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Excerpt from The Jambalaya: The Year Book of Tulane University Alphonse Marin La Meslee. Professor of Romance Languages at Tulane University for the past seven years, died at Brookline, Mass., on Thursday, November 24, 1921, while waiting for a ship to carry him back to France, having obtained leave of absence for one year to pursue his studies in France and Italy. A native of France, and a graduate of the University of Paris, after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Letters, he came to America, teaching at Harvard University, and receiving the degree of M.A. for advanced studies there. He later taught at the University of Chicago and at the United States Military Academy, coming to Tulane in 1914. Professor La Meslee had a charming personality, was a congenial friend to the students, and judged many debates at Tulane, being especially interested in debating activities. Edgar H. Farrar On Friday night, the sixth of January, 1922, there died at Biloxi, Miss., Mr. Edgar H. Farrar, the eminent member of the Louisiana bar and a member of the Board of Trustees of Tulane University, being selected by Paul Tulane in 1882 to occupy that position. For some thirty years Mr. Farrar was a commanding figure in the legal profession, being considered an authority on tax law. He prepared all the revenue legislation at the Constitutional Convention in 1913. He was one of the outstanding figures in the legal, civic and political life of Louisiana, and was a nationally-known lawryer. His death is sincerely mourned by the trustees of the university, and by all those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.