Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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NKWCOMB COLLEGE Pierce Butler, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Dean Newcomb College was founded by Mrs. Josephine Louise Newcomb, in October, 1886, as a memorial to her daughter, Harriet Sophie Newcomb. In her will, which is dated May 12, 1898, she left to the admin- istrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, for the benefit of Newcomb College, the residue of her estate after the payment 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 expressed wish that there should he maintained a simple form of daily religious exercises in a chapel cr assembly room, but she specifically pro- vided, I desire that worship and instruction chall not be of a sectarian or denominational character. There are at present eight buildings of fine construc- tion upon the campus and several smaller buildings. We have recently completed and occupied a new dor- mitory, the Warren Newcomb House, fronting upon Newcomb Campus. This will probably form one unit in a plan of dormitories to he built. During the year 1938-29 we completed Dixon Hall, on the quadrangle fronting the Art Building, named in honor of President Emeritus Brandt V. B. Dixon. Dixon Hall, which was first used for the Commencement Exercises in 1929, provides an auditorium seating about one thousand, with a fine and well equipped stage ; studio and practice rooms for the School of Music; and an entire wing for the Library. The stack rooms here will provide for about sixty thousand volumes and may be expanded. 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. The regular courses offered lead to the degree of B.A. or B.S., or for students in Art and Music, B. Design and B.Music. ,:1 • PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Douglas Smith Anderson, B.A., M.A. Dean The College of Engineering offers broad courses of professional training in the fundamental prin- ciples underlying the various branches of Engineer- ing and Architecture. The formulation of these courses is the outgrowth of the best thought of edu- cators and the engineering profession and of our own experience during the last two decades. The technical studies in the College of Engineer- ing are contained in four divisions, called schools. The schools are divided into departments. A department includes subjects, or groups of subjects, which are similar in nature. The schools are: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Architecture No candidate for a degree is allowed to restrict himself to the narrow training which might be imparted by any one school. Work in the technical departments of one of the above schools is made the backbone or principal part of a four years ' course and supplemental work is required in other schools in the college. • PAGE TWENTY-FIVE •

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THE GRADUATE Jo?iN MacLaren McBryde, Ph.D., Litt.D. D can To men and women holding the Bachelor ' s degree from Tulane University and from institutions of equal grade, the Graduate School offers courses lead- ing to advanced degrees in the fields of the liberal arts, the sciences, and engineering. In addition to these, advanced courses leading to the degree of Master of Science and Doctor of philosophy are given in special fields in the medical sciences by members of the Medical Faculties who have been elected to membership in the Faculty of the Graduate School. Opportunities are afforded for clinical work in the hospitals of the city under the guidance of well-known specialists. Thus the Graduate School presents carefully planned courses designed for teachers desiring to gain a broader and deeper knowledge of their chosen fields and for graduates in engineering and medicine wishing to specialize in some particular lines of work. • PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN •