Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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-HAT SAME GREAT SWEEP- ING CRESCENT WHICH ENCIRCLES NEW ORLEANS LIKE A PROTECTING ARM IS ONE OF THE WORLD ' S MOST TRAVELLED WATERWAYS. THE MISSISSIPPI IS THE PATHWAY TO THE WORLD FOR THE PRODUCTS OF THE VAST, FER- TILE MIDDLE SECTION OF OUR CONTINENT, AND NEW ORLEANS IS THE FLOOD- GATE OF THIS STREAM OF COMMERCE. NEW ORLEANS IS A HEALTHY, GROW- ING CITY, ALIVE AND BUSTLING. DAY AND NIGHT SHIPS ' WHISTLES AN- NOUNCE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, AND NIGHT AND DAY THE ROAR OF MIGHTY ENGINES HERALDS THE SKYLINERS AS THEY COME AND GO. THE TWIN SILVER STRIPS OF THE RAILROADS RADIATE FROM NEW ORLEANS LIKE SPOKES FROM A HUB, AND MODERN HIGHWAYS CROSS THE BROAD MISSIS- SIPPI ON SPANS WHOSE BASES REACH DOWN TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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ESTLED SECURELY IN A GREAT SWEEPING CRESCENT OF THE HIS- TORIC MISSISSIPPI RIVER, OLD NEW ORLEANS IS THE POSSESSOR OF A PROUD HERITAGE OF COLORFUL TRADITION AND GRACIOUS LIVING. HERS ARE THE CONTINENTAL CUSTOMS OF OLD- WORLD FRANCE, BLENDED BY THE MELLOWING PROCESSES OF TIME WITH SPANISH CABALLERO TRADITIONS AND ENGLISH CAVALIER INFLUENCES. NEW ORLEANS IS THE HOME OF THE CREOLE, A LAUGHING HAPPY PEOPLE, NEVER TOO BUSY TO PLAY. HER EATING PLACES ARE FAMOUS FOR GUMBO AND JAM- BALAYA, SAVORY DISHES WHICH COMBINE FRENCH FLAVOR AND SPANISH FIRE. THE VIEUX CARRE IS A WORLD APART, ROMANTIC AND PICTURESQUE. THE NARROW STREETS, DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURE, EXQUISITE IRON GRILL- WORK, AND COOL, DEEP-SHADOWED PATIOS CREATE AN AURA OF CHARM COMPLETELY UNIQUE. CITY JOlE CONTRASTS

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