Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/jambalayayearboo06edit BDITHD BY THH STUDENTS OF TU LAN E UNIVERSITY NHW ORLEANS, I. A. Che marsh & (irant Gompanv Chicaflo Illinois EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN CMS, the sixth Culanc Hnnual, is mpectfullv dedicated to Edwin Jlndcrson flldcrman President of the Uniiersiiy and our Sincere friend nnnnDnnnnnnnnanannannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn n j JAMBALAYA I u n n n nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnpnnpnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn n n n a n n n n n n n n n w Q g Jingle ye Newcomb belles a rhyme, g n n n n n ir SONG of merry college time, g n ' n n n n iVlAD, mischievous and gay n n n n n 'f^ n g rSEFORE the world has laid its snare, g n n n g X\N^GRY that we should 'scape from care. n n n g Laughter then holds the day g n D n g imND hope and joy mount e\er higher, g n n n 1 E men and maids strike on the lyre g n n n g ?\ vSONG to good old "T:unbalaya" g n ' n n n n n n n n n n n nnnDDDnDDaanppnnannnnnnnaannnnDDnnnaDnDDnnnnnnnnDnnn Jambalaya. Sketch .... I University Guests and Lecturers 16 Photo of Dr. Alderman 4 Executive Connniltee of the .-Vluuini Greelin]^ 6 Association .... IS <l History <if Dr. Alderman Colle).;e .Munini Association . 20 II Introduction ..... Newconil) .\lumu;i.- .\ssociatiou . 20 Board of .\dministrators Academic Department . 21-62 OfTicers of Instruction and Adminis- Department for I'liilosophy and Science 6< tration M Department for Teachers ... 64 Newcouib Department 65-92 Before and After the Carnival Holidays 243 Newcomb Art Department . 93--102 Series of Letters .... 244 Medical Department 103--118 Star Gazers 249 Law Department 119--128 Blasted Hopes 251 Fraternities .... 129--173 Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Literary Societies 175--179 Faculty 252 Oratorical and Debating Contests ISO -181 Before and After Exams . 253 Greek Circle .... 182 Wednesday Lecture Club . 254 French Circle .... 184 L. C. C. Club 255 Jambalaya ..... 188--191 Mechanics Conflagration . 256 Tulane University Magazine 192--195 Cane Rush . 259 Olive and Blue .... 196--19<) Sonnet to Newcomb .... 261 In Memoriam 200 The 1901 Senior .... 262 Tulane Athletic .\ssociation 202 Coik, Chineys and Checkers . 263 Foot Ball Team .... 206--207 P. S. C. Club 265 Base Ball Team 208 -200 Suicide Club 265 Athletic Records .... 211 -213 Little Boney Joe Club ... 266 Basket Ball Teams 214 Chemistry Notes .... 267 Clubs 215 Circumlocution .... 268 Tulane Tennis Club . 21() Savings Frequently Heard at the Law Newcomb Tennis Club 218 School 269 Art Students' Club 219 Sayings of Famous People . 270 Tulane German Club 220 Where Have we Heard These? . 271 Tulane Junior German Club )'")) Junior Klu Klucks .... 272 Choir 223 A Duck in a Gilded Cage . .272 Chemical Society 224 Criminal Offences .... 273 Engineering Society 225 New Pamphlets 273 Sketch Club .... 226 Bum Jokes 274 Press Club .... 228 Wanted to Know .... 275 Tulane Orchestra 229 When Last we Met . 276 Senior Dramatic Club 230 A Visit to the State University of Sophomore Dramatic Club 231 Elysian Fields . .277 Freshman Dramatic Club 232 Quotations ..... 279 Zirkel . Kodak Club .... 232 Der Deutsche .281 Miscellany .... 233 La Societc Francaise de Newcomb . 281 Inauguration Day . 235 A Memory 282 . -239 283 Founders' Day . 237 Junior Prom ..... Vale Studium .... 240 Proem ...... 2R5 The Parable of the Wicked Youth 241 The End 286 287-300 Ancient Order of Sticks , 242 Advertisements .... edwin Hnderson jnderman EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the opening of the Civil War, and is now in the thirty-ninth year of his age. His childhood and early youth were passed in that old colonial town, but in the autumn of 1S76 the earnest part of his life began with his enrolment at Hethel Military Acad- emy, Fauquier Co., Va., founded and directed by a hero of Gettysburg, Maj. Albert Smith, an<l at that time in a highly flourishing condition, one of the bulwarks of pride of that renowned Commonwealth, one of those fountains of strength at which she has nurtured, and still nurtures, so many stalwart sons. Here young Alderman was care- fully trained for college, which he entered in the University of his native State, at Chapel Hill, September, 1878, whence he was graduated in June, ls82. The characteristics of the future President showed themselves clearly in the Under graduate. lyei/,- IVell iind liirihs Lehcn. says Ooethc in that wonderful Proemium. Even then the young collegian seized upon the notion of university life in its fullest and broadest sense, and enriched his experience with all forms of its activity. There, too, he asserted his native qualities as a leader, while his genial ''camaraderie" made him a zealous and conspicuous member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. On graduation, he closed quickly with the great issue of life, hearing and accept- ing promptly his calling to the walks of education. On the path chosen he has never faltered, but has pressed forward steadily and with remarkable rapidity. In |NS5, while still scarcely more than a fle<Igling, he was made Superintendent of Schools at Golds- bom, N. C'; in 188(> he was elected President of the Teachers' Assembly; in 1889, State Conductor; in 1S9J, Professor of History and Philosophy of I-'ducation in the Uni- versity of North Carolina; in 18'i6, only fourteen years after graduation, he was unani- mously called to the Presidency of that institution, his .