Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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PresiclenT's Home ed eff uf ilbwbmfwl fo P e UH. LEWIS WEBSTER JUNES President ef the University In The midsT oT packing To reTurn To The Banks in SepTember, RuTgers men learned ThaT Their new presidenT had been chosen. AT The Time oT his appoinTmenT, Dr. Lewis WebsTer Jones had behind him a brillianT career as gov- ernmenT economisT, ediTor, and educaTor. l-le TirsT achieved naTional recogniTion in educa- Tional circles as presidenT oT Torward Thinking BenningTon College. From There he was called To WashingTon To serve on PresidenT Truman's Commission on l-ligher EducaTion and Then To The presidency oT The UniversiTy oT Arkansas. AlThough aT Arkansas Tor only Tour years, he considerably exTended The UniversiTy's services To iTs sTudenTs and The sTaTe, as well as iTs physi- cal planT. BuT his major conTribuTion was The achievemenT oT close cooperaTion beTween Uni- versiTy and STaTe and The pride oT The people in Their STaTe UniversiTy. Since his arrival aT RuTgers November TirsT, PresidenT Jones has demonsTraTed how he worked such wonders aT Arkansas. The sTudenT bodyls TirsT chance To meeT Their new presidenT came on The RuTgers boaTride where all en- joyed his Triendly inTormaliTy. AThleTic Teams have been surprised by his unannounced appearance aT pracTice iusT To see how Things were going. Numerous oTher sTudenT groups have had simi- lar opporTuniTies To exchange ideas wiTh Dr. Jones and his charming wiTe and all are im- pressed wiTh his inTense inTeresT in sTudenT Teel- ing on UniversiTy aTTairs and his eagerness To roll up his sleeves and geT To work on The many problems which Tace RuTgers. One oT These problems on which he goT righT To work was The winning oT STaTehouse supporT Tor The UniversiTy. As one resulT, plans Tor a new library were well underway by The Time of his inauguraTion, on May eighTh, as RuTgers TiTTeenTh presidenT. Dr. Jones expressed his aTTiTude Toward his new iob when he said, I Tind The educa- Tional siTuaTion aT RuTgers a sTimulaTing chal- lenge which l do noT believe could be dupli- caTed by any oTher insTiTuTion in The counTry. RecenTly The people oT New Jersey recognized The TuncTions oT a STaTe UniversiTy. To The colonial insTiTuTion oT RuTgers, wiTh iTs TradiTion oT liberal sTudies and iTs ideals of ex- cellence, were added The scienTiTic and proTes- sional sTudies, The pracTical and mechanical arTs, The research and exTension TuncTions. Thus The campus oT RuTgers exTends To The borders oT The STaTe: and iTs mission aTTecTs every phase OT The culTural and economic liTe oT her people. ThaT is The challenge oT RuTgers, The STaTe UniversiTy oT New Jersey. IT is wiTh Tull conTidence in RuTgers' abil- iTy To meeT This challenge under his able leader- ship ThaT we respecTTully dedicaTe This sevenTy- eighTh ediTion oT The ScarleT LeTTer To Dr. Lewis WebsTer Jones, FiTTeenTh PresidenT of The Uni- versiTy.

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The I952 ScarleT l.eTTer aTTempTs To be a True yearbook-a book oT The college year l95l- 52. lTs conTenTs are arranged chronologically, or as close To iT as seemed pracTical. STarTing wiTh The reTurn To campus in SepTember, iT examines TirsT Those who were To be campus leaders during The year, The various living groups and Their homes. Then, around The calendar To check on each acTiviTy during iTs busy season and, Tinally, To The men who have lived Through Tour similar years and now leave RuTgers as The Class oT '52. There are cerTain ineviTable compromises. For insTance, The spring sporTs covered are neces- sarily Those oT The I95l season. In some places we have Tallen a biT shorT oT our goal. BuT iT is our hope ThaT This volume will be used in years To come To revive memories oT pleasanT days and Triend- ships here On The Banks. Only Time will Tell wheTher we have been successTul. Our sincere appreciaTion To: The Kroemmelbeins, WalT and Laura, Tor many hours oT painsTaking aid and cheerTul encourage- menT in solving The picTorial problems inherenT in a largely picTorial book. Earl Nichols oT Campus Publishing Tor unending paTience and Tor sharing The beneTiT oT his experi- ence in The Tield. Mr. E. Hopkins Brill 'Tor guiding us in The diTTiculT Trick oT sTreTching The rapidly shrinking dollar. RuTgers Public RelaTions OTTice, Targum, AnTho and our sisTer yearbook, Quair, Tor help in obTaining picTures. Mrs. Kinney and PeTe Tor Tilling in when The oTTice was unmanned, and The ScarleT l.eTTer sTaTT who builT The book which we had planned. WiThoL1T Their aid we could noT Take you 'ROUND THE YEAR AT RUTGERS R.R.C. A.K.I, ARC.

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