Douglass College - Quair Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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The Yule Log ceremony began with a simple request by a few students who wished to burn a log in a lireplace at College Hall. They also wanted to light a live tree and the pine in front of College Hall was chosen for this. No Douglass student will soon forget the stirrings of emotion that she felt at her first Yule Log which, though now a little more elaborate, is still based upon the warmth and good feelings which abound among friends during the holiday season. Iii Living room in Douglass Know Corwinl Campus C1922 or 2375 Temporary housing in the packing box gym 1920 Douglass prides itself on its method of grouping girls in the little houses and although this has developed into a wonderful means of fostering friendship and creating a home-like atmosphere, its origin was a financial necessity for the College. The story of our temporary Hpacking box gym is also legendaryg but little is known of the request Dean Douglass received from a New York newspaperman who had heard that the girls were collecting soap boxes from groceries in town to build the gymnasium. Impressed by the students' determination, he asked Mrs. Douglass to send him a picture of the girls nailing boxes together that he might feature in the Sunday supplement of his newspaper.

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Mother's Day 1922 Traditions and customs must have a beginning and many of those we still observe today at Douglass had some rather inauspicious origins. Campus Night is just such an event. It all began when several girls purchased little red tam-o'- shanters which were the vogue of the day. Mrs. Douglass took a dislike to them for reasons known only to herselfg and after she talked with some of the culprits, they obligingly agreed to burn the tams in a great bonfire. Dean Douglass suggested that they make it an all-college event with a hot dog roast. As time passed, the singing became part of the tradition and the tradition itself assumed its present format. Early Yule Log Ceremony in College Hall fDecember 1921?J

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And those who complain about the chapel requirements should have been at Douglass when it was mandatory seven days a week. It then became compulsory on Tuesdays and Thursdays and optional on Sundays. Former Dean Corwin fondly remembers when ten seniors joined the Chapel speaker for lunch and conversation at her home. Securing a faculty might also have presented a problem for the newly founded college. Much of the teaching load was assumed by members of the Rutgers faculty who walked across town daily since there were few cars and the price of public transportation too dear. Our present faculty is indeed a remarkable growth from such limited beginnings, yet those first girls lacked little. When a demand arose for a new department, the administration saw to it that the necessary steps were taken. As the college grew and the use of Rutgers, faculty became infeasible, the college hired its own teachers. 10 Botany Class Home Economics Section-Class in Sewing An early science laboratory at Douglass College