Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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lllllllll lll 'l'0llY ln 1865, the Trenton Business College was established with Professor Andrew J. Rider at its head. Bookkeeping, penmanship, rapid computation, spelling and filing were taught to persons taking the places of Civil War soldiers. Eighteen years later in this same town the Stewart and Hammond School was estab- lished, and in 1885 the name was changed to the Stewart School of Business. ln 1901 he two institutions were merged through the efforts of Professor John E. Gill and Professor Franklin B. Moore. In a brief period they produced by superior teaching methods two world champions in shorthand, William B. Bottome and Charles L. Swem. A few years later, seeing the need for trained accountants, Rider College introduced higher accounting first in the night school, and the classes proved so popular that they were offered in the day sessions. ln quick succession a Teacher Training program was added, then came courses in Business Administration, Secretarial Science, Finance, and Journalism. ln September 1921, the first degree classes were opened, offering the degrees of Bachelor of Commercial Science and Bachelor of Accounts. The Teacher Training program developed into a four-year course and the degree- of Bachelor of Education in Commerce was given. Rider had become a full-fledged college. During World War ll the male population of Rider College dwindled to a mere handful and at the same time President Franklin F. Moore went into the Navy to serve his country. The situation looked dire for Rider College but with the undaunted and unselfish work of Vice-President J. Goodner Gill, Rider College kept its head above water, waiting for peace and the return of the veteran. With the end of the war and the tremendous flow of students to college, Rider had to expand. To do this, Rider bought new living quarters for the record enrollment, it built a new outside stairway to relieve hall congestion, and it erected school buildings on the old School of Business grounds. Thus Rider College has grown through the last eighty-two years. 10

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Tru tee ei Rider College J. GOODNER GILL ....... .. .................. ........... . ...... T renton, N. J. CHARLES M. JONES ......... ....... T renton, N. J. HARVEY KNIGHT ........... .,..... T renton, N. J. FRANKLIN F. MOORE ....... .................. ....,..... ....... T r e nton, N.J. Term Expires T949 GEORGE ECKEL DUCKWORTH ....................... .......... ........ P r inceton, N. J. A. LEE GROVER ......................... . .... ....... T renton, N. J. REGINALD S. WAREHAM ........ ................. .......... ......... N e w York City Term Expires 1950 HAROLD L. CONOVER ......... ................. .......... ......... H a m ilton Square, N. J. AUGUSTUS L. HARBOURT ........ ..................... T renton, N. .l. EARL J. KRESSLER .............. ....... T renton, N. J. HAROLD RAY .................................................................................................... Trenton, N. J. HARVEY KNIGHT ........................................................... ............. ......................... P resident HAROLD L. CONOVER ........................................ .............. .......... S e cretary ln each committee the member first named is chairman. Building and Grounds: Augustus L. Harbourt, A. Lee Grover, Earl J. Kressler Executive: Franklin F. Moore, Harold L. Conover, J. Goodner Gill, Harvey Knight, Harold Ray Finance: Harold Ray, Harold L. Conover, J. Gooclner Gill, Harvey Knight, Franklin F. Moore Instruction: George E. Duckworth, Charles M. Jones, Harvey Knight, Franklin F. Moore Library: H J. Goodner Gill, George E. Duckworth, Earl J. Kressler, Reginald S. Wareham 9

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