was maintained, in which the effort was sedulously made to interest the public in literature, science, and art and to encourage a taste for the more elevated pursuits of life. The lecturers have been professors in the university or eminent scholars and educators invited from other places for this purpose. At the request of those most interested, these have been exchanged, for several years, for university extension lectures, which have met a very gratifying success. For several years an annual course of about forty free lectures was delivered by Dr. S. E. Chaillé, the dean of the medical department, to large audiences, principally ladies, on physiology and hygiene. All the teachers of the public schools availed themselves of this instruction, and thus a knowledge of these important branches has found its way into every part of the public-school system. During the winter of 1893-94 the drift of literary curiosity and research has been into Shakespearian channels, and scarcely less than a hundred lectures have been delivered in the city on this author alone. A number of literary clubs and societies have existed now for some years, chiefly among the ladies and among a class formerly devoted to mere fashionable amusement, with a product as cheering as it was unexpected. The literary women of New Orleans are now recognized everywhere in the Union as having a distinct place of their own and of a very high order. This they are generally fain to ascribe, in large measure, to the influence of Tulane University. Occasional courses in mathematical studies have been carried on at night for the benefit of mechanics and other men employed during the day. But the most systematic and thorough effort to extend some portion of the blessings of education in directions where they were needed and difficult to obtain has been through the medium of the free drawing school. It was established at the beginning of the Tulane régime. All the public-school teachers were required to know drawing, and there were no means for them to acquire it. They were all taught in this school. No applicant for admission to the school has ever been rejected except for immaturity or being a pupil of another school. No one has ever been required to leave the school. It is hard to estimate how much it has done for the artistic and industrial improvement of the city. The free drawing school of Tulane University during the session of 1893-94 completed the ninth year of its existence. While it has been somewhat apart from the strict line of university work, it has conferred benefits upon the general public in the elevation of popular intelligence and in the special training of individuals in both practical and æsthetic matters, in industrial drawing and the fine arts. The Saturday morning classes have been attended by ladies, many of them teachers in our public schools, members of the normal classes, and others seeking to increase their knowledge of an art useful to them in their work or conducive to larger enjoyment of their tastes. The attendance has been good, and the students have manifested commendable zeal in their efforts. The evening classes, composed of mechanics, apprentices, clerks, and other young men engaged in some industrial pursuit during the day, have steadily grown in interest from year to year. The attendance during the past session has been larger than before, and satisfactory results have been secured by the earnest and faithful efforts of the students under the instruction of Professor Woodward and his assistants. The attendance the past session in the several classes, as follows, illustrates the scope and extent of the work: For the session of 1893-94,102 certificates have been issued, as follows: Distinguished, 41; meritorious, 52; satisfactory, 9. No certificates are issued for work done in the preparatory classes. The removal of the university to the new site, involving the sale of the manual training building, has compelled the abandonment of the free drawing school. The new location of the university and the evolution of the manual training school into engineering workshops have made this step neces sary. But a work so useful, so full of promise, so fruitful of actual results, ought not to perish. If no benevolent individual can be found to endow such a school, then the city should treat it as a duty and afford the instruction to one of the best classes of its citizens. During the session of 1893-94 the attendance in the different departments of the university was as follows: Thus has been displayed the origin, growth, and present status of Tulane University, which promises to stand as a very important factor in the future education of the Southwest. It is entering upon the final stage of educational existence, the true university life. It had its permanent foundation in the wisdom and benevolence of one of the best, kindest, and most sagacious citizens New Orleans ever possessed. Its expansion has come from the generosity of two women who are an honor to their sex. Its shaping destiny was largely due to the master mind of one of the noblest and wisest citizens who has served this Republic, the first president of the board, Randall Lee Gibson; and its successful organization and upbuilding have been the work of a faithful, intelligent, and judicious board of administrators, who have given their laborious and unrequited services in the highest spirit of philanthropy and patriotism. With such auspices, under the providence of God, this institution ought to become a blessing to its city and State and section. Latin 3 Prof. J. P. McAuley. Zumpt's Grammer, Harrison's Grammar, Greek.... 3 Prof. W. A. Seay.. French. Natural philoso- translations from English into Latin, Horace, Livy, Juvenal, Liddell's History of Rome, Long's Classical Atlas. Kühner's School Grammar, Smith's History of Greece, Sophocles, Thucydides, Greek Meters, selected exercises. 4 Prof. J. P. Bellier... Noël et Chapsal's Grammaire Française et 3 Prof. S. H. Lockett. Exercices, Pujol and Van Norman's French Silliman's Natural Philosophy. Bowen's Hamilton's Metaphysics, Alexander's Natural philoso phy. Latin.. Civil engineering..| Chemistry FIRST-CLASS FOURTH YEAR. Prof. D. F. Boyd.. 3 Prof. J. P. McAuley. Courtenay's Calculus. Silliman's Natural Philosophy, Bartlett's Ana- Zumpt's and Harrison's grammars, transla- 2 Prof. S H. Lockett.. Davies's Surveying, Davies's Shades, Shad- 3 Prof. F. V. Hopkins. Roscoe's Chemistry. Bowen's Hamilton's Metaphysics, Alexander's Outline of Moral Science. The ability of the institution to announce attractive courses will be seen from the following clippings from the catalogue of about 1872-73. COURSE OF STUDY. The course of study embraces a preparatory and an academic department, a special school of civil engineering, and a commercial school. The preparatory department is designed to be temporary. It will be dispensed with as soon as the public and private schools throughout the State are sufficiently organized to become constant feeders to the university. The academic department comprises a literary, scientific, and optional course. In the literary course the ancient languages and literature are thoroughly taught; in the scientific course the Latin and Greek languages are omitted and in their stead are taught the German language, mechanics, drawing, and natural history; and in the optional course the English branches and any other two subjects of study may be pursued. |