The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-11
HOBART HONORED.
Enthusiastic Reception Of
the Vice President at
Rutgers College.
DISTINGUISHED MEN PRESENT
Charter Day at the Famous Seat
Of Learning a Memorable
Event.
DISTINGUISHED MEN PRESENT


Special to the Jersey Citu Nears.
NEW BRUNSWICK. Nov. II. 1896
With a pardonable pride in the achieve
rnents Of 1870 years Of existence as an edu-
%cational Institution, during which time it
has contributed literally to the ADVANCE
rnents of the worlds store of knowledge,
many sons of Rutgers. member of the
faculty, alumni and undergraduates gath
cred yesterday in the Ballantine Gym
nasium to do honor to one Of her illus
trious sons.
The presence of Garret A. Hobart, the
Vice P-resident-elect, made the
Grafton of the granting of the charter
a noteworthy occasion. 1t was memoir
able in the completion of thirty years
beyond the century mark, a record, In it
self, of which every graduate and citizen
Of New Brunswick might we'll be proud.
The presence of the Vice Presfdent-elect
caused al Unusual amount OF interest In
the celebration and In the observance
of Charter Day.
Mr.. Hobart arrived in town at 1911
p. M. having come here direct from his
Wall street office. He was met at the
depot by DR.. Austin Scott, president of
ttV Sc4iCSC, dltQ MdS dlitStA 10 II. 0COllS
home, where he was entertained at
luncheon. When the train pulled into the
station there were several hundred peo-
pie on the platform.
Rutgers was turning out some men
bound to be famous about the time Mr..
Hobart was In college, among them be-
ing the Observation-Disclosures Mcclellan
Bishop, so, Paymaster United States
Navy Edward G.. Janeway, NJ. D., so;
David Abeel Williamson, go, of the Sew
enth New Jersey Regiment. who died In
1862; Cornelius Vanderbilt, 80; Judge
Charles II. Cowenhoven, se2; the Rev.
Charles II. Riggs. 81; the Rev. Alfred
H. Suits. Jr., 80; j.. C. smock, So; Thos.
Livingston Janeway, NJ. D., SO: Judge
Andrew Kirkpatrick, SO: Prof. r. G. van
Dyck. IS.
Long before Mr.. Hobart left DR.. SCOTS
home the Rallantine Gymnasium was
crowded with people. 1t was a gathering
which represented the wealth, learning
and beauty of this quaint old college
town ProfuseIy and tasfefully decke6
with plants, flowers, college colors and
the national ensign. with a hest Of spec
tator1, the interior of the building pre-
sented an animated appearance when the
Vice-President-elect entered There waa
tremendous applause when Mr.. Hobars
entered the great rccrn and ascended the
platform.
College men cheered and fair young
women clapped their hands. When the
noise Of the tumultuous welcome had sub
sided the celebration began. DR.. Austin
Scott. the president of the college presid-
ed. In his address of welcome DR.. ScotF
referred to the air Of Independence which
permeated the atmosphere when the corr
nerstone of Rutgers was laid. He spoke
Of the purpose of the college to promote
a feeling of c-ornradeship between students
and Instructor. DR.. Scott mentioned the
recent endowmenfs that have been made,
an said that the college a the promise
Of many thousands Of dollars contingent
upon the raising of $50, 600. In fitting terms
DR. Scott extended a warm welcome to
the Hon. Carrot A. Hobart, as the repre-
sentative of the nation. His reference to
the yice-President-elect was greeted with
great applause. In closing he introduced
the Rev. J. K. Allen, pastor of the Sleepy
Hollow Reformed Church at Tarrytown.
N. r.
DR.. John K. Allen. IS, spoke on the sub
ject Of THE Justification Of the Past with
the Present"
Professor EDWARD A. BoWSer followed
with an historical address. He said in
part
Rutgers College was founded 1870 years
ago to train men In the liberal arts, and
to supply the Reformed Dutch Church
with an able. learned and qualified minis
try. 1t was a wise act of our Dutch and
English forefathers to found these Amer
lean colleges at an early day. This peo-
pie who cameNt to the Middle and New
England States contained a large num-
her of college men from the universities
Of the Old World. These men know that
they could not build a State unless they
formed in 1t a college
A that period Rutgers College was
born on the banks of the Raritan
Cheers, the seventh child, which they
named Queens The birth of the college
~antedates that of the American Repub-
lie by ten years. She saw the Repub-
lie in It's cradle; she helped to nurse it
in its infancy by sending her professors
and students to fight the battles of the
Revolution. The college has graduated
at least two State biologists, = several
United States Senators, five Governors
OF States, twelve members of Congress.
twenty-one Judges Of the Supreme Court