Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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4. SHKlfiit (U ' corattd the txyin 1 ' • ' ilainf in hoiKir nf Or. aiul Mrs. Harris, Muriilay nit;lit. 5. ' I ' hc fnrinal itistallalimi Icink placi- I ' ljisilay iiiKlit — a ivpical (Iri ' ssing rfjom scene. (). Rolierl S. Maestri, Mayor (if New Orleans duns a cap and Kown fnr the occasion, as Dr. McCntcheon of Tulanc looks on. 7. Kicli.ird 1. elite, (lovernor of I.iniisiaiia and Dr. Harris, chat- ting in the dressing; room hcforc the ceremonies hej aii. 8. Dr. D. S. Kllioti, Dr. Robert L. Meniict (both of I ' lilane) and Pifsideiit William Wickendcn of Case School ol . pplied Science a ait the proces ifin. 9. The priicesMon. 10. I hereli induct yon, Knins (arrolllnn Harris, as tenth president ot 1 niane I Diversity, reads Ksmond I ' lulps, pres- ident of the Tidane Board of .Administrators. 11. With tile authority vested in me as President of I ' tdane t ' lii- versit , I confer on yon, Sophoiiisba I ' reston Hreckinridne, the decree of Doctor of Laws. (Miss Hreckiiuidne was one of fourteen who received honorarv decrees after Dr. Harris ' induction.) I :i 1

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1. Tulaiie ' s tenth Presidential lnan«urati()n bej;an Sunday, Jan- uary i6, 1938, with a CDnrrrt liy the Newcomh-Tiilane Festival Cliiiir, directed liy MaMiard Klein. 2. On Mnnday and Tuesday, each department held a syin- posiuiii — seen at the lenal symposium arc Tulanc Adminis- trator Walker Spencer, President-elect Harris, Dean Clark of ale, Chief Justice O ' Neill of the Louisiana Supreme Court. 3. Dr. Philip Jones of Swarthmore, and President William Wickenden, of Case School of Applied Science «ere snappid i itli Dr. Harris, alter the Inaugural l.uiiclienn, at llir KiK)sc ell Hotel. - 1 1 J 1 (20}

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Roger P. McCutcheon Ph.D. from Harvard, Professor of English, Dean of tlie Graduate School — and a regular fellow, say his students and associates. Co-author of two text- books, contributor to many periodicals, scholar, humanitarian — Doctor Mac withal is ever ready and able to lick the best on the golf links. James Adair Lyon Native Pennsylvanian — now Chairman, Crurses for ' I eachers. Energetic, indulgent, genuine. He loves people, conviviality: — evidence — he initiated b:ith the Tulane and Ncwcomb Book Stores. His main love is photography. Dr. I.yon was in charge of photo- graphing the Solar Kclipse of May, 1900, at I.eander McCorniick Observatory, Winnshnroiigh, S. C. Other interests — .Auto mechatiics and driving. Anna E. Many No stern disciplinarian, hut rather a quiet, under- standing woman, who performs her duty as Coun- selor to Women by knowing each girl. A graduate of Ncwcomb, she is imbued with its rich tradition. Result — all the more able to inspire, assist, and reach the hearts of her girls. Miss Many is more than the bestcst friend a girl could have. Hobbies — badminton anfl golf. 1 ] Tulane ' s New Deal is what everyone is saying since the beginning of the 1937-1938 session and the advent of new President Rufus C. Harris and recently ap- pointed deans Marten ten Hoor of Arts and Sciences; Paul D. Brosman of Law; Roger P. McCutcheon of the Graduate School; and Elizabeth Wisner of the School of Social Work, which heretofore she has governed as director. Immediately upon assuming office, President Harris began his program of expansion. The aim — a bigger and better Tulane; the watchword — onward. Many new and needed courses were added, departments were enlarged, and new faces have appeard in every branch of the University. Altogether, ninety-two members of the faculty, administrative staff and office personnel have been annexed since last session. A new department, Public Speaking and Dramatic Arts, was added to the curriculum of the College cf Arts and Sciences. The Law School, for the first time in its history, conducted a summer session, offering four major courses which were well attended and a great suc- cess. The Department of Graduate Medicine was con- solidated with the School of Medicine, thus broadening the facilities of both. The Department of Mechanical [:2 1