Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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N U R PROGRESS mal. James H. Dillard, professor of Latin and dean of the Graduate Department, acted as president in the interim. At Dr. Craighead ' s suggestion, the students aboHshed haz- ing and substituted a tug-of-war across a pond in Audubon Park. In the first hotly contested struggle, victory was awarded the sophomores on points. In the 1906-07 session, the New Orleans Polyclinic was amalgamated with Tulane as the Post-Graduate School of Medicine, with Dr. Charles Chassaignac as dean. The Poly- clinic, established in 1887 by a group of doctors, gave clinical and didactic instruction to practicing physicians. In the ensuing session, the New Orleans College of Dent- istry, established in 1898, was absorbed as the Tulane School of Dentistry. Dr. Andrew G. Friedrichs was first dean. In 1928, this School was temporarily suspended because of in- adequate finances, but a Dental Clinic was maintained in the New Hutchinson Memorial Medical Building. The freshman and sophomore medical students moved to the Uptown Campus, to the Richardson Memorial Medical Building, completed for the 1908-09 session. Thi building also contains the Souchon Museum of Anatomy and a branch of the Medical Library. In this year. Dr. Stanford E. Chaille, who had been dean since 1885, retired, and was succeeded by Dr. Isadore Dyer, who held this position until his death in 1920. In 1910-11, the colleges of Arts and Sciences and of Tech- nology were organized under separate deans. Dr. Albert Bled- soe Dinwiddie and Dr. William Henry Creighton, respectively. In 1912, upon Dr. Craighead ' s resignation, Robert Sharp, professor of English, who had been affiliated with the Univer- sity since about 1880, was appointed acting president and later elected president. In 1914 the new office of registrar of the University was first filled by Richard K. Bruff, whose retirement in 1927 marked the end of forty-one years of service to Tulane. THE FISH POND The Newcomb campus is resplendent with beautiful spots made so by luxuriant foliage and attractive landscaping

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L u N U N I Y THE NEW GyMNASIUM Above: Photograph showing relative sizes of the old and new gymna- liumi. Below: Interior oF the new structure. This building, dedicated In November, ii Tulane ' s newest and most modern.

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A T T U L A N U N I V Y In 1 ' ' 14, AIccc Forticr, professor of romance languages and dean of the Graduate Department, died. Dr. Fortier, who had come to Tulane about 1880 as principal of the Preparatory Department, was a linguist, author and educator of interna- tional repute. In this year, the College of Commerce and Business Ad- ministration was organized and Dr. Morton A. Aldrich, pro- fessor of economics, was appointed dean. It offered courses in commercial law, higher accounting and finance, economics and business administration, and commercial Spanish. Students entered this College after two years in Arts and Sciences. In 1918, Dr. Dinwiddie became president of the Univer- sity, and was succeeded as dean of the College of Arts and Sci- ences by Dr. Edward A. Bechtel. In 1918, Professor Douglas S. Anderson succeeded Professor Creighton as dean of the Col- lege of Technology. At his suggestion, the name was changed to College of Engineering. Dr. Charles C. Bass became dean of the School of Medicine in 1922; and, two years later. Dr. John M. McBryde, acting dean of the Graduate School since the resignation of Dr. John M. Fletcher, was appointed dean of the Graduate School. Dr. Rufus C. Harris became dean of the College of Law in 1927, and Dr. Hiram W. Kostmaver dean of the Graduate School of Medicine in 1932. The School of Pharmacy was reorganized in 1931 under a separate dean, Dr. John F. Simon, and offered four years work instead of three. In 1918, Dr. Di.xon retired, and Dr. Pierce Butler, former dean of the Graduate School, became dean of Newcomb. That year, Newcomb mo ' ed to its present home on Broadwav, into Newcomb Hall, the Josephine Louise House and the Art School. The gymnasium and swimming pool, and Doris Hall and Warren Ncuconib House, dormitories, were added later. In 1 29. DLxon Hall, named for Dr. Di.xon in apprecia- tion of the great services which he had contributed toward the development of the College, was completed. It contains the Music School, and auditorium and, temporarily, the library. Dr. Giuseppe Ferrata was director of the Music School for the first year of its existence, 1909-10. Leon Ryder Maxwell succeeded him. Miss Iota Lee Troy has been acting director