Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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Y ,,.,V?.,,....,,.. .. . , ,f . , -.X ROBI2R'l' C. CLo'r1-HER, fourteenth President of Rutgers, is a graduate of Princeton University in the Class of 1908. As an undergraduate in history and political science, he studied under Woodrow Wilson. He was also editor of THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN and a member of the student council. Dr. Clothier was in the personnel service of the Army during the World VVar and was later commis- sioned as a lieutenant-colonel on the General Staff. Immediately before coming to Rutgers he served as dean of men at the University of Pittsburgh. He has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Pittsburgh, Princeton, Tusculum, Dickinson, New York University and Lafayette. He re- ceived an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Temple.

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HISTORY OF RUTGERS In the limited space of a page it is impossible to do more than sum up the broad features of Rutgers' rich and honored history. The year 1766, so familiar to all Rutgers men, marked the fruition of the untiring efforts of a group of men who devoted many years of their lives to the securing of a charter from George III for the college eventually established in New Brunswick. In honor of the royal consort, Charlotte, the new col- lege was named Queenls. The first home of the infant college was The Sign of the Red Lion, a fine old colonial tavern. ln 1791 the college changed its location to a spot at the junction of George and Livingston Streets. The year 1809 saw the purchase of a site upon which was erected Old Queen's build- ing. john McComb, one of the foremost architects of the day, designed the impressive structure. Soon after the completion of Old Queenls, hard times necessitated an alliance with the Dutch Reformed Seminary, and in 1 825 the college was renamed in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers, a rich philanthropist. The first fraternity, Delta Phi, made its appearance on the campus in 1845, and from that time forth the Greek-letter groups flourished. The crowded conditions in Queen's during the hot summer of 1856 led to the establishment of Holy Hill as the home of the Seminary. The increased funds made available at the close of the Civil VVar by Rutgers, designation as the land-grant college of New jersey resulted in the founding of the Agricultural College. One of the most far-reaching events was the first intercollegiate football game in 1869 in which Rutgers defeated Princeton on College Field. Rutgers grew rapidly after the turn of the century, and in 1918 The New jersey College for Women opened its doors. In 1924 the college had become so extensive that its name was changed to Rutgers University. The recent acquisition of the extensive River Road campus and the sub- sequent erection of a magnificent athletic plant on the tract presages a period of even greater development and progress for the University.

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To THE Mmimcizs or THE CLASS OF 1940: YV e have enjoyed our association with you these last four years. They have been good years. Of course they have had their perplexities, but they have had their satisfactions too. Each of you is infinitely richer than when he came to the University as a verdant freshman. He knows a lot more than he did then. He is more mature by far more than four years. He has a sense of perspective which he lacked then. He has an appreciation of the importance of imponderables of which, as a fresh- man, he was just beginning to get a faint glow of understanding. Not the least of all is the wealth of friends and friendships which he has acquired. These are the fruits of your four years here at Rutgers. They will be yours down the years which lie ahead. These years which lie ahead are fraught with uncertainty-but not more so than in the case of the members of many other graduating classes. These years which lie ahead of you may have their uncertainties but they have their great promise too. Enter upon them with assurance and high hope and good cheer, not with a spirit of defeatism. Everything' else equal they will bring you your rich reward of happiness and achievement. Your present friends you will find will remain your friends until the end. The success which you achieve will reflect credit upon your University. Rutgers will watch you, each of you, as you go down the years with a sense of quiet boastfulness. I knew him when-H Our good wishes will go with you. I Febr1m1'y 28, 1940 Tolar. We..