The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-30

SESQUICENTEuNIAL.
! he Programme Of Prince
toms Great University
Festival.
10 BROADEN THE INSTITUTION,
Proposal TO Raise a Large En-
dowment to Increase the
College Work.
% BROADEN THE INSTITUTION,
Special to the Jerseu cuu NEAR

@1' 0AAO AIM
nItleph anniversary. This sesquicenten-
NAL VIII take four forms. There will be
held 9 dignihed and impressive academic
I~estival, lasting three days. beginning Oc-
tooer 20 ard ending October q. In its
second form it is proposed to celebrate
lhe completion Of a hundred and fifty
years by raising a large endowment for
additional college and university work:
tnen II IS proposed to develop Princeton,
poth asa strong college and a great uni
versity; and it is proposed to announce
Iormally the assumption of the official
title OF Princeton University.
F'or the purpose Of carrying out these
ends the trustees of the institution have
appointed three working committees, one
to investigate the legal question nne
ed with the change of title; another to
raise the necessary endowments, and the
third to rganiz the celebration proper.
These three committees have been quiet
~ at work for over a year and now have
their work well under way. James w. AL
exander. so, of New York city. is chair
man of the Committee on Endowment.
and Charles e. Green, 80, of Trenton, is
chairman of the Committee on the Organ
ization of the Celebration. Professor An
drew F. West. of the department of Latin
OF the college, has been relieved of his
professional duties and is acting as secre-
tary Of both of these committees, giving
his entire time to the work. He has or
ganized a large general celebration com
mfttee, made up of seventy members from
among the trustees. faculty and alumni of
the institution. and this committee has
been divided into several sub-commit-
tees. with Z general, executive committee.
mittsss are Dr. rasi NJ, Allen N s tasTs G. s09 g.
Cuyler. M. Taylor Pyne, Charles Serb
ner, Rudolph schirmer. Junius s. Nor
sfswSarf, " Willi lam 3. Hornslowe sond Rev Y.
ms, q NV YORK, City; SAMUEL s.
s SMfavGen aaE Key. pr. !. Addis9n Henry,
aRa Z L. Il + P 5svfan s al Hew Of + Ph Y
Of Trenton; Henry W. Green, Of Tren-
scott sSni 5 5na " JWsug hanrer yr.. o. Wi PItfnn
Cyrus H Mccormick, of Chicago, and
The arrangement for the celebration
are already under way. The committee
expect to make this the most impressive
country. 1t is expected that most of
present Other universities and learned
will be invited to send delegates, and
the college hopes at that time to enter
ain many distinguished guests, includ-
ing the President of the United States,
who has already been asked to deliver
an address at Princeton on the occasion
of the celebration.
A programme for the three days cell
ebration has been adopted in its main
Which, Which the he ST. Students asaa and al snarict 81 th be
college are expected to take an active
part. In general, the whole of Prince
MONIES Especial. prominence will be
given to Princeton's Important part in
connection with the American Revolu-
Constitution.
The work of the Endowment Commit
tee looks forward to the increasing of the
funds Of the college to such an extent as
to warrant a great increase in the teach
ing staff, a great expansion of the lib
rary, and the establishment Of a large
scholarships. The development of facili-
ties for original work and Investigation
will be a special aim of the committee. In
short, it Is desired to make Princeton the
best equipped American college for those
who seek undergraduate education and the
best equipped American university for
graduate study in all the departments Of
pure knowledge, as ~stinguished from
professional schools.
The celebration proper be will made typ
zeal of Princeton. and all she stands for
in history. AT that time will be brought
out the beginnings of Princeton and her
half Of her history. It will be the work
of a committee appointed for the purpose,
to prepare a memorial volume in which
vii be set forth the history Of the institu-
While the date set for the celebration
marks the completion of $50 years since
the formal foundation of the college, it
Is a ~well-known fact that there were be-
ginnings of Princeton previous to the date
Of Its charter d : @ October f9sas2 p. y rs s These lnaeeh be-
LOG college,ss erected. in siSss,. twenty
g |,ssi c earlier ths Tb, the d dats Of P naa s,i,s
some aons twenty twenty miles eai West fs Of the present res ' site
Of the college, in. the wilderness on the
banks Of the Neshaminy River. a small
near Bristol. This primitive school. was
Of the stream. By Rev; william Remnant
thither from the North Of Ireland.
While Princeton cannot lay claim te
any organic connection with this little
that the hoAsf fsog colisge 3s was ts'si tie most most
important single source that contributed
70 the founding Of the College Of New
pired,y'' says DR.. Alexander, in his his
torical sketch. 1fh College of New
Jersey sprang into existence. The friends
principal supporters and trustees of the
latter. Thus it may: with truth, be
said that the Leg College was the germ
llout WhtEll ~ ~ iiouiiSHAl6 SoAOSS
The nrst charter of Princeton was
granted by John Hamilton, President of
His Majesty's Council, and provided for
the erection "of a college in New Jersey
for the Instruction. Of youth in the learn
sciences a noteworthy provision Of
his charter was to the effect that mo
person be debarred of any of the pri-
viliges of the said college on account
of any speculative principles Of religion;
but those Of every religious, profession
education in the said college,
This Is the earliest warrant for reli-
gious freedom In amy American college
document. On Sept, IA, I74S. the second
charter was granted by Gov. Belcher, of
the PROVINCE OF New Jersey. This docu-
ment is still the law Of Princeton, having
beer eontirmed BY Il. the Legislature Of
separate from the mother country. 1t is
similar In spirit to the first charter, but
provides more liberally for the needs of
s Nay III, ct ElIzsssshtowp, the col
u lage R was 5 formtahllg 0bRal esia;so at rs he hq }irsf
president. AT the close of the same
year it was moved to Newark, and Rev.
Aaron Burr became its president in 1T42.
President Dickinson having died.
In l755, the ~enterprising citizens of
Princeton BY q liberal Contribution Of
ings, secured the location of the Col
lege of New Jersey, and in that year
Nassau Hall, n OF the most INDUSTRIOUS
Of all academic buildings in America.
was erected. During the colonial period
# American history, I've Presidents ruled
Aaron Burr, Jonathan Edwards. Samuel
Davies and Samuel Finley. During this