Douglass College - Quair Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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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

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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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-. Q.. 1 Archery Tournament 1936 Still another story lies behind the presence of Antilles Field. Stranded in Europe at the outbreak of World War l Mr. Loree, well-known for his uncanny ability to get things done, sent to America for a ship to bring him home. Many other Americans who found themselves in the same predicament offered to pay Mr. Loree to transport them home. The result of this situation was that Mr. Loree made a profit which he immediately invested. Some time after the war, he contributed this fund to the College for the development of an athletic field to be named after the good ship Antilles. Antilles Field-Senior Fence 1934 Enough thanks are not possible either for the contributions which Mr. James Neilson made to the College. Although his financial generosity was great, even greater was his friendship and concern for the students. His invitations to dine were legendary. One girl remembers being invited to luncheon after which cafe au lait was served. Hating the stuff but unwilling to be impolite she quickly drank it down only to find Mr. Neilson acting as a perfect host and pouring her a second cup! Legendary too, were the 'little bits of P chocolate he kept cut up in tin cans for his young visitors. The Quair staffs of that time held him in special reverence. Prior to final deadlines he invited the staffs to live at Woodlawn while completing their work, and during that time he kept them well-fed. In fact, as Dean Corwin has told us, the first Quair banquet was a dinner given by Mr. Neilson at Woodlawn to celebrate the completion of the book. Nor will anyone ever be