The Banner-Democrat., 1901-01-05

of buildings opposite Audubon Park,
the Colleges of Arts and
Sciences and of Technology, there
will soon be erected the Tilton Me-
mortal Library, so called in honor of
the late lamented F. W.. Tilton,
whose wife has made donation of
$4,000 to the University, for that
purpose.
Regarding the student life at Tu-
lane, great stress should be laid
upon the important Inauguration of
chapel services and lectures. For a
few moments each day the students
are assembled, at which gatherings
few verses from the Bible are read,
the Lords prayer recited, and a
hymn sung by choir of students.
On these OCCASIONS any announcements
that there may be, are made and fire.
quent short talks made to the stu
dents by the president and members
of the faculty. On one day in the
week, however, an address of about
forty-ive minutes duration is added
to the customary service. During
the past three months, several prom
inent men and scholars Of New Or
leans have addressed the students on
interesting and instructive subjects.
There are two literary societies
now in existence at Tulane. 1.-The
| Forum" having recently been found
ed, in addition to the time renowned
"Glendv Burke" These societies
are for the cultivation of the powers
of elocution, debate and oratory,
and in that line they are doing good
j work. Arrangements are being en-
ergetically made to hold an intercol-
iegiate debate with the University OF
Texas. which tits hoped will take
place this session and become an an
! nual occurrence hereafter.
/; There are other students of like
order, among the most prominent
being the Cercle Francois, the Greek
t Circle, the Sketch Club and the
! Symphony Orchestra. A "Cercle
, Francais" has long been needed at
) Tulane, and the present club, al
though but recently organized. has a
I membership of over seventy from the
Z academic department alone. The
t aim of the Greek Circle is the study
of the literature of ancient Greece.
t The sketch Club and the Orchestra
r are doing good work in the study OF
a art and of music.
There are fonr student publlca-
. tions, the "Jambalaya," an annual ;
: the 'tTulane University Magazine.
2 the result of the amalgamation OF the
: 'sCellegian" and the Tulane Maga-
t zine :" and Tulane's official weekly
e journal, the ''Olive and Blue now
/ in its fifth volume. There is also S
, a medical magazine, the ''Phago'
4 cyte," for which articles on medical
j. topics are written by the medica
: students. Two numbers have beer
s issued thus far, the contributions be-
e ing soly by the students, but later
D on the professors may write for pub
: lication.
n The outburst of college spirit fol
4 lowing the recent victorious athletic
b season aud evinced at the Ncrown
y ing success, Tulane Nights bu
e another demonstration of the fac
D that college spirit has come to stay
t and that henceforth Tulane Univer
: sity will take leading place among
a her contemporaries in the marcf
81 onward. For as DR.. Alderman sale
t at the close of one of his recen
y addresses to the student body, ''thi
: university has future and destin.
c and will remain here as long as tn
Y great river, on whose banks sh
: stands, flows onward to the sea-"