The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-11-08
An Interesting Letter from New Jersey.
ss New BRUNSWICK, New JERSEY,
October 27, 1883.

uuainied with some of Prof. p. a. Bow
ser's mathematical works while at Fur.
man University, and baving been
impressed with his clearness and exact
ness, 1 determined to come here to COM
plete my course in Civil Engineering
under him.
Rutgers College is at New Brunswick,
New Jersey, which is thirty miles from
New York, on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. It is in communication with the
Delaware River by the Delaware and
Raritan Canal, and also with New York
BY the Raritan River, on which it is
situated, fifteen miles above it's mouth.
The population of the city is 10000.
The city is largely engaged in the manu-.
facture Of wall paper, rubber goods,
shoes, ETC., one.tenth of the wall paper
and one sixth OF the rubber goods
manufactured in the United States being
made here.
Rutger's College was founded in ITO.
.'The Scientific Department. has been
designated by the Legislature, Ia accord
ance with the law Of Congress, the
State College for the promotion of Agri-
culture and the Mechanical Arts"
The College has twenty Professors in
all its Departments, and is we'll abreast
With all the leading Colleges and Uni
versities of the country. We have over
200 students. All sections of the Union
are represented. Among our number
ne have one negro, three Japanese and
one Mexican. For your readers who
like to pronounce proper names, we. give
the Mexican's-Ignacio Ermocillo Gar.
cia Rsbello Marquez.
Probably the Professor of the widest
reputation in the educational world is
Prof. E. a. Bowser, Professor of Mathe.
mates and Engineering. He is the
author of series of text books, which,
though they have been out but short
time, are used in some Fifty or sixty Col.
leges, West Point aud Annapolis being
among the number.
This being an old institution, it neces.
sarily has some old and peculiar customs,
especially among the students; for in
stance, no Freshman is allowed to carry q
walking cane. Ifany one Of these has a
propensity for acting the "dude" and
ventures out with cane, he is immedi-i
ately seized by the sophomores, loses his
cane, aud is glad MOTTO make the e,adven.
ture again.
Foot ball is the great game with the
students-i,s amounts almost to E'craze"
with some of them. Our boys are play
ing about two match games week now
with other Colleges. Among those they
have played with are, Yale, Princetown
and Lehigh.
We used to object to base ball because
tits too violent exercise. butitis moderate
as compared with the way they play foot
ballup here. The object Of each side is
to carry the ball to their goal. So it
becomes a game Of physical strength.
When boy gets possession of the ball
he runs with all his might for his goal.
Some other boy iutercepts him and
throws himself upon the boy with the
ball. They are thrown some ten feet by
tho violence of the shock and roll over
together, while the other players (some
twelve or more) pile on iudiscriminately,
each side endeayoring to get possession
of the ball. The players emerge from
the confusion, some with bleeding nose,
some with hurt limbs, etc. Although it
is very rough game, the side that wins
the victory considers that the honor
outweigbs the bruises, &c.
We are in the midst of q hot political
campaign. Among the Republican
speakers that have been here is Governor
Foraker, of Ohio. he could not finish
speaking without falling into his old
way-abusing the S,uth. W. E. 3.