Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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R U F US C A H R D L L T d¥ eTaHR I S

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his year has seen our entry into the war which I believe most of the think- ing people felt eventually would be upon us. While at first it brought confusion in our minds and in our responsibilities, our courses soon were set. The great change in the plan of the university as a consequence has been the inauguration of the twelve- month program, designed to shorten your college life. The purpose of this shortening program is not to give degrees to soldiers. I do not believe the bachelor ' s degree will materially change the effectiveness of our army. Our purpose is to more immediately supply the nation with young persons having educational background and technical knowledge necessary in the increasingly difficult and greatly augmented work of war, government, business and industry. For the individual it is to enable him to complete his education before it may be interrupted by experiences which may bereft him of the ability to study or to learn by study, or before other duties and responsibilities of life demand him. I do not believe that we must sacrifice education to win the war. It is one of the most important objects of the war. It is one of the best defenses of the country. But when war is declared longrun activities must be changed to meet the immediate emergencies. Education fundamentally is a long-run activity. It now must endure a temporary change in function. What the country immediately must have is vocational training and applied science in front of liberal arts and pure research. We may hope that the war will not be so severe as to require our complete transformation, that is of our faculty and students into soldiers, our campus into drill grounds, and our buildings into barracks. But we know that if necessity demands any or all such activities, they will come to pass. Total war may mean the total extinction, for a time at least, of Tulane University. I say this as bluntly as possible not because I think necessarily that it will happen, but because I consider it important that we understand that the setting of our work has changed. I hope this book may record the changing aspect of the University ' s life in a manner that will preserve as much as is possible the brighter and happier moments of the year. RUFUS C. HARRIS.

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ADMINISTRATION LESLIE J. BUCHAN Dean, College of Commerce DR. ELIZABETH WISNER Dean, School of Social Work DR. J. ADAIR LYON Chairman, Courses for Teachers