Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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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

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THE JAMBALA YA H onor Roll Wallace F. Abacie ex- 1 91 9 Louis Lee Abbot 1917 Glenwood B. Achom ex- 1 91 6 Dr James M. Acker, Jr 1910 Francis H. Adams 1916 Dr. George B. Adams 1910 Dr. James M. Adams 1909 Lionel Adams ex- 191 7 Dr. David Adicer 1913 Dr. W. FloLcoMBE Aiken 1915 Wm. L. Alexander ex-1920 Dr. Katz Allen T . . ex- 191 7 Dr. Lucius B. Allen 1912 Dr. Victor K. Allen 1915 Dr. Ernest E. Alleceyer 1917 Philip C. Altman 1916 Dr. Allen M. Ames 1912 Rudolph J. Anderson 1906 Edward E. Archibald ex- 1909 Charles R. Armstrong 1908 Albert E. Arnoult 1909 F. Clyde Arnoult 1913 Mrs. Edwin Arny 1913 William L. Atkins E. C. Atkinson 1915 Dr. Richard B. Austin, Jr 1910 Dr. Thomas C. Austin 1909 Dr. Julian T. Bailey 1909 Kenneth M. Bailey 1921 Claude M. Baker 1918 Dr. Wilter J. Baker 1915 Dr. Wilmer Baker 1916 Dr. Joseph F. Baldwin 1915 R. Edwin Bali 1919 Dr. Hewitt L. Balloire 1900 Emmett F. Bankston 1907 A. M. Barbe 1900 L. Barber 1918 Dr. William E. Barber, Jr 1917 Herman L. Barnett 1916 Mss Nettie C. Barnwell 1909 Miss Edith Barrett 1920 Dr. Chas. W. Barrier. Jr 1917 Errol C. Barron 1918 Dr. Wm. M. Barron 1914 A. Jackson Bartlett 1918 Dr. Chas. C. Bass 1899 Henry H. Bate 1917 Dr. Theodore T. Batson 1915 Dr. James Ernest Baylis 1918 Hugh A. Bayne 1894 Lansing D. Beach 1913 Dr. James W. Beard 1914 Dr. Robert B. Beard 1913 Herbert U. Becklev 1920 Dr. George S. Bel . . . . . . . .1893 Miss Adele Belden 1920 Dr. Webster W. Belden 19l6 Wilton O. Bell 1921 Dr. Wm. L. Bendel 1916 Dr. Eirin E. Benoist 1916 Dr. Edgar J. Berancer 1916 Dr. Robert Bernhard 1913 Dr. James A. Bethea 1913 Dr. a. F. Beserly 1903 Dr. Wiley H. Billingsley 1912 George W. Billeifes 1916 Dr. Thomas B. Bird 1914 Henry O. Bisset 1911 David Blackshear 1904 Dr Rupert Blakely 1911 Dr. Frank T. Blow 1908 Milton H. Blum 1910 Dr. J. Mahne Bodenheimer 1906 Dr. Nicholas C. Boethal 1901 George W. Booth. Jr 1914 Francis X. BosTic 1919 Dr. Hugh P. Boswell 1912 Harold W. Bott 1919 Miss May Boutcher Posey R. Bowers 1916 Dr. E. R. Bornie 1916 Dr. Hugh Boyd 1839 Dr. Solomon R. Boykin 1916 Dr. Muir Bradburn 1912 Dr. John W. Brandon, Jr 1913 Dr. Sidney F. Brand 1914 Dr. Isidor Braun 1910 Edward W. Bres 1913 Dr. Malcom I. Brewer I9i6 Page i}vcnl)f