Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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THE JAMBALA YA H Z D u. uj J uJ ct: CQ S o u ul Z UJ I Pdgf ci ' g ilcen

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THE JAMBALA YA Mary Given Sheerer Lillian Shelley F ALPH ILUCENE ShERWOOD, D.D.S. Joseph Sicomo 1 Ienry Theocore Simon, M.D. Sidney Kohn Simon, A.B., M.D. Gertrude Roberts Smith Victor Conway Smith. M.D. Wilbur Cleveland Smith. M.D. William Benjamin Smith, A.M.. Ph.D., I.I.D. John Smyth, M.D. C. Stern, B.E. Thomas D. Stewart Daniel V. Stewart. Jr. Isabella Stirling Snodcrass, A.B. Edmond Scuckon, M.D. Marion Simms Souckon, M.D. Adelin Elam Sfencer, A.M. Mary Cass Spencer, M.Sc. Imocene Stone. A.M. Jacob Ambrose Storck, M.I ' h., M.D. Robert Alexander Strong, M.D. Mary Clayton Sumner, A.B. Dacny Sunne, Ph.D. George James Taquino, M.D. Aucuste J. Tete, B.E. Susan Dinsmore Tew, 1 ' h.D. James M. Thurincer. M.D. Oscar Joseph Trappey. D.D.S. Lota Lee Troy Charles Joseph Turck, A.M., LL.B. George Hampden Upton, M.D. Roy McUan Van Wart, A.B., M.D. David Frederick Waide, M.D. Lewis Farrington Wakeman Charles Arthur Wallbillich, M.D. Frederick Walrath Alice Weddell Joseph Deutsch Weis, M.D. Frederick Wespy, Ph.D. Melvin Johnson White. Ph.D. Roy White. D.D.S. Beneijah Gibson Wilbert. M.D. Charles Samuel Williamson. Jr., M.S. Armand L. Willoz Theodore Wilson. D.D.S. J. E. Winston, Ph.D. Virginia Reese Withers, A.B. Louis Gally Wocan, M.D. Frederick Jacob Wolke. D.D.S. James Townsend Wolfe. M.D. Annie Miriam Wood Wallace Wood. Jr., D.D.S. Ellsworth Woodward William Woodward Edward Lionel Joseph Zander ® . Oj[r seventeen

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THE JAMBALA YA The Newcomb Relief Unit HEN, during ihe spring of 1918, occasional alumnae and sludenls w s ' ied aloud ihat Newcomb might be represented in war work in some definite and individual way, those who heard ihcm echoed ihc wish, li;tle dreaming that the w nter of 1919 would find a unit organized and financed by the College, a:li ely at wo:k in I aly and in Frantc. And those of us who worked to send thai unit abroad somelin:cs wonder if we arc not still dreaming. To Dr. DinWiddic, the President of ihe University, goes the credit for first sU3ges:ing that oar ague wishes might actually be realized. It was in June that he took up the mailer wilh :h; Alumnae Presi- dent, Miss Anna Many. Members of the Alumnae were consjlted, and waxed enthusiastic at once. And the Red Cross gladly accepted the offer of a sf If-linanced unit of some ten ir.enbes to do recon- struction work in devastated France. In July the first meeting was held, team captains were ap- pointed, and work was actively begun. At the end of August it was possib ' e to repo.-t that cash and pledges were enough to justify our belief that ihc unit was an accCTpllihed fart. Th?re were few very large contributions, either from the Alumnae themselves, or from outsiders; but the response was over- whelmingly cordial and overwhelmingly generous, and we can say that the Newcomb Unit is really a Newcomb Unit, suppoitcd, not by a few people, but by the great body of Alumnae and students of the College. Applications for ser ' .ice, as might be expe -ted. poured in, and the taik of s:lectio.i was a difficult one. In reaching a decision as to the constitution of the Unit, many thingi were con-idered: good health and enduiance, a definite training in things likely to be of service, a knowledge of Freneh, and — though it was ne-.er the first consideration — the amount of money the applicant could herself supply Originally ten members were selected circumstances later compelled one or ;wo wi hdiawals and suh- •lilulions, and the list now stands: Caroline Richaidson, ' 95, director; Anna Many, 07, business manager; Edna Danziger, ' 07; Celeste Eshleman, 06; Mary Palfrey, ' 09; Edih Dupre, ' 00; Marion Monroe, ' 10, and Nettie Barnwell, ' 09. The Unit members began iheir training at once, and they learned evcrythinj, f.o.n first aid to auto- mechanirs; from agricultural theories to cooking. They were vaccinated and inoculated. They read and talked Fiench. And they piovided themselves with all ihinvs that kindly fr cnls sug ' jstcd as nec- cssaiy for one about to go overseas. Then came the armistice, and a few days after the armistice came the annoan:ement from tie Red Cross that it could send no more units for service abroad. The Newcomb Unit forthwith made appli- cation to the Y. M. C. A. authorities, and was accepted at once, and on I ' le night of December 15, they left for New ' I ' ork. There, so their stoiies go, they worked from seven in the morning until all hours of the night, filling in gaps in their cduca ' ion, as it were, and, between tim-s. doin;? canteen wok to get their hand) in. And they passed more physical examination i. On the ei ghth of January they sailed aboard the Carmania, wi h a motor ccrps un t, and uni ' s fiom Welleiley and Bryn Mawr. Mrs. Ccoige R. Vincent, of Chicago, was the head of the four units, and Newcomb is more than proud that Anna Many was business manager and Misi Caroline Richardson was one of the heads of the parly. It lends arsuranee to what one of the Unit wroe, t ' lat Newcomb has never been to advertised in its life. As yet we ha e only the larest oullinrs of what happened after th.il. W kno v t ' lal the stay in England was biief, that Paris wai reached Ue in January, and that the Unit was al once split up and put to work. Edith f)upre and Anna Many are in Rome; Celese Eshleman and Maiion Monroe arc in St, Nazaire; Mollie Palfrey, Nettie Barnwell and l-.dna Danziger are doinj c -ilrcn wmk in Bresl; and Caroline Richardson is on special duty in Paris. And because these things are so, we of Newcomb frrl llwil wr are doing ai a bodv. our share in bringing peace and sanity back to a war-loin woild, and we nie ginteful to those of us who had the vision and the courage to dream the dream that all of us have been given the opportunity to realize. I ' ligc itimUcn