The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its founding as Queens College, 1766-1916 . s, thetutors, Frederick Frelinghuysen and John Taylor, thegraduates, James Schureman, Simeon De Witt, JeremiahSmith, and the rest. It is a happy incident of this oc-casion that Frederick Frelinghuysen, twelve years of age,son of Frederick Frelinghuysen, grandson of FrederickT. Frelinghuysen, both trustees and graduates of thisCollege, great-great grandson of the tutor and patriotof the same name in the revolutionary days, unveils thetablet. The words on the enduring bronze will speak with
The celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its founding as Queens College, 1766-1916 . s, thetutors, Frederick Frelinghuysen and John Taylor, thegraduates, James Schureman, Simeon De Witt, JeremiahSmith, and the rest. It is a happy incident of this oc-casion that Frederick Frelinghuysen, twelve years of age,son of Frederick Frelinghuysen, grandson of FrederickT. Frelinghuysen, both trustees and graduates of thisCollege, great-great grandson of the tutor and patriotof the same name in the revolutionary days, unveils thetablet. The words on the enduring bronze will speak witheloquence to all the coming generations of students enter-ing these halls the lesson of fervent patriotism command-ing youthful intellect and strength. True to its tradi-tions. Rutgers, old Queens, pledges to you its faithfulservice in holding before young men the high ideals ofcitizenship and the high duties of unselfish is a gift of rare dignity and beauty with which yourSociety has honored this great anniversary occasion andI beg that you will accept our most grateful SATURDAY, OCTOBER FOURTEENTH 137 ALUMNI PARADE AND FOOTBALL GAMENeilson Field, 2:30 P. M. At the same hour on Saturday afternoon the alumniand undergraduates were assembling around their classbanners on the front Queens Campus. Forming inorder, the oldest graduates first, the procession movedtoward Winants Hall, then to Queens Building, and somarched out of the 1883 Gates into the main street ofthe City. Probably more than one thousand alumni werein line. Every man wore his badge and carried his pen-nant. Each class carried its banner and there were sev-eral large College banners distributed through the longline of the procession. An item of special interest wasthe carrying of an immense flag of the United States bymembers of the undergraduate cadet corps. The procession, with its several bands of music, passeddown George Street to Monument Square, at the foot ofLivingston Avenue
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