Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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DR. JOHN H. STIBBS Dean of Students DIVISION Pillar oi fhe University? Speaking very generally fhe Division of Sfudenf Life has fhe re- sponsibility for fhe ou+-of-fhe-classroom student life both on and off the campus. These responsibilities for the most part fall info fhe categories of student conduct, student housing,. services to students, and recreation. We feel that life outside the classroom at Tulane is full of opportunities. Practical education, Is available through holding responsible positions In student government and directing the work of student organizations and student publlcaflons. Wholesome rec- reation Is provided through a broad program of activities which em- brace motion pictures, dances, music, and theatrical performances. Some of the basic policies of the Division of Student Life are these: ( 1 ) The general problem of the Division of Student Life Is how the University may serve as a more effective place for students to develop as complete individuals. Owing to the tremendous increase In population since the last war, there has been a tendency In many large schools to treat the student merely as a unit in a group. We are frying very hard at Tulane to emphasize attention to the student as an Individual, We feel that this Is one of the very special values offered by the private educational institution. (2} It Is, we insist, the duty of the Division -of Student Life to accent, In so far as possible, educational usefulness in fhe student activities program and to organize faculty advisers and other re- - sources of the University in this direction. [3) We think these efforts In the area of services to the student on the part of the University should exhibit the same quality and thor- oughness insisted upon In the classrc.om. (4) In spite of the fact that there has been a lot of nonsense stated about students getting far more out of fhe student activities program than out of their classroom work, we believe that the stu- dent life program Is of tremendous importance. We feel that the com- munity life of our students during the hours when they are not in the classroom should not be regarded as something merel y incidental. We believe that our great ideals of freedom and responsibility and the ideal of democracy can be nurtured in the proving ground which we speak of as the extra-curricular program. 24

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BOARD OF VISITORS A new group of outstanding men and women are bringing their experience to bear on Tulane ' s problems through the recently-activated Board of Visi- tors. The 30-member Board includes nationally known figures in education, science, industry, and other fields. A special committee has been formed to assist the Administrators ' Committee on University Development, and an- other to concentrate on the needs of the School of Medicine. Our thesis, declared Joseph M. Jones, President of the Administrators, is that this area needs an educational institution that will rank with the best in the nation, that New Orleans is a proper location for such an institution, that Tulane is the institution that ought to be further developed to attain this role, and that this is the time to go forward with such a plan. We believe that in bringing about these results the Board of Visitors will be of inestimable help. Board of Visitors 23

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A Peek in the Hand Is Wor+h Two Finesses OF STUDENT LIFE First Row; Einar Pedersen, Assistant to the Dean; Mrs. Buchner Chlpley. Student Center Hostess; J. E. Branch, Placement Officer; Randall Brahan, Guidance Officer. Second Row: Andres Horcasitas, Foreign Student Advisor; Mrs, Myra Culbertson, Housing Secretary; Gerry Newman, Secretary to the Dean; Caroline Sharp, Secretary to the Dean. 25