While commonly referred to simply as Rutgers University, the school whose history dates back to the eighteenth century, the Colonial Colleges, is actually a full official name of "Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey." This article explains the importance of the colonial colleges and the origin of the name of Rutgers.
Established as a subsidiary of the Dutch Reformed Church was the original name of Rutgers, was the State University of New Jersey College Queen'sthe time of its founding in 1766. Originally a religious school, that only men are allowed the private institution was finally a public university in 1945. Long before Queen's College, State University of New Jersey was the school was a member of the colonial colleges, the oldest of the nine academic institutions in North America.
The colonial universities before July 4, 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence. The group of nine members, includingseven of the eight Ivy League schools, modern (Cornell, founded in 1865, with the exception), The College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) and Rutgers (known as Queen's College at the time). All the colleges have the primary purpose of colonial education was appointed minister in the Christian sect of the founders of each specific school.
In the early years due to lack of resources, the school held its first class in a localSign of the tavern called the Red Lion. This was despite the religious nature of the college. During the Revolutionary War auctions were rightly suspected by British troops to be meeting places for the rebel movement. The suspicion of unlawful conduct in the British class taverns, houses have been moved, which provided more privacy.
The war of 1812 caused economic difficulties, which led to the closing days of the occasional power Rutgers. The money problems at school could be reopened1825, ten years after the end of three years of the war of 1812. Upon reopening in 1825 the name was changed schools Revolutionary Road Colonel Henry Rutgers College Rutgers, who was a philanthropist and a war hero from New York to honor.
It is interesting to note that there is some debate about the timing of Mr. Rutgers in donations for the school and how this substantial donation, if the change of name to refer to the school occurred. One story says that the board of the renamed Rutgers Collegeexplains that he chose the school after Colonel Rutgers because of his model as Christian values. In reality it was a life long bachelor known for his love known. Skeptics believe that the school chose Rutgers financially challenged to a generous donation from the wealthy Colonel (a strategy that worked in theory) encourage. Rutgers has more coverage of the events make a donation before Henry unprovoked called the school after him. In essence, RutgersUniversity promotes a story in which merely changed the name of his school for a war hero Christian who happened to donate much needed honor a year later. The bearing supports a Henry Rutgers history in which to fight Mr. Rutgers generously donated a deposit of $ 5,000 to a university that decided then free to take his name the legacy of his generosity, for example, make important contributions to Christian and War of Independence. Regardless of which side correctly, the truthis probably somewhere in between.
Under the Morrill Act of 1862, Rutgers received through an additional grant of land. While the rest of the nineteenth and twentieth century the school has continued to branch programs, colleges of engineering, agriculture, law, etc. would be included only in 1970 that women were allowed in school, students who had been part of add- male for more than 200 years ofits history (the women had in the nearby New Jersey College for Women, which was created in 1918, visited).
With a rich history that can boast of dating back to colonial times, Rutgers University, of course, that there is a past influence, with more history than the country that is proud to host has been given.
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