Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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V n - K ■ , DR- MORTON A. ALDRICH Dean. College of Commerce This year saw President Harris ' New Deal go into full swing. All over the campus improvements have been made. Grass, trees, and shrubs were planted all around, roads were paved and better parking facilities afforded. The old wooden fences surrounding the track and field were re- placed by modern wire, affording a vista from Freret Street across the athletic field to Willow Street. The wire fences on the other side of Freret Street were supplanted by low posts and chain borders. Wider sidewalks were laid, making it easier to go from one building to another. The old gym was remodeled for the home of Tulane ' s new R. O. T. C. Naval Unit, while the old stadium was converted into a rifle range for the Gob ' s practice. Next door the Fine Arts Building was erected for the use of the Tulane Theatre and the Band. The Social Science Hall was given a steam bath, and the interiors of many build- ings were redecorated. Newcomb Dorms were made more DR. ROGER P. McCUTCH60N Dean, Graduate School DR. MARTEN TEN HOOR Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Ji

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A Word From the President As you look through this book you will see what a group of students at an American University did this year in various activities outside of the classroom. It should be fairly representative of this decade, of this youth, and of a por- tion of its pursuits. The successful college career consists of an earnest, serious-minded devotion to curricular pursuits, an identification with construc- tive extra-curricular campus forces, the development of wide and varied in- terests, the formation of lasting friendships, and the display of a friendly cooperative spirit in all campus relationships. This, being a college community, is a community of comparatively idealistic people, and these people hope that college life in America will continue along the line it has set and of which Tulane University has been representative for over a century. I hope those graduates of Tulane who look through this book in future years may know that campus activities are following the same pat- tern and that a foreign political ideology has not changed that pattern or wiped out that campus for insisting that the right of man is freedom — whether he be given it or not. This year has seen our continued growth and progress in moral, intellectual, and physical stature, and while we thus set down what has passed we hope to insure the future. RuFUS Carrollton Harris

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DR. PAUL W. BRCIMAN Dean. College of Law DR. CHARLES C. BASS Dean, School of Medicine MISS ELIZABETH WISNER Dean. School of Social Work comfortable for the gals, and the stately Warren House was adorned with a roof-garden. Plans are under way for the construction of several new build- ings, including a Student Center, the 500,000 McAlister Audito- rium, and a library which will combine the Tulane, Newcomb and Howard Memorial Libraries. The improvements were not confined solely to the physical plant. Many interesting courses were added, most notable of which is the course in Naval Science. New faculty members were appointed in several departments. Dr. Frederick Hard, former Professor of English at Tulane, was appointed Dean of Newcomb in the Spring of 1938, succeeding Dean Pierce Butler, who retired. This year the United States Navy installed the Tulane LJnit of the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps with Lieutenant-Commander Ralston B. Vanzant, Captain Walden L. Ainsworth, and Lieutenant Jacob E. Cooper in charge. The unit enrolled only 76 candidates this year, but by 1941 it will be brought to the full authorized strength of 200. The future Admirals put on an interesting pro- gram on Navy Day, and in December sponsored an air trip to the Naval Base at Pensacola, Florida. A spirited intramural program was inaugurated in the first of this