Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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' - :,.,:1:.:. .,x. ',-,nf,m,,- ,,.,nf1.1.1,,,-F :-Bintuhih , h ,-,anim ,s 7 H1sToRY or 91. 1G the. unprejudiced observer it has ahvays appeared that the 1111551011 of Scarlet Letter ,historians was to prove that in the classes the severall' rcbresented were Crreater tl1an , 555,55 Y 3 1 rs E- others, retrospective or prospective. Perhaps their purpose 2 is found in the words of the poet: NYhat we admire, we praise g and when we praise Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire too. lt is not the province of tl1e historian to advance conditions without stating the premises. That 'QI is the leading class in honors as well as years is axiomatic. Ninety-One's historian will not force conclusions, he chooses rather to recount the adventures of the class, her noble. victories and signal successes, and leave no alternative judgment to the unbiassed mind than this, that for intellect and muscle, for scholarship and physical strength, Ninety-One has gained the standard emblazoned with the motto: Przlmfzm gm' 11ze7'zzz'z', ffraf. When on a September day in '87 an enrolled member of the Freshman Class strolled upon the College Campus, he observed a bustle and din among the successors to freshmanhood which glued all other collegians to the Jersey soil. What was the cause of this lamentation? Ninety-One had entered college with a genuine class yell. Cn that first day of our college course that yell was heard, it has been heard ever since and methinks above the regions of cloud and snow the cry is heard echoing and re-echoing to eternal heights: f1'0o-Rah! 11700-R000 ! H00-Pa-La.f De-Pfz-Loo! QI. Assembled in chapel, we were greeted by the fathers of old, looking down from gilt frames, with oiled locks and oiled features. From the inspiration born of the sight of this paternity, we listened to a thirty-minute speech from H PreX., who complimented our cheering and said it was a cheering sign for the future. Official recognition! We entered college with hfty-four men. Several were disposed to be specialists even in the Freshman year, and their Wishes were granted by the faculty. Others were born great, and soon bore their greatness away with 23

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Nnflzf. HOXVARD AUGUSTUS REX'NOI,DS, HERIZERT BENNETT ROISERTS, XVALTER COOLEY SAMPSON, EDWARD VAN VECHTEN SEARLE, JAMES COFFYN STOUT, CLIFFORD HENRY STRANG, WILLIAM VAN IJUERSEN STRONG, ERASTMUS AMES XVHITENACK, CiILLE'l'T XVYNKOOP, Jlfafzla. JOHN CHARLES AYDELOTT, PHILANDER BETTS, 3d, ELIHU CALVIN BRYAN, Rz'.vz'zz'f7zfe. New Brunswick Brooklyn, N. Y Y 'a New York City, Hurley, N. Y. New Brunswick Montrose-on-Hud New Brunswick Bedminster, Catskill, N. Y. Scientific Evection. Kvriakvzrv. M Pekin, Ill., E Hackensack, M Shekomeko, N. M New Brunswick JOSEPH COMPTON CASTNER, PAULL JEWILI, CHALLEN, IROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTY, HARRY XVILLIAMS FULLER, THOMAS MANDEXVILLE HOPPEll, SAMUEL ARTHUR JOHNSON, GEORGE ANDREWS MI'l'CHELL, MARCUS CALDWELL SEARS, FREDERICK SEYMOUR SMITH, ISAAC MAEIBETT SUTTON, ARTHUR BENJAMIN TOTTEN, CORNELIUS D. VREELAND, JR., EDWARD LASRY YVELLING, M M M IX I E Bayonne City, M Paterson, M Morristown, C Vineland, M Morristown, E Middlebush, C Little Falls, C YVarwick, N. Y. M Course in Civil Engineering and Mechanics. C Course in Chemistry. E Course in Electricity. 22 ? son, N. Y. 7 7 New Brunswick, Y., New Brunswick, Blooming Grove, N. Y., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Roozlzx. 179 George St. 37 Hertzog Hall. Chi Psi Lodge. 37 Hertzog Hall. 56 Bayard St. Delta Phi House. 86 Carroll Place. 215 New St. 62 Winants Hall. Roo 111. v . 64 College Ave. Winants Hall. 131 Winants Hall 130 Church St. 136 Hamilton St. 88 Carroll Place. Bayonne City. Ioz Winants Hall I2 Winants Hall. 281 Hamilton St. College Farm. I34 Winants Hall 64 College Ave' Micldlebush. 95 Bayard St. Delta Phi House.

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them, and still another was a member of the class long enough only to encourage us with his presence. A short recountal of the events of the Freshman year gives us a keen insight into the truth of the saying that a thing well begun is half done. We began well. Prex. invited the class to his reception. I-Ie asked each one in the class if he were the youngest member. Every one was the youngest. VV'ith this reception we were launched on the social sea and have since, thanks to fate and fortune, had Wind and tide in our favor. Prex. invited us to several receptions afterward, but he didn't receive us with those embracing arms and that soft- breaking smile which distinguished the formal affair. Ninety-One has always stood up for formality, and severely condemned the acts of the President of Rutgers College in calling men from college duties for an informal conference. lVIatriculation gave us the unalloyed pleasure of signing the pledge- the pledge not to carry canes for the purpose of inflaming the Sophs. IVe signed the matriculation roll, and secretly resolved to keep the promise so long as our rights were not curtailed. Introduced to study, we were soon engaged with a delightful schedule. The most instructive subject of the Freshman year was extempore debate. The instruction was in learning to talk without saying anything. This exercise gave Billy a chance to state that the question was a very important one, that it was agitating some of the greatest minds of the age, and was constantly growing in importance. In every debate thereafter, Billy used this gilt-edged argument for just sweet consistency's sake. On the question whether it was ever right to lie, we concluded that it was not, unless absolutely necessary. The necessity often arose in going over to Pete to explain absences. Any physical ailment from jzhfhzlvzlr jmlnzomzlzk to Spring fever in VVinter, and any mental disorder from love to suicide, sufhced to secure an official excuse. It has often been a source of wonder to many that although 'K Pete was a great chemist and analyzed alkalies, he could never make a correct analysis of the common, every-day excuse lies. Pete has left us, with no farewell spoken and no encomium pronounced, but the memory of the successful Way in which he gave truth to poetry allows us to drop a tear of regret over his departure, and feel a pang of remorse that he has made himself responsible for our sins and our prevarications. In foot-ball this year the Sophs were victorious. A pompous, self-important air marked the pose of the individual second-year men, until our crack base-ball team burst the bubble of pride and placed Ninety-One at the head in athletics. 'VVe have had but one defeat in class games. By 24