Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Nevins, a graduate of Princeton, was Trustee of Rutgers from ISZS to 1858, and Secretary of the Board from 1825 to 1830. His great-grandfather. the Rev. Henry Polhemus, a graduate of Princeton, was Trustee of Rutgers from 1800 to 1816. His great-great-grandfather. -lohn Schureman. Member of the New Jersey Committee of Safety, was Trustee from 1782 to 1795. He is descended from David des Xlarest. who founded the Huguenot colony at New Harlenn in 1663, and from Johannes Nevins, from 1657 City Secretary of New Armsterdani. He is a mem-ber of the I-luguenot Society of America. of the Hollan1d Society. of the Phi Beta Kappa, and of the Delta Phi 17 raternity. Dr. Demarest was elected a Trustee of Rutgers on March 7, 1899, and since that time has been active in the College administration. Tn IQO3 he be- came Secretary of the Board, serving as such until the present time. He served as Acting President during the summer of IQO4. In the following year he was again chosen Acting President and has presided over the College since May 1, 1905. At a special meeting of the Trustees held February 8, IQO6. he was elected President. He will be inaugurated on Commencement Day. june 20, 1906. 12

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ILIJAKI H. S. DRKIAREST was born on May 12t-h, 1863, at Hudson, N. Y., the son of tihc Rev. David D. Demarest, D.D., pastor of the Reformed Church in that city, and Catherine L. Nevins, daughter of -laines Schurcman Nevins, justice of the Supreme Court of New jersey. He was prepared for college at the Rutgers Preparatory School, his father having removed to New Brunswick in 186-5, to become Professor in the Theological Seminary. ln 1879 he wlas graduated from the school and entered Rutgers Cotllegc, from which he was graduated in 1883 with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, receiving the first honor and the Class Day Qration. For three years thereafter he taught in the Preparatory Srohool, and in 1886 received the Degree of Master of Arts from Rutgers College. Having entered the Theological Se-rninary in 1885 the was grad.ua.ted from it in 1888, and in that year was ordained to the ministry at VValden, N. Y., becoming pastor of the Reformed Cihurch of that place. Having served this church for over eight years, he became pas-tor of the Reformed Church of Catskill, N. Y., in 1897, an-d reinaineid in its plaistorate for nearly five years. In 1901 he was clec-ted by the Generall Synod of the Retfrormecl Church Pro- fessor of Ecclesiastical History and Cfhurcih Govern-ment in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, and returned to the city of his early life. In the same year he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Rutgers. His ancestry and inrniediate fain-ily have been long and largely con-nected with Rutgers College. Three b-rotehers have been graduated, the Rev. -laines S. N. Demarest, of the Class of 1872, the Rev. Alfred H. Dernarest, D.D., of the Class of 1879, and t-he Rev. S. Dullois Dleunaresit, of the Class of 1887. His father, David D. Deniarest, was giraduatrecl in 1837, and having received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Princeton, received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Ruftge-rs in 1893. was a Truistec 'front 1858 to 1898, an-d Secre- tary of the Board from 1866 to 1898. His g'1'21lTflfEllI1ll6: l', James Sohurenian 11

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I87I 1872 1873 1880. ISSI. 1882. 1889 1890 1891. 1 898 1899 1900. Senior Editors of the Scarlet Letter. GEORGE S. DURYEE, Z 111 CHARLES H. STEELE., X qu FRED E. ALLEN, A Y 1877 1878. 1879. PIERRE ST. JOHN G1LLES1'1E, A K E JOHN F. McW1L1.1AM, B QD H JOHN POWELL P111LL1P, X x11 1886. 1887. 1888. JAMES FOUN'1A1N, Z xp CHARLES W. HULST. X 11: JAMES W. T11O1v111SON, A Y ISQS. 1896. 1897. AUGUSTUS H. SI-IEARER, A Y CHARLES T. COXVENHOVEN, A cp OLIVER D. MANN, A K E 1904 1905 1 906, 1371-190 6. 1874. 1875. 1876. PIERMAN W. XIANDERPOEI., X ROBERT W. PRENT1Ss, A Y E. CARMAN SCUDDER4, A up 1883. 1884. 1885. S'rE1r11EN D. IJEMAREST, A :In LOUIS B. I'IASBROUCK, A K E PIARRY R. ANDERSON, X 111 ISQZ. 1893. ISQ4. GARRET VAN CLEEE, X 111 C. VVILLARD VOCJRHEESA, Z 111 WV1LLARD P. CLARK, X qw 1901. 1902. IQO3. HARRY BAREMORE ANGUS, X NIAURICE KAIN, A Y ALION P. SVVAN, A QI: 13 JOHN W. SEARING, A qu I'IOWARD G1LLESP1E, A K E XVILLIAM L. S1c1NRLE, Z 111 cp FRED W. CUTLER, Z 111 W1LL1A1v1 H. LUSTER. X cp LEWIS B. CHAR11sERLA1N, A Y FRANK MALVEN, A 412 EDGAR 1. lXqCCULLY, A K E HERMAN C. VVETTER, B Q I1 FRANK K. RUSSUM, B GJ H CORTLANDT H. BONNEY, Z 111 CHARLES ROBERT BLUNT, X 111 CID