Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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tA UVA!if 10C ' fV .v lA U ,,« ' ? « ' „ rt Vl ' W v vocso » I- «V ' ° V IOC ' ,.v » fNUVAW W ' V x ss xiiS At - TO tu® , voHV 3ti 00 ' 0 f B . These two photographs crys- tallize in graphic form what no amount of writing will ever capture: the Victorian gentleman, posing proudly for the picture which will record forever that blessed day: graduation! .s W ‘ ioIV Dll’ 1 D.l ttV ' flO ' t . o 1899 A Q r $jcto u Bx ®- i vwten® QV. ' « A ® VM.. ' - ' 50 ’- v » • f 3. us ' ’ , v TO-l xV ' ' 9«t S ,v ,» v Dl f -tVON - Q« V 1 B.vS® •a — » ' ' 1893 The 1893 football team of Seton Hall was formidable, indeed, and met on the field of battle with Yale, Har- vard, Dartmouth and the Army teams. High-collared gentlemen sat on bleachers in the athletic field and cheered Old Setonia on to victory.

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t In 1869, the campus looked much as it does above— a very Victorianized, regal group of buildings, built in the popular Gothic- Victorian type architecture which characterizes the era. Seton Hall was now graduating more and more students, and was supplying young priests to staff the new churches of the Diocese of Newark, 1888 • 1897 REVEREND WILLIAM F. MARSHALL V- 000 “V- 110 pf ■ CovW«® ‘pT t . e . a tcC e . x y oV etA°® Setonia’s fifth president was Fr. Mar- shall, who was a distinguished literary man, and who organized the Spanish- American War reserve unit at the South Orange campus. O ' 3 AMO ' Z - 1861 tVie te tYx® , The two buildings shown in the rare engraving below formed part of the original Seton Hall group, but were de- stroyed in the several disastrous fires which swept the campus during this period. s am A •Dt- C,ort e3 w ' aeon One of the earliest graduating classes.

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1897 • 1899 REVEREND JOSEPH J. SYNOTT Death cut short what promised to be a brilliant career for Dr. Synott, and the articles written after the death of the sixth president stated that ‘ ' Dr. Synott possessed a rarely gifted mind to which were added extraordinary industry, graceful manners, extreme modesty and a character firm as it was gende.” Uniforms graced the South Orange campus of Seton Hall in the 1890’s, with the formation of the Cadet Officers Corps, under the direction of Lt. W. C. Rafferty, U. S. A. The erect young men pictured were being trained in the event of a large-scale war with Spain. RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN A. STAFFORD 1899 1907 Competitive athletics were given added prominence during the administration of Msgr. Stafford, as America was now leav- ing behind the Victorian manners and attitudes. The more reckless students were seen driving high-topped autos down South Orange Avenue, and Seton Hall College celebrated its Golden Jubilee.