University Archives

This Week in Drew History – September 25, 2007

1869 – An article written by Bernard Nadal, an original faculty member, in the Christian Advocate: New York discussed a resolution adopted by the Trustees will “accept any donations, bequests, or legacies which may be made for the benefit of this institution.” It further discussed the need for ministerial education for young men, the foundation upon which Drew was built.

1928 – Brothers College opened with 14 freshman.

1967 – WERD operated from 5 pm to 1 am featuring all types of music, news, sports, and campus information. Programs included Sounds Unlimited, The Freeway, The Art Newman Show, and The Green Hornet, as well as a special United Nations program.

1975 – Paul Hardin III inaugurated as ninth President.

See the Freshman Rules of Brothers College, 1942-1943.

Have you ever wondered what students wrote about 100 years ago? Now you can see! The Students Documents Collection Finding Aid is online: http://www.drew.edu/depts/library.aspx?id=15395. The papers are cover a wide range of topics including Christian Science, Arminianism, ministry, Sunday School, missions, the Roman Empire, the Old and New Testaments, Francis Asbury, sin, morality, and many others. In addition to the papers, the course notes are from numerous classes, including psychology, Greek, Old and New Testament, church history, and many others. Professors of these courses include Henry Anson Buttz, Charles Fremont Sitterly, Samuel Upham, Frederick Watson Hannan, and John Alfred Faulkner.

This Week in Drew History – September 18, 2007

In 1928, when Brothers College opened, there were 22 buildings on campus:

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1972 – Jane Fonda and political and social activist Tom Hayden addressed a student-sponsored peace meeting. The came under the auspices of the Indochina Peace Campaign, a national organization that seeks to inform the public of the conditions of the Vietnam conflict.

1975 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader and politician, spoke on campus.

1987 – Outdoor movies shown on Hoyt Lawn: Poltergeist and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Movie reviewed: Dirty Dancing.

Orientation has long been a part of Drew life. It has gone through many changes, from the events through the fashions. Here are a few highlights:

ORIENTATION - CLA

1941 – games, chapel, conference on study habits, vocational interest and personality analyses, teas in faculty homes (invitation only), new psychological examination, and sophomore initiation campfire.

1952 – reception, supper with faculty and their wives, language tests (optional), personality inventories, reading tests, group meetings divided into women and men, Jamboree, chapel, campus tours, picnic, Religious Life program, fun frolic, freshman camp, student-faculty games and picnic.

ORIENTATION – THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

1933 – speech auditions, physical examinations, chapel, matriculation service, and student association party.

1950 – tour of campus, chapel, get-acquainted period, introduction to the Student Council, graduate record examinations, speech auditions, visit to professors’ homes, Bible examinations, field work groupings, athletics, wives’ meeting.

View Photographs of Orientation: http://www.drew.edu/depts/library.aspx?id=16489

Other notable items:

1928: CLA room, board, and other fees was $575-$625, DTS room, board, and other fees was $300

September 11, 1950 – Raymond A. Withey became the third dean of the College

September 12, 1944 – Faulkner house no longer a dorm for men.