Page 26 - 1913 November - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI n

JACKSON COLLEGE AT LAST

We realize, now, that we are all members of Jackson College.
There are at present no candidates for a Tufts degree, for our pres-
ent Seniors were the first entering class after the founding of Jackson
in the spring of 1910 and will receive Jackson degrees.

The first assembly of all the Jacksonites, as we now call ourselves,
was held on the Saturday following registration, September the
twentieth. We celebrated by holding a banquet at Metcalf Hall, our
main dormitory, and invited the freshman class as our guests. The
affair was under the auspices of the A l l Around Club and proved
a great success. I trust we may make this occasion an annual affair.

Emma Hulen A H A '14, president of the A l l Around Club gave
the address of welcome and introduced Helen Hearsey X O '14, as
toastmistress. The other speakers were Mrs. Caroline S. Davies,
Dean of Jackson, Dr. Maud Carvill A O I I '96, physical directress
of Jackson, Mrs. Cora P. Deurck '96, president of the Tufts Alum-
nae Association, Leslie Hooper A O I I '14, Edith Cochran X fi '14,
Isabella Cameron A H A '14, Eleanor Bisbee A O I I '15 and Aileen
Hagarty 2 K '16.

I am sure i f you have ever witnessed the birth of your college
you may perhaps realize what this meant to everyone of us. I am
unable to express in words how much we all were inspired by such
a gathering and how much responsibility we all felt that our dear
Alma Mater may have the proper support in the future by those
whom she intends to shelter and protect during their academic years.
There are now about one hundred students enrolled and I sincerely
hope that there will be several hundred before many years.

So let us all give three rousing cheers for Jackson College, Rah,
rah! rah!

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