Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES EnwARD A. Bkcmtki,, Pli.D. Dean The College of Arts and Sciences is, with the exception of Newcomb College, the larg- est College of the University, with an enroll- ment of some 550 students and a faculty of more than forty. This College offers a wide opportunity for thorough training in language, literature, the social sciences, and the laboratory sciences. Its purpose is to prepare men for research work in the graduate schools, or for admission to professional study, or for a business career. The Pre-Medical Courses give a thorough preparation for the study of Medicine, while other courses provide for the needs of those who plan to enter upon the study of Law.

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has named NEWCOMB COLLEGE Pierce Butler, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Dean Newcomb College was founded by Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb in October, 1886. It Yas her desire to establish in this college a memorial to her daughter, Harriott Sophie Newcomb. In her will, which is dated May 12, 1898, she left to the administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, for the benefit of New- comb College, the residue of her estate after the pay- ment of certain specified legacies. Mrs. Newcomb ' s feeling for the people of New Orleans and her desire to advance the cause of education of young women in Louisiana were the reasons that moved her to make this foundation. It was her specific desire that there should be maintained a simple form of daily religious exer- cises in a chapel or assembly room, but she specifically provided, I desire that worship and instruction shall not be of a sectarian or denominational character. There are at present six buildings of fine structure upon the campus, and several smaller buildings vhich are used for various purposes. An additional building, which will be a dormitory, is now being erected on the ground fronting Audubon Place, next to Doris Hall, this building VVarren Newcomb House, in memory of The Board of Administrator Mrs. Newcomb ' s husband. The present attendance is 699. These students are following the different regular courses offered by the College, namely, the one leading to the B.A. Degree, the one leading to the B.S. Degree, the four-year course in Art, leading to the B. Design Degree, or the four-year course in Music, leading to the B. Music Degree. The purpose of the College is to foster the intellectual life in any way that may seem most helpful and promising for the maintenance of a high standard of culture, and it endeavors to equip young women for effective and intelligent service to society.

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THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Charles Cassidy Bass, M.D. Dean Emerson once said, and very truly, The first wealth is health. It is more precious to a people than good roads, the improvements of rivers and harbors, the fos- tering of agriculture, or the conservation of natural re- sources. Upon good health depends efficiency and hap- piness. The line between efficiency and inefficiency is drawn upon the ability of the individual to go to work today; that between happiness and unhappiness upon the ability to enjoy the work of today. Health is the great problem of life. In the past health has been dependent largely on curative medi cine. In the future it will be largely upon preventive medi- cine. Statistics show that every fifty seconds a life is lost to our country through preventable diseases. Med- ical science believes that the known preventable diseases constitute only a fraction of those that can be prevented. Ever since its establishment in 1834, the Medical College of Tulane University has been doing its utmost to raise a standard of medical education throughout the country. Now, after ninety years of active existence, it has taken its place with the leading medical colleges, not only of the state and country, but of the whole world.