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>"State universities located in towns of any size frequently looked upon dormitories as an extravagance and students entirely capable of renting lodging elsewhe
by Merrill 7y ago
>"State universities located in towns of any size frequently looked upon dormitories as an extravagance and students entirely capable of renting lodging elsewhere. The first dormitory at Rutgers was only built in 1890."
Rutgers was not the state university until 1945.
- cafard 7y agoI had not been aware that an institution could be a land-grant school without being a state school, but that is definitely what the Rutgers "about" page says. Most interesting--and curious to see that it beat out Princeton. "Princeton A&M" does roll off the tongue, doesn't it?