Cap and Skull
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Cap and Skull is a senior-year coeducational
as factors for membership. Using these criteria, only 18 new members were selected each year.History
On January 18, 1900, 10 members of the senior class of
The 10 founders drew up a Cap and Skull constitution and adopted a code of secrecy and the motto, Spectemur agendo. To ensure the exclusivity of the organization, the selection of a new member required a unanimous vote of the current members. In the first two decades, no more than 80 men joined the organization.
First World War
The 1920s found the college recovering from the
- Activities, athletic, and campus
- Scholarship
- Character and service to Rutgers
Second World War
With the onset of World War II, many members of the Rutgers community left college to serve in the military. Only ten members were selected in 1944, and no one was tapped in 1945. In October 1945, members of the administration who were also Cap and Skull members were asked to make nominations for the class of 1946. Cap and Skull resumed the traditional 12-member selection in 1948.
50 year anniversary
On January 31, 1950, an all-day gala celebration was held in honor of Cap and Skull's golden anniversary – the first of the 10-year reunions that are still held today. The golden anniversary celebrated the 440 men selected as members of the society during those first 50 years.
Demise and rebirth
Through the 1960s, sweeping social changes occurred. Organizations such as Cap and Skull, came under scrutiny. In 1969, Cap and Skull graduated its last class.
Though Cap and Skull ended in 1969, the alumni of Cap and Skull retained their ties and the underlying need for the organization remained. In 1981,
Centennial 2000
In 2000, the 100th anniversary of Cap and Skull, a large gala event was held and members donated a large endowment for an annual scholarship to Rutgers students. Also in connection with the centennial, a web site was launched and author William B. Brahms, a society member compiled a detailed history with full biographies of all inducted members of the first 100 years. It was privately printed by the society, but is available at the Rutgers University Special Collections and Archives. The history presented here is from Brahms' research.[1]
Current status
Today, Cap and Skull represents many of the diverse organizations on campus and is now composed of undergraduate students from any of the university's reorganized schools. Formerly only members of
In November 1990, the Cap and Skull Room was formally leased, solidifying Cap and Skull's physical presence on campus. The appointed room features old photographs and several display cases filled with Cap and Skull memorabilia.
Notable members
- Richard H. Askin - CEO of Tribune Entertainment and president of Samuel Goldwyn Television
- Al Aronowitz - writer, influential behind-the-scenes 1960s culture-broker,[2] friend of Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Amiri Baraka and George Harrison
- Walter W. Austin - CEO of Raleigh Bicycle Company
- Samuel G. Blackman -[3] first reporter to break the Lindbergh kidnapping story. Held top news-editing position with the Associated Press
- John Joseph "Jack" Byrne Jr. - chairman and GEO of Overstock.com2005-06
- Clifford P. Case - member, United States Senate
- TBWA\Chiat\Dayadvertising
- gene splicing
- antihistamines
- James Dale - litigant in the noted 2000 United States Supreme Court case Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- Richard M. Hale, founder, CEO and chairman of Halecrest, major supporter of Rutgers Scarlet Knights, namesake of the Hale Center Football Complex at Rutgers
- Homer Hazel "Pop Hazel" - All-American football star and member of the College Football Hall of Fame[4]
- William Arthur "Billy" Hillpot - radio comedian, singer. Half of "Hillpot and Lambert" with Harold Scrappy Lambert a.k.a. "The Smith Brothers",[5] vocalist on the 1927 hit "Ain't She Sweet" recorded under Ben Bernie.[6]
- Franklyn A. Johnson - president of three universities, including Jacksonville University
- Robert E. Kelley - highly decorated and youngest lieutenant general in USAF history; superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, 1981–1983
- Herbert Klein - member, United States House of Representatives
- George Kojac - member of International Swimming Hall of Fame,[7] gold medalist in swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics[8]
- Norman M. Ledgin - journalist, author, Diagnosing Jefferson; Asperger's and Self-Esteem; The Jayhawker.[9]
- Jimmy V" Valvano
- T. David Mazzarella - editor of USA Today, president of Gannett International.
- attorney general of New Jerseyand first assistant attorney general of New Jersey
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- David A. Morse - director-general of ILO who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969 on behalf of the ILO
- NFL and the first captain of the New York Giants
- Ozzie Nelson - the man who defined the family television sitcom genre with The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- ISBN 0-8050-7071-0and other works.
- The Apprentice 4
- Rebecca Quick - anchor for CNBC Squawk Box, played a crucial role in launch of The Wall Street Journal online.[12]
- Montana State University-Bozemanfor 21 years.
- Paul Robeson - singer, lawyer, athlete, actor, activist, member of the College Football Hall of Fame[13]
- Austin W. Scott - professor at Harvard Law School for more than 50 years and president of the Association of American Law Schools.
- John Scudder - physician and research pioneer in the field of blood storage and replacement
- Joseph Siry - NASA chief scientist
- Walter Spence - member of International Swimming Hall of Fame.[14] In his first year of competitive swimming (1925), he broke five world records.[15]
- Dick Standish - anchor and reporter on television and radio at KYW-TV in Philadelphia.
- Owen Ullman Sr. - news editor of
- Franklyn Van Houten - paleolimnologist after whom the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic cyclic deposit patterns in lakes were named "Van Houten cycles"; and the name given to the fossilized remains of the smallest known mammal to have ever lived (Batodonoides vanhouteni), which were found in a limestone formation that he had earlier named and studied.[17]
See also
- Rutgers University
- Rutgers University student organizations
References
- ^ *Brahms, William (2000). Cap & Skull Centennial History and Biographical Directory. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Cap and Skull Society.
- ^ "The Beats" at American Legends Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ "Samuel G. Blackman; News Executive, 90" (obit), The New York Times, October 8, 1995.
- ^ "Homer Hazel" at The College Football Hall of Fame Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ "Scrappy Lambert" at The Jazz Age Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ISBN 0-9668586-0-3
- ^ "George Kojac". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
- ^ "George Kojac" at The Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame Archived July 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ "Norm Ledgin".
- ^ The Jimmy V Foundation Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ BCT Partners Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal Online Accessed August 22, 2008.[clarification needed]
- ^ "Paul Robeson" at The College Football Hall of Fame, Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ "Spence Brothers (Walter, Leonard, Wallace)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
- ^ "Walter Spence" at The Rutgers Olympic Sports Hall of Fame Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Accessed August 22, 2008.
- ^ "Ullmann, Owen". Oralhistory.Rutgers.edu. Rutgers University.
- ^ National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Accessed August 22, 2008.
External links
- Official website
- Article by Jason Gottlieb, C&S Class of 1994
- 1912 The New York Times article on Cap and Skull inductees for the year.
- "Letters: Jun. 14, 1926". Time.