Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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908 I4 Sept. 22 Sept. 22 Sept. 5 Oct. 3 Nov. 28 Nov. 22 Dec. 909 4-6 Jan. 5 Jan. 28 Ian. I3 Feb. 22 Feb. 6 March 20 March 22 March 23 March I2 April I8 April 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June IO-I I June 25 ff 'Q lul A CALENDAR Q Fall term, Union College begins. Registration for Hrst semester of the Law Sch00l- Winter term of Medical College begins. Winter term of College of Pharmacy begins. Election Day-Recess. A Thanksgiving Day-Recess. Fall term, Union College ends. Christmas recess in all depart- ments. Sessions resumed in all departments. Recitations begin, Union College. Day of Prayer for Colleges. Allison-Foote Prize Debate between the l...iterary Societies Washington's Birthday--Recess. ' Examinations for conditioned students. Winter term, Union College ends. Registration Day for students. Spring term, Union College. Recitations begin, Union College. Commencement of the College of Pharmacy. Commencement of the Medical College. Sunday. Baccalaureate Sermon, Union College. Prize Contest in Extemporaneous Speaking and Prize Oratory of Juniors and Sophomores. Meeting of Trustees, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alumni. Commencement of Union College, the second Xvednesday in June. President's reception. Entrance Examinations, Union College.

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TI-IE GARNET, 1910 I3 Union has always been a pioneer college. She was the first college in America founded on a non-sectarian basis, the first college to receive a charter from the Board of Regents of New York State, the first to establish a school of science as a separate department, the first to give modern languages a place in a curriculum, the first to provide for a system elective in any degree, and the first to trust the students in matters of personal conduct. J Moreover, Union has been a pioneer in the higher education of woman, in training America,s daughters for more useful and noble service. Union gave to Elmira, the oldest women,s college in the world, its founder and Hrst pres- ident, to Rutgers Female Seminary its first president, to Vassar its first pres- ident and completer of its organizationg to Smith, the largest women's college in the world, its first and only president. Union was a pioneer in still another respect, for here in 1825 Kappa Alpha, the oldest undergraduate fraternity, was founded. Two years later Sigma Phi and Delta Phi were both born at Union. Psi Upsilon and Chi Psi were also founded at Union, the former in IS33, the latter in l84l. Five other chapters are now represented at Union,'Delta Upsilon, Alpha ,Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta and Phi Gamma Delta. Truly, indeed, has Union been called H The Mother of Greek letter Fraternities, for her tolerance in the governing of students has given her the honor of being the birthplace of college fraternities and of having made possible the whole fraternity system in college life. N Splendid, indeed, is Unionls alumni roll, containing such names as John I-loward Payne, author of H Home Sweet Home H with its melodies of untold sweetness, Sheldon Jackson, known as H The Apostle of Alaska N and instru- mental in founding over twelve hundred churchesg Charles Emory Smith, journalist and diplomat of world-wide reputationg William H. Seward, a star of the first magnitude in the galaxy of our great American statesmeng Chester A. Arthur, who has been characterized as the most graceful and accomplished president of our country since the days of Madisong and a host of others who, in every walk of life, have rendered noble service tormankind. Union may not be a great college, if judged by some standards which the world sets. Cthers are greater in number of students, greater in equipment, greater in financial endowment. But Union has a rich treasure indeed, in her time-honored traditions of over a century, and an even greater possession in her college spirit,-a spirit that is known and praised throughout the college world, a spirit that is equalled in but few colleges and excelled in none.

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