Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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,V ' =::.r mood has been considered to be apathy. However, seated students at a football game, one-man House Council races, and partially supported student activities are not expressions of apathy. In- stead, they are illustrations of a peculiar Tulane trait which we will choose to call ' adequacy. In keeping with his idea of gen- tility, the Tulane individual employs what may be termed a perversion of the ancient formula — ' ' nothing to excess. ' ' It is not that no one cares; it is simply that one does not overexert one- self, for the insane reason that it is just not done here. But again, the mood of the campus is only important in that it reflects the mood of the individual. By following him through four years of activity at Tulane, the JAMBALAYA has attempted to present an accurate pic- ture of the type of individual being molded at our university. Only you, the reader, can truly understand what this individual has experienced. For you are the individual of whom we speak.. You are the product of Tulane University, and you are the gift of Tulane to the world. The Editor tLm J ' lA- . 4.. 4»t »M. .: ... ] M. : 1 ;----3 JW(V1-K J iT.ri C,f M-Tir-2-:

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' 4»3c it wanted to be excellent; not just respected in the South, but respected nationally. After years of regional recognition! and a period of lethargy, our university began the move forward, a movement which was ours to witness in the year 1964-65. With financial aid from large foundations pouring into Tu- lane this year, our university had to take stock, of itself. What could Tulane offer in return for these gifts of confidence? With this aid, the school could raise the pay of professors, build better classrooms, and enlarge its curriculum. All of these improve- ments were extremely necessary to the final product, but in real- ity, the only product Tulane had to offer the community, the nation, and the world was an individual. It is this individual who will determine the success or failure of Tulane ' s rejuvena- tion. In our pictorial essay, the individual may he observed in every conceivable mood expressing a panorama of emotions. The gamut of moods was from excitement to depression, happiness to anxiety, and enthusiasm to apathy. Perhaps, the most prevalent

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 ADMINISTRATION 33 FEATURES 55 ORGANIZATIONS 77 BACCHANAL 140 SPORTS 149 GREEKS 187 CLASSES 249 I