\lma Mater. This bare outline attests vividly the extraordinary impression made by Professor Alderntan on the minds of his fellow-citizens, who thus vied together in eagerly lifting him on from high to higher. His administration of this weighty trust was eminently successful. The ancient University felt throughout its frame the thrill of a new life. The attemlance rose not- ably, the income was enlarged, the streams of generosity were opened and began to flow towards it, stately buildings were erected, and in everyway the popular approval sought and found expres-iion. More than all else, however, there was born a lively capiil tie mrf>s in all ileparttnents of the institution. l-"aculty and students were kindled with a com- mon ardor and common faith, and pressed forward confidently as a unit under such inspiring leadership. To the great regret of the whole people of North Carolina, in Ajiril, 1"IH), the .ad- ministrators of the Tulanc Ivducational I'und, after long and anxious search, found in him a successor to the lamented President, Col. Wm. Preston Jolin'iton. In October of the same vear he assumed the duties of his new position. His administration has been marked by many laudable ami hopeful innovations. The new breath was felt instantly in the student body. The languishing athletic life was quickened into vehement activity. The Football team closed an unbroken series of victories without a score against it. A new forensic and literary society, the /'oriim. aroused the (•'/(•>i<ly Biirkr with the spur of rivalry. The establishment of a system of We<lnes(lay lectures was an agreeable novelty, profitable both to the students and to the ])ublic, and forms part of a systematic and sustaine<l effort to bring the University into closer touch with the people and to make it speak through their mighty trumpet, the press. To the same end, following at the same time a more and more approved precedent, imparting dignity .ind decorum to its public functions and widening the angle which the UniverMty spans in the jiopular eye, the Academic dress has been introduced for all ollicial occasions. The experimciil was made at the Inauguration, IJtli of March, 1901, and with gratifying success. The cere- monies were most impressive, and the speeches were of a high order of merit. The internal .\dministration has been equally vigorous. A new curriculum co-ord- inates more perfectly the various courses and introduces a moderate freedom of choice into the upper years. A new adjustment of entrance requirements aligns Tulane with her sisters in the South, while special courses are opened to worthy young men of some maturity and definite purpose, but not quite fitted for the regular classes. Meantime the standards and ideals of the I'niversity are not to be lowered, but heightened rather. In line with the general policy of popularizing the University tjy rendering it more accessible to the people and making it bulk larger in their consciousness, is the projected erection of dormitories, which shall reduce the cost of living at tlie University and expand greatly the range of its patronage. In this same spirit President Alderman mingles freely in the general life. He acts upon the noble sentiment of Terence: Homo Sum; Ilmnani Nihil a mc Aliciiiiiii f>i</o. His voice is often heard in public addresses. Thus far he has been chiefly busied in New Orleans, but in the course of the next year he will make a tour of the State and bring Tulane closer than ever before to the hearts and minds of the people at large. It is, and has always been, a chief concern with Dr. Alderman to establish and maintain a lively accord and earnest sympathy among all departments of the University organization, President and Administrators and Faculties and Students. He thinks of the University as of an organism, ail for each and each for all. In its councils he asserts the dominance of reason rather than of will. He is particularly proud of the hearty support of the Faculty, Students, friends and patrons of the institutions he has guided, and he attributes whatever success he has attained thus far to the intelligence and loyalty of his colleagues.