Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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ln the Fall of 1917, our class suffered greatly because our country en- tered the Great VVorld VVar that the principle of democracy might live. Many' of our fellows were missing, having entered the service of the U. S. A. Throughout this year, which was without a doubt the hardest year that a Rutgers class ever endured, we did our best to further the interests of our Alma liater in every way possible. llany left in the Spring to work on farms or to do some other work which was essential for carrying on the war to a successful end. As Seniors our ranks were depleted to a larger extent than they had been before. The college was under governmental jurisdiction and the S. A. T. C. was started. Rflore than ever, we realized that we not only owed our- selves a certain duty but moreover, we owed our country a certain duty which we intended to fulfill to the best of our ability. Cn December I4 the S. A. T. C. was disbanded as the war was now over. After the Christmas holidays, a new semester began and the old college life again came into its own. lllany of our fellows returned to college and we all took up again our life as a class with its glories and unprecedented past. This is the history of the Class of 1919-a class which saw opportunity staring it in the face and never once shut its eyes to daylight, but forever grasped the opportunity when it presented itself. VVe came to Rutgers to become men and we have become men, true Rutgers men with a purpose in life which will be striven for with the same relentless fighting spirit that has characterized the Class of 1919 throughout its four years of college life at Rutgers. HISTORIAN. su

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History of the Class of 1919 The Class of IQIQ has experienced many vicissitudes during its four years at Rutgers. Its history is at once the most diverse, the most complex, and the most interesting of any class history in the past decade-due, in part, to the great national crisis, and in part to the nature of the class itself. On September 22, 1915, the Class of 1919, unmindful of the future, began its college career by annihilating the Sophomores in the first combat of the year. From the first day the motto of the Class of 1919 was that they would not be denied, with the result that no class has ever equalled its record. During this year seven men made the 'Varsity football squad, the fall track meet was an overwhelming victory for the Freshmen, and the tennis, the mandolin and glee clubs, the debating teams and, in fact, every college activity was represented by a larger number of Freshmen than ever before. Our Freshman year was one triumph after another, with the result that the Sophomores soon gave up all hope of ruling us with an iron hand. During our Sophomore year, we continued to show what the Class of 1919 was really made up of. The Freshmen, although they had larger num- bers, were completely subdued in the rushes due to the great Hghting spirit and the class loyalty which forever pervaded the class of 1919. The Hop that year will ever be rernerribered as a remarkable achievement in the history of the social life of Rutgers. Our banquet in New York was a great success, the class turning out en masse. In athletics, scholarship and other college activities, the Class of 1919 was blazing a trail which will serve as a goal for future classes to attain. I 29

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XVILLIAM ALFRED FEITNER 31.15. Bloomfield, N. I. Phi Gamma Delta, C. and S., C. and D. Forte is of brufes, but honor is of men. Captain Varsity Football, 4, Varsity Football, 2, 3, Varsity Track, Class Football, Track, Swimming, President Senior Class, Senior Coun- nil, Freshman Pipe Committee, Chairman Banquet Committee, Captain R. O. T. C., Varsity Club, Sophomore Banquet Committee. TITUS BONNER NIAXVVELL Chemistry Brooklyn, N. Y. Ivy Club 'I am not in the roll of rommon men. Senior Council, President Targum Association, Editor-in-Chief of SCARLET LETTER, 1919, Vice- President Senior Class, Assistant Editor of Tm'- gum, Holder Mensato Scholarship in Chemistry, Targum Essay Prize, 3, 2nd Wall Prize, Hon- orable Mention Tunis Quick Prize, 1, Honor Man, 1, 2, Queens Players, Senior Picture Committee: Glee Club, Chemical Club. CYRIL WIMPENNY C.E. T1'enton, N. I. Delta Kappa Epsilon Retire fwithin ihyself and thou fwilz' discofver how small a stock is there. Glee Club Soloist, 2, 3, 4, Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, 2, 3, Vice-President Y. M. C. A., Junior Prom Committee, Senior Council, Treasurer Class, 4, C. E. Club. CHARLES HENRY HOLLENBECK ALE. Montclair, N. I. Beta Theta Pi One of those harmless spectneled machines. Class Secretary, 4, SCARLET LETTER Board, 1919, Assistant Baseball Manager, 3, Assistant Business Manager, 3, Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, 4, Class Bowl- ing, Football. 31 ..-.il... . 1. xii' t y V as Y X ,A . . . -7k 'fb fl s -1 - f r get . I 1.t-:':e-ak , 7fff5' if 1, ' R21 ' . . 'Nrifidll 2 'Wvfi' kt- , V . ' Mg 2,3353 X. 1-eeay....,,,wqertz 412 ge -va.-. .... A -l . 4 1112: ' . .. ., ., .f ' 4 . ,.,. , 1.4, .:,. 5 1- I ' s 1 52429 ' -I- rf: 'eo We-.'.-17 . .53 'wtyvegr A ' , r .. ' f 'Qs-fy. . V, 41.1 ' V -1-.as-:fu ' 6715,-gui ' . yy. ' 2 .ma ,gs ...as .V or ,. 1-- i ... f.f. , x .4 ,.,...... .. .sv 5 Qgxgvrv-Q2 f:zhx?, .-wr: vsgwzv sf .4 f- Y - , . XA x Q iiheieaf I , ,.. ,. 8 Silo! X. Q'- s iq gs as X , Na: K - e. .- Vtt- f me X QT ls xxx wife-s.y-: ' .f' .ft -- .1254 1 - Q - ' 'fs I ' . t : Xa. 4 ws s,::.1-wa. si '3.1vz.f:'s:w.s -2 A ' px Q rf:-gO4,X. .Q-,res-arf'-1 :-,ff x xii.. its -1 1.1 .N ww' , --,W-sfs rm?