Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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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

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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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■J» and Electrical Engineering was split into separate de- partments, thus allowing each to deal more specifically with its subject and lessening the overlapping of courses. President Harris and the new administration have lit- erally worked wonders with the physical plant. Most outstanding of the manv improvements, to the average student, was the renovated and modernized refectory, which now houses the Book Store and Post Office. Re- turning students found the porch glassed in, modernistic furniture throughout, and a flagstone terrace under the trees in front — an ideal spot in the fall and spring months. Gibson Hall was renovated by the enlarging and mod- ernization of offices, the refinishing of woodwork, and the addition of new equipment where possible. Dr. ten Hoor was appointed custodian of the building and has introduced several regulations regarding smoking, bill- posting, etc., that arc intended to prolong the present appearance of the structure. The biggest building project realized this vcar was the rounding out of the stadium into a horseshoe, accom- plished by joining the north ends of the concrete stands with steel stands. Another long-fcit need that promises fulfillniciit in the near future is the erection of a Student Paul W. Brosman Pep, VDUth, vitality — he walks with it, thinks with it. in short, he lives with it. . j.S.P. from Yale, the nea[i of the Colletre of Law is a recognized legal aulhnrity, writer, scholar, and h:ii vivant. tireatest pleasure — a nightly novel, before going to sleep. He collects Red-Seal phonograph records, has his Infore-dinner highliall daily. Charles C. Bass Mississippi ccninlry bny, now DcTii of the School of Medicine. M.O., Tiilane; LL.n., Ouke: D.Sc . Lon- don, and F.. .C.P. Dr. Hass assisted Gorgas in the discovery of the yellow fever germ. His preference — Research Medicine. . n inveterate coffee drinker — he is often off lo the nearest cafe. Marten ten Hoor Musician, philosopher, teacher, Pean of the College of . rts and Sciences. .At the helm of the largest department — a man with his love, sympathy, and knowledge of youth is itecessary. Never gets up earlv, hut once up shares Pr. Brosman ' s vitality. Ili holihies — analysing handwriting, reading detec- tive stories. [231