memorial Librarj ' , the endowment of the chair of botany by Mrs. Ada A. Richardson, the donor of the fund with ■hlch the present Richardson Memorial Building was erected. A donation of $25,000 by the United Fruit Company has made possible the establishment of the Department of Tropical Medicine, Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, to become the School of Tropical Medicine as soon as a sufficient foundation warrants. The further maintenance of the Department of Tropical Medicine, Hygiene and Preventive Medicine has been made possible by the gifts of Mr. Edward Wisner, of $500 for the year 1912-13, and a promise of an equal amount for four years thereafter; of $600 by Mr. R. H. Downman, and of smaller amounts, all of which have been of material aid. The College of Medicine has received the sum of $500 anonymously, given for the furtherance (18)

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Work of Newcomb Alumnae N 1893, three years after the first class graduated from Newcomb College, the Newcomb Alumnae Association was formed and was incorporated a little later under the laws of the State of Louisiana. From its necessarily small beginning it has grown steadily, and today it is an organization of several hundred members that plays — or should play — a vital part in the life of every Newcomb Alumna. At present the main work of the Alumnae Association is a two-fold one, the Alumnae Loan Fund and the Live Oak Social Center. The loan fund was started a few years ago m response to appeals from various undergraduates for small sums that would permit them to finish their college courses. It is supported from an annual contribution from the dues of the Association, contributions from the members, and some annual entertainment given for its benefit, and since its foundation it has aided twelve students in sums varying from two to ninety dollars, as well as many others with books and clothing. The Live Oak Social Center was begun in 1913 at the public school of that name. Now, at the conclusion of its third year of activity, it is a recog- nized influence in the community where its work lies. With its membership of over two hundred and fifty, it offers unequaled advantages for real social service to the Alumnae who do — and the many Alumnae who do not — support its work. The annual Alumnae-College basketball game makes the College and Alumnae known to each other, as does the annual Alumnae Vaudeville Show given for the benefit of the loan fund, which is always most generously supported by the undergraduates. Last year an Alumnae-College baseball game and an Alumnae-College debate served the same purposes. The Association has, of course, other activities too numerous to be mentioned here. But its main work is, as it has been since its inception, real service to Newcomb in keeping alive the Newcomb spirit in the Newcomb Alumnae, and in keeping loyal to a growing Alma Mater the graduates of its earlier days. (17)

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of the investigation of leprosy, and several sums given by Mrs. Isadora Newman for research in the Department of Pathology. A new engineermg building, the Stanley Thomas Hall, was recently built with a bequest of $60,000 from Mr. Stanley O. Thomas. By the will of Dr. Watson D. Woodward, of Port Jefferson, Suffolk County, New York, who died in October, 1913, there is given to the Tulane E ducational Fund for the exclusive benefit of the Dental School the sum of $28,000 and the residue of his estate, all subject to life use by several beneficiaries under the will. The Tulane Library has been enabled to add greatly to the efficiency of the Depart- ment of English Literature and the Department of History through the munificence of Miss Betty Bierne Miles and Miss Margaret Linda Miles. The gifts of Miss Betty Bierne Miles, amounting to $2,500, have been expended in a valuable collection of standard works in English and American literature. The gift and bequest of $6,000 from Miss Margaret Linda Miles has been used to purchase standard works in history. Both these gifts were made in memory of William Porcher Miles, in whose honor a tablet has been placed in the library. An athletic field which includes a stadium and large grandstand has been provided on the campus at a cost of about $10,000, contributed largely by the Progressive Union of New Orleans. A legacy of $10,000 for a drinking fountain on the campus of Tulane University for the benefit of its students was given by the will of Livia Hatch Bryant, of Colorado Springs, who died in February, 1914. The bequest is in memory of her father and it is to be known as the Hatch bequest. The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was the result of a donation of $100,000, in October, 1886, by Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb to the Tulane administrators for the establishment of a memorial to her only daughter. Mrs. Ne comb added largely to her original endowment and enabled the college to build the handsome group of buildings in which it is now domiciled. By her will, the University was made her residuary legatee and has received for the benefit of Newcomb College an additional bequest of about $2,700,000. Newcomb has since been the recipient of a bequest of $63,000 from F. Walter Callender. Under Article 230 of the Constitution of 1879, the Legislature of the State recog- nized the three departments — Law, Medical and Academic — of the University and granted $10,000 annually until 1884, when the administrators of the Tulane Educa- tional Fund waived this provision on the part of the State. During the three decades subsequent to 1884, the Tulane University of Louisiana has reached its present propor- tions, and now comprises the Graduate Faculties, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Technology, the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for ' oung Women. the College of Law, and the College of Medicine. The last named includes the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Hygiene, and Tropical Medicine, and the Post- Graduate School of Medicine (Polyclinic). The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College includes the Schools of Art, Household Economy, Music and Education. (19